While cataloguing the library of Barchester Cathedral, a scholar finds a diary detailing the events surrounding the mysterious death of an Archdeacon some 50 years earlier. The first of the BBC's famed 'A Ghost Story for Christmas'.
| Name | Type | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Gordon Clark | Director | ||
| Erik Chitty | Actor | Priest | |
| Will Leighton | Actor | Librarian | |
| David Pugh | Actor | John | |
| Harold Bennett | Actor | Archdeacon Pulteney | |
| Ambrose Coghill | Actor | Museum Curator | |
| Robert Hardy | Actor | Archdeacon Haynes | |
| Penny Service | Actor | Jane Lee | |
| Clive Swift | Actor | Dr. Black | |
| Martin Hoyle | Actor | Verger | |
| Thelma Barlow | Actor | Letitia |