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  1. The Boogeyman

    A terrifying supernatural entity preys on a grieving family.

    BBC One

  2. The Lost Stradivarius by John Meade Falkner

    A student’s life is transformed by the discovery of sheet music and a priceless violin.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. Dracula by Bram Stoker

    The original vampire horror tale of Count Dracula's reign of terror.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  4. The Visitors Book and Other Ghost Stories (Omnibus)

    Three tales of the supernatural in modern, everyday settings, by Sophie Hannah.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  5. The Lintel by Albert Welling

    A couple's plan for a perfect Christmas is interrupted.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  6. Christmas Days by Jeanette Winterson

    Festive fictions, family recipes and memories from Jeanette Winterson's Yuletides past.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Blackening

    A group of friends on a getaway discover that a killer has planned the whole thing.

    BBC One

  8. The White Lady of Morecambe by Jenn Ashworth

    Julie Hesmondhalgh narrates a new ghost story, set on the shifting sands of Morecambe Bay.

    BBC Radio 4

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  9. Bluebeard by Patricia Mays

    A French folk tale retold. Young Melanie grows suspicious about her husband’s past....

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  10. The Lambton Worm by Kevin Crossley-Holland

    Child Lambton decides to go fishing instead of to church...

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  11. Banshee

    Original stories by Ireland's most exciting female writers, retelling ancient Irish myths.

    BBC Radio 4

  12.

    The Mist

    A deadly mist descends upon a town in Maine after a storm. Horror from Stephen King.

    BBC One

  13. The Dauntless Girl by Kevin Crossley-Holland

    Mary proves her fearlessness by collecting a skull bone.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  14. Hunger and Thirst by Claire Fuller

    A contemporary gothic thriller from award-winning author Claire Fuller.

    BBC Radio 4

  15. Spine Chillers

    A chilling set of spine tingling plays from 1984

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  16. The Lovecraft Investigations

    Julian Simpson's mystery series, based on several works of H.P. Lovecraft.

    BBC Radio 4

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  17. The Shout by Robert Graves

    Charles Crossley believes he has the power to 'shout' people to death....

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  18. The July Ghost by AS Byatt

    A quiet house, a lovely garden, and a secret only the new lodger can see. What will he do?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19.

    Starve Acre

    A couple's rural family life is thrown into turmoil when their son starts acting out.

    BBC Two

  20.

    Immaculate

    Dark and horrible secrets plague a beautiful Italian convent.

    BBC Two

  21.

    The Substance

    An ageing celebrity resorts to a black market drug to create a younger version of herself.

    BBC Two

  22.

    Longlegs

    A rookie FBI agent is assigned the case of a series of murder-suicides in Oregon.

    BBC Two

  23. The Living and The Dead

    Somerset, 1894. A pioneering psychologist faces a cluster of disturbing cases.

    BBC One

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  24. The Secret of Crickley Hall

    A grief-stricken couple try to escape their past, but the past has other ideas.

    BBC One

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  25. The Fades

    A teenager is thrown into the heart of an apocalyptic struggle with the restless dead.

    BBC Three

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  26. The Bride Wore Black

    Francois Truffaut's classic revenge thriller about a woman seeking to avenge

    BBC

  27. The Monkey

    A sinister toy monkey unleashes a series of gruesome deaths and destruction.

    BBC One

  28. Judge John Deed

    Drama series about an uncompromising High Court judge

    BBC One

  29. Damages

    Series set in the high stakes world of New York litigation.

    BBC One

  30. Short Stories by John Mortimer

    Readings of stories by the English barrister and author

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  31. This Life

    Cult drama series about a group of aspiring lawyers sharing a house in south London.

    BBC Two

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  32. Silk

    Drama series about life at the Bar and the dilemmas faced by modern day barristers.

    BBC One

  33. John Mortimer - Rumpole

    John Mortimer's classic courtroom stories, starring Maurice Denham

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  34. John Mortimer - Rumpole of the Bailey

    Rumpole uncovers more mysteries in these adpatations of John Mortimer's short stories.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  35. The Case

    Legal drama following the trial of a man who admits assisting his partner to end her life.

    BBC One

  36. John Mortimer - The Antisocial Behaviour of Horace Rumpole

    The magician of the Old Bailey at his implacable best defending our ancient freedoms

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  37. The Escape Artist

    A chilling and bloody legal thriller that explores the line between law and justice.

    BBC One

  38. Black Silk

    Barrister Larry Scott fights for the black community and against the legal establishment.

    BBC

  39. Nuremberg Trials

    Docudrama about the 1945 war crimes trial featuring eyewitness accounts.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. In the Heat of the Night

    A bigoted sheriff of a Mississippi town has to collaborate with a black detective.

    BBC One

  41. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

    Suspense drama. A writer agrees to implicate himself in a murder to highlight injustice.

    BBC Two

  42. The Boys

    Courtroom drama about four youths accused of murdering a nightwatchman.

    BBC Two

  43. Inherit the Wind

    A liberal lawyer challenges fundamentalists over the teaching of evolution in Tennessee.

    BBC Four

  44. In Her Defense

    A lawyer has an affair with a married woman and becomes involved in the husband's murder.

    BBC One

  45. Runaway Jury

    A shooting victim's widow hires a lawyer to fight a lawsuit against the gun-makers.

    BBC One

  46. Runaway Jury

    Thriller. A shooting victim's widow fights a lawsuit against the weapon's manufacturers.

    BBC One

  47. The Chatterley Affair

    Dramatisation of the Lady Chatterley's Lover obscenity trial, a touchpaper for the 1960s.

    BBC Four

  48. The Verdict

    An ambulance-chasing lawyer attempts to regain some integrity from one final case.

    BBC Four

  49.

    Red Dust

    A lawyer returns to South Africa to work as prosecutor on a Truth Commission hearing.

    BBC One

  50. Presumed Innocent

    Thriller. A prosecuting attorney is assigned to the case of his murdered colleague.

    BBC One

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