Stigma

Date: 1977
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark
Production Company: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Stars: Kate Binchy, Peter Bowles, Maxine Gordon, Jon Laurimore, Christopher Blake, John Judd
Location(s): Wiltshire

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An episode made as part of the BBC’s ‘A Ghost Story for Christmas’ series, this tale sees a family face an ancient evil when they move into a remote cottage located close to a prehistoric stone circle.

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Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson

An episode broadcast as part of the BBC’s ‘A Ghost Story for Christmas’ series

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Katharine and her daughter Verity drive past Neolithic standing stones on the way to their new home in the country. B4003 south of Avebury village in Wiltshire.

Looking north-east from the West Kennet Avenue. NW

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The two arrive at the remote thatched cottage. Station Farm, Grafton Road, West Grafton, Marlborough SN8 (NW)

Looks like the front gate isn't used much now. NW

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In the garden, Katharine (Kate Binchy) and Verity (Maxine Gordon) watch as Richard (Christopher Blake) prepares to move what appears to be a fallen stone. Station Farm (NW)

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As an ancient curse is unleashed when the stone is lifted, Verity walks across fields to meet her father Peter. Avebury is also seen in 1998’s ‘Still Crazy’ and the HTV television series ‘Children of the Stones’ from the previous year.

Parched grass of a hot summer. NW

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On the way, the young girl looks over fields towards a prehistoric mound in the distance. Silbury Hill to the south of Avebury.

Antony Blair took a closer look at Silbury Hill.

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At home, Katharine begins to bleed from unseen wounds as Verity gets into her dad’s car.

Different stone, same area. NW

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Verity watches as her father drives away with Dr. Hall giving her mother mouth to mouth resuscitation in the back of the Volvo estate. Station Farm looking east down Grafton Road (NW)

Sun-lit tree-tunnel. NW

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A devastated Peter (Peter Bowles) walks from the car when the Doctor gives up on his wife’s now lifeless body. Looking down onto Avebury & District Club on Beckhampton Road in Avebury, Wiltshire.

A drone would have been handy here. NW