The Stone Tape 1972 (11/11)

'The Stone Tape' - a BBC television play written by Nigel Kneale, first aired on 25th December 1972, Directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Michael Bryant and Jane Asher.

(From IMDb)
A research team from an electronics company move into an old Victorian house to start work on finding a new recording medium. When team member Jill Greeley witnesses a ghost, team director Peter Brock decides not only to analyse the apparition, which he believes is a psychic impression trapped in a stone wall (dubbed a "stone tape"), but to exorcise it too - with terrifying results...

This show was available on DVD from the British Film Institute, by they have now deleted it from their lists.

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[neuticals]

Pam, thank you SO much for posting this whole movie-- it was great!

[Pam1927]

@neuticals

My pleasure! Brill, isn't it! I'll be posting another Nigel Kneale gem as soon as I've got time - 'The Year Of The Sex Olympics'. A 'must-see' if ever there was one! ;-)

[Nimmynimmypinkpoo]

Thanks for uploading this, it was the one Nigel Kneale classic which I'd never seen before. Excellent.

[Pam1927]

@Nimmynimmypinkpoo :

Have you seen Nigel Kneale's brilliant piece 'The Year Of The Sex Olympics'? I'll be posting that as soon as I get the time to do it. I'm currently looking for a copy of his 'Wednesday Play' from 1970 called 'Wine Of India'. Don't suppose you've seen or got that, have you? I'd certainly like to do a trade for it if you have! :-)

Pam

[SethHesio]

Thank you for uploading! Amazing... made ten years before I was born... but wow. Properly well made television drama. And scary!

[kaytr68]

@kaytr68

Sorry just read the above - yes on Christmas Day 1972 ! Many thanks again.

[kaytr68]

I had been wanting to watch this again for ages (nearly 40 years) so many many thanks for uploading. A great trip down memory lane as I think it was on at Christmas 1972.

[warzypants]

Funny how an oldie like this one sticks in the memory. Have to agree about the hammy acting (and the notably wobbly set), but nevertheless thoroughly enjoyed the tale. It's strange how the memory of this popped into my head today in 2011 and the thought "I wonder if this is on YouTube?" and bingo ... there it was!

[KingkonundruM]

Absolutely brilliant, I'd never seen this before as it aired five years before I was born, but am a fan of Nigel Kneales work.

100% proof that they just don't make em like this anymore, a compelling, chilling and superbly periodic gem.

[hisime13]

That was brilliant - thanks, Pam!

[sightscreen66]

The only annoying thing was the stupid BBC voice-over-credits (not your fault, of course, Pam1927). Why do they do that? Credits with moody music like this are an important part of the wind down after an atmospheric production. However, you can always trust the BBC to spoil that with some voiceover wittering on about what's coming up next.

[sightscreen66]

Thanks, Pam1927, for uploading the complete story. I've heard a lot about it but failed to get the BFI DVD before it went OOP and became hideously expensive. I thought it was an excellent production. Probably the only thing I would have done differently (if I was Peter Sasdy) would have been to left out the luminous green shapes - just used the spooky red lights to drive Jane Asher's character up the stairs. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing. Thanks again for posting.

[dermotoblong]

dated. ham acting maybe,but still compelling stuff. we should cherish things like this (like hammer horror films, the wicker man, etc ) great stuff! :)

[urizen1]

@lickstickly it was the most hammy acting I have ever seen. Thankyou to the OP for uploading as I'd heard a lot about it, and am grateful for the chance to have seen it. But the acting was abysmal, esp the lead.