Christmas Eve TV: E Nesbit’s classic ghost story is a festive fright

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10.15pm, BBC Two
Hold on to your steaming mug of mulled wine as Mark Gatiss adapts an E Nesbit story for a suitably festive fright. It tells the tale of two Victorian newlyweds Jack (Éanna Hardwicke) and Laura (Phoebe Horn) who move to a charming village but are disturbed by a warning from the housekeeper, Mrs Dorman (Monica Dolan), about a local legend: two marble effigies that come to life every Christmas Eve. But, Dorman insists, “It’s just a story, sir … a silly story.” Hollie Richardson

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