Ghostwatch

Ghostwatch

(1992)

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As noted before, I was there. But...

I never got to see Ghostwatch as intended when it aired 30 years ago tonight. I saw it as the BBC intended, with the note in the Radio Times listings magazine stating it was a drama and the announcement and drama ident at the start.

I like to think I would have figured out that it wasn’t a real live broadcast sooner rather than later, but as it was I just got to appreciate the craft, which is very clever, and when it was over I turned over to BBC Two for the Vault Of Horror night of films and mini-documentaries.

So I’ve always been a bit jealous of people (like Howard Ingham) who didn’t know...