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, 1948Across the Moors

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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).