Number 13

Number 13 (2006)

In order to authenticate some historical papers in a cathedral town, Oxbridge academic Anderson stays at a local hotel in room 12, initially disregarding the lack of a number 13 as provincial superstition. During the night, noise conspires to keep him awake and the historian is astonished to come face to face with door number 13. Continuing his work, a history of a reformation era witchcraft scandal emerges. The nocturnal disturbances escalate, leading Anderson with no choice but to open the door to room number 13...

Erscheinungsdatum
2006-12-22
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (9)
Laufzeit
40 Min.
Genres
Horror, TV-Film
Regie
Pier Wilkie

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Number 13 is a short film which is part of the British supernatural anthology series A Ghost Story for Christmas. Written by Justin Hopper, produced by Richard Fell, and directed by Pier Wilkie, it is based on the ghost story of the same name by M. R. James, first published in the collection Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904), and first Broadcast on BBC Four on 22 December 2006.

Production

Director Pier Wilkie had produced the previous year's "A View from a Hill". David Burke, who had appeared in that instalment, also appeared in "Number 13", this time alongside his son Tom Burke.

It was the last episode to originally air on BBC Four until "The Dead Room" (2018).

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