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GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 40 - The Old Portrait

In the last of our ghost stories for Christmas, Mr Jim Moon presents an eerie tale from Victorian writer, painter and poet Hume Nisbet, a rather creepy story set on a cold dark Christmas Eve...

GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 39 - Oh Whistle and I'll Come To You My Lad

In the next of our ghost stories for Christmas, Mr Jim Moon reads one of MR James's most famous tales - the classic Oh Whistle and I'll Come To You My Lad

HYPNOGORIA 77- In Search of Jack Frost In the first of our festive offerings, Mr Jim Moon go

es in search of that merry wintry rogue, Jack Frost! Who is he and where did he come from? Is he just a winter's fairy tale? Do his origins lie in Norse mythology? And does he have any relation to Father Christmas? Wrap up warm, and come with me to find out!

HYPNOGORIA 80 - Christmases of Ghosts Past

We all know A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, and have enjoyed the eerie tales of MR James, but why is Christmas associated with the telling of ghostly tales? In this epic show, Mr Jim Moon rovers far and wide, through snowy cemeteries and Christmases Past, to trace the true history of the tradition of telling ghost stories upon a winter's night!

HYPNOGORIA 79 - Oh Whistle And I'll Commentate On You My Lad

In this episode, Mr Jim Moon provides a hopefully illuminating commentary on the classic BBC TV adaptation of MR James's famous ghost story Oh Whistle and I'll Come To You My Lad. Directed by Dr Jonathan Miller, this short film version first screened in 1968 as part of the BBC art show Omnibus and would go one to inspire the creation of the BBC's classic annual series A Ghost Story for Christmas.

HYPNOGORIA 76 - The True and Twisted History of the League of Gentlemen

  This Christmas, a certain quartet of scallywags are reforming to mark the 20th anniversary of their first broadcasts, and hence in this episode, Mr Jim Moon is heading into deepest and darkest corners of the benighted little town of  Royston Vasey to uncover the true and twisted history of that now legendary comedy troupe, the League of Gentlemen!

HYPNOGORIA 66 - Day of the Triffids Part I

This week, we are popping out into the gardens of the Great Library of Dreams, to see how our prize triffids are coming along. And along the way we discuss the origins of these infamous plants and the themes of John Wyndham's classic SF novel.