Wandering Through Spectral Fields
The speculative science fiction anthology drama series Play for Tomorrow (1982), which was broadcast by the BBC and ran for just one series of six episodes, can be seen as a precursor to the anthology drama series Black Mirror (2016-), as both often explore contemporary worries etc via dystopic near-future science fiction stories and themes: [ ]
Leap in the Dark, as I wrote in A Year In The Country: Lost Transmissions (2023), is a paranormal-orientated British television anthology series broadcast on the BBC for four series in 1973, 1975, 1977 and 1980. There were 24 episodes in total, with the first series being documentaries, while series two and three mixed documentary [ ]
Tales of Unease (1970) is an anthology drama series that was broadcast by ITV for just one series of seven episodes, each of which was directed and written by a different writer. It was based on and adapted some of the stories from the first two in a trilogy of anthology horror books that were [ ]
Thanks to Andy Morten and Jon ‘Mojo’ Mills of Shindig! for including an extract from the Ghost Signals book in issue 175 of the magazine… much appreciated indeed! For 12 years, A Year In The Country has been a central force in the documentation and proliferation of hauntology and associated cultural ephemera through the written [ ]
The Great Albert is an episode of the British anthology drama series Scorpion Tales (1978), which was broadcast by ITV for just one series of six episodes that had the loosely interconnected premise of having “a sting in their tale”, and it has something of a “wyrd” pedigree and background. It was written by John [ ]
The A Year In The Country book Ghost Signals is Book of the Week at independent and DIY electronic music zine Moonbuilding s Weekly Substack roundup:https://moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-102-3-april-2026The review is written by Cathi Unsworth, the author of many fine noir novels and also Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth, and it s an intriguing wandering through the [ ]
A Pattern of Roses (1983) is set in the early 1980s and centres around a 17-year-old called Tim, played by Stuart MacKenzie, whose family is affluent due to his father being the owner of a successful advertising company and who is staying with his parents at their second home in the countryside while he recuperates [ ]
Ghost Signals is the Book of the Week at The Idler s website this week (starting 23rd March 2026 to be precise) It s in some fine n fascinating former Book of the Week company there, including to name just a few: David Bramwell s Sing-Along-A-Wicker-Man Scrapbook in which he unravels the history of The Wicker Man and the sing-along [ ]
Paperback and ebook released. Paperback and ebook available at Lulu, Amazon UK, Amazon US, Amazon Germany and Amazon s other worldwide sites. Ebook also available at Kobo, Apple Books etc. The paperback is also available to order from other online and bricks and mortar shops; please contact them directly for more information. Exploring the Haunted Airwaves Before [ ]
The Lonely Man’s Lover (1974), directed by Brian Parker and written by Barry Collins, was broadcast as part of the BBC s anthology drama series Play for Today (1970-1984), and centres around a young woman called Lizzie, played by Jan Francis, who lives and works on a farm close to a small village in the Northern [ ]