CHRISTMAS GHOST STORIES # 4 - NUMBER 13 (2006)
DIRECTED BY Pier Wilkie SCREENPLAY BY Justin Hopper based on the short story by M.R. James STARRING - Greg Wise as Mr Anderson, Tom Burke as Jenkins, Paul Freeman as Harrington, David Burke as Gunton, Charlotte Comer as Alice Goddard, Anton Saunders as Hotel Porter. PLOT - Mr Anderson, a respected academic has been assigned to translate some ancient scriptures for a church. Anderson stays in an old hotel whilst he is carrying out his work. The room he is renting is number 12. The room next door is number 14. Of number 13 there is no sign. The reason for this ? Superstition - the hotel has never had a room 13. So why is it that every night room 13 seemingly materialises from nowhere ? What is the secret of the mysterious room and more importantly who - or what - is it's unearthly inhabitant and what does it want with Anderson?.... PERFORMANCES - My main criticism with the previous year's entry in the BBC'S Ghost Story For Christmas series was that the main c...
