Mark Gatiss resurrects a dead TV tradition—literally, with marble knights that walk.
Newlywed couple Jack and Laura move to a village where a legend says marble knight effigies in the church come alive on Christmas Eve. Jack dismisses it as folklore, but on Christmas Eve, he feels drawn to the church, leaving Laura alone.
Direction
Gatiss channels M.R. James with precise, loving period detail.
Production
The marble knight design—uncanny stillness that moves wrong.
Acting
Monica Dolan delivers village gossip with genuine menace.
Director
Mark Gatiss
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gatiss has single-handedly revived the BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas tradition since 2019, continuing a format dormant since 1978.
The marble knight was played by a dancer in full prosthetics—no CGI, practical stillness trained to move with wrong, heavy deliberation.
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