Whistle and I'll Come to You (Omnibus)

"Whistle and I'll Come to You" is a 1968 BBC television drama adaptation of the 1904 ghost story "'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'" by M. R. James. It tells of an eccentric and distracted professor who happens upon a strange whistle while exploring a Knights Templar cemetery on the East Anglian coast. When blown, the whistle unleashes a frightening supernatural force.

This article is about the 1968 adaptation. For the 2010 adaptation, see Whistle and I'll Come to You (2010 film). For the short story by MR James, see 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'.

"Whistle and I'll Come to You"
Omnibus episode
The apparition in the famous beach scene in "Whistle and I'll Come to You" was achieved with a ragged cloth suspended on a wire.
Directed byJonathan Miller
Written byJonathan Miller
Based on"'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'"
by M. R. James
Original air date7 May 1968 (1968-05-07)

The production starred Michael Hordern and was adapted and directed by Jonathan Miller. It was broadcast as part of the BBC arts strand Omnibus and inspired a new yearly strand of M.R. James television adaptations known as A Ghost Story for Christmas.

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