Duration
30 minutes
Quick Summary
Mark Gatiss's adaptation of the Arthur Conan Doyle short story
About This Program
It's 1881 and Old College, Oxford, plays host to three very different young academics. Abercrombie Smith is a model of Victorian manhood, Monkhouse Lee is a delicate and unworldly student from Siam, while the strange and exotic Edward Bellingham's arcane research into Ancient Egypt is the talk of the campus. Could Bellingham's unnatural experiments bring the breath of life to the horrifying bag of bones tagged Lot No 249? Mark Gatiss's adaptation of the Arthur Conan Doyle short story, starring Kit Harington, Freddie Fox and Colin Ryan
Lot No 249: A Ghost Story for Christmas broadcasts on BBC Four at 10:30pm, Monday, 22 December 2025. (Subtitles, repeat)
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Production Details
Runtime30 mins
DirectorMark Gatiss
Cast & Crew
MG
Mark GatissDirector
IB
Isibéal BallanceProducer
MG
Mark GatissWriter
FF
Freddie Foxas Edward Bellingham
CR
Colin Ryanas Monkhouse Lee
JH
John Heffernanas The friend
KH
Kit Haringtonas Abercrombie Smith
AH
Andrew Hortonas Long Norton
JR
Jonthan Rigbyas Styles
JS
James Swantonas The Mummy
JW
Jo WalkerEditor