BBC Two confirms A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No.249

A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No.249 starring Kit Harington and Freddie Fox will air on BBC Two this Christmas Eve, here’s everything you need to know…

Mark Gatiss’ adaptation of the short story by Arthur Conan Doyle is about a group of three very different students at a college in Oxford in 1881.

Abercrombie Smith, a model of Victorian manhood, Monkhouse Lee, a delicate and unworldly student from Siam and Edward Bellingham, whose arcane research into Ancient Egypt is the talk of the campus.

Could Bellingham’s unnatural experiments bring the breath of life to the horrifying bag of bones tagged Lot No.249?

Who Will Star in A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No.249?

Kit Harington, Freddie Fox, Colin Ryan, John Heffernan, James Swanton, Jonathan Rigby and Andrew Horton will all star in this year’s BBC Two special.

When Will Lot No.249 Air?

A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No.249 is on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on 24 December at 10pm.

This is not the first Christmas special announced by the BBC as it also released its stellar festive line-up for the festive period here.

Looks like our TV planners are filling up fast!