『SHERLOCK/シャーロック』の共同プロデューサーであり、共同脚本家であり、マイクロフト・ホームズでもあるマーク・ゲイティス氏が、BBC2でホラー作家MR Jamesのドキュメンタリーとミニドラマの執筆＆監督をするとのニュースが出ました。
BBC Media Centre：BBC Two announces quartet of new arts programmes featuring Melvyn Bragg, Mark Gatiss and James Fox
Janice Hadlow, Controller of BBC Two and Arts Commissioning Editor, Mark Bell today announce an eclectic range of new arts programmes for BBC Two.
Documentary on the life and work of enigmatic horror writer MR James presented by Mark Gatiss with an accompanying drama adaptation of one of James’s short stories
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MR James: The Tractate Middoth [Drama] and Ghost Writer [Documentary]
Mark Gatiss writes and directs a new version of The Tractate Middoth, a classic chiller by MR James, England's greatest ghost story writer. Gatiss will bring his distinctive wit and sense of the macabre to bear on one of James's most thrilling tales, involving a disputed will, a race against time, and something very unpleasant lurking in the library.
And in the accompanying documentary, Ghost Writer [w/t], Gatiss steps into the mind of MR James, the enigmatic English master of the supernatural story. A long-time admirer of James, Mark will try to solve one of the great literary mysteries: how this donnish Victorian bachelor, conservative by nature and a devout Anglican, created tales that continue to chill readers a century on.
Viewers will join Mark on an atmospheric journey from James's childhood home in Suffolk to Eton and on to King’s College, Cambridge, the two institutions where James spent most of his life, visiting ancient churches, moonlit quadrangles and echoing libraries along the way. By following in James’s footsteps, Mark will hope to uncover the secrets of his inspiration.
These two complementary films will reinvigorate the long and popular BBC Two tradition of a festive ghost story for audiences to enjoy over Christmas.
The executive producer is Michael Poole.
ドラマは『The Tractate Middoth』、ドキュメンタリーは『Ghost Writer』というタイトル。放送はクリスマスの予定。
MR Jamesは謎めいたホラー作家だそうで、ゲイティス氏はMR Jamesが子供時代を過ごしたSuffolkからEaton、King's College、Cambridgeを訪ね、彼が人生の大半を過ごした2つの機関などゆかりの地を訪ねる模様。