The Stone Tape

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The Stone Tape is a 1972 British television horror drama written by Nigel Kneale that blends science fiction with ghost story elements, centering on scientists investigating a haunted room as a possible recording medium for past events.

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instanceOf British television programme
horror drama
science fiction horror
television film
castMember Iain Cuthbertson
James Cosmo
Jane Asher
Michael Bates
Michael Bryant
Reginald Marsh
Tom Chadbon
cinematographyBy Kenneth MacMillan
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Peter Sasdy
distributor BBC
editor Richard Bedford
format television play
genre drama
horror
science fiction
hasConcept stone tape theory
hasCultFollowing true
hasPublicationType television drama
influenced later depictions of residual hauntings in horror fiction
inspiredTerm stone tape theory
locationOfFilming BBC Television Centre
mainCharacter Jill Greeley
Peter Brock
medium colour television
musicBy Desmond Briscoe
narrativeFocus scientific investigation of a haunting
numberOfEpisodes 1
originalBroadcastDate 1972-12-25
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork BBC Two
partOf BBC Christmas schedule 1972
plotSummary A team of scientists investigates a supposedly haunted room as a potential new recording medium for information.
producer Innes Lloyd
productionCompany BBC
releaseDate 1972-12-25
runtime 90 minutes
screenwriter Nigel Kneale
setting a Victorian mansion in rural England
soundDesignBy BBC Radiophonic Workshop
theme intersection of science and the supernatural
memory as a physical recording
technological hubris
trauma imprinted on the environment
writer Nigel Kneale

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Nigel Kneale notableWork The Stone Tape
Jane Asher notableWork The Stone Tape