# Lawrence Gordon Clark

lawrence gordon clark is an English television director and producer, screenwriter, and author, best known for creating the supernatural anthology series A Ghost Story for Christmas, which originally aired on BBC One from 1971–1978, with Clark directing all but the final instalment as well as writing and producing the first two, The Stalls of Barchester (1971) and A Warning to the Curious (1972). The first five of these were based on the ghost stories of M. R. James, as was Casting the Runes (1979) which he directed for the ITV drama anthology series Playhouse. He began his career in documentary at the BBC, directing episodes of the series The Human Side (1964–1965) and Six Sides of a Square (1966) before being inspired by Jonathan Miller's Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968) to create A Ghost Story for Christmas.