ACROSS THE MOORS
[SHORT-STORY]
Oft-reprinted ghost story by W. F. Harvey, initially published in his first collection of short
stories, ?????? (19??).
[BBC Title Card] “Ghost story about governess who meets stranger on moors supposed to be
haunted. He suggests they walk together—she agrees, being nervous. He tells her of his experience
when he met a tramp who attacked him with a knife. He describes his death and she realizes he is
the ghost who haunts the moors.”
[CHRONOLOGY]
WEDNESDAY MATINEE (HOME SERVICE)
[Wednesday—4:25-approx.]
July 21, 1948 “Across the Moors”
[BBC TITLE CARD: “…Ghost story about governess who meets stranger on
moors supposed to be haunted. He suggests they walk together—she
agrees, being nervous. He tells her of his experience when he met a tramp
who attacked him with a knife. He describes his death and she realizes he
is the ghost who haunts the moors…”]
PERSONNEL: Ben Howe (scriptwriter), C. McClure (producer).