{"product_id":"ghost-signals-stephen-prince-9781916940208","title":"Ghost Signals: The Shadowlands Of British Analogue Television 1968-1995","description":"Exploring the Haunted Airwaves\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore the ubiquity of streaming, British television was a landscape with room for strange experiments, folk-horror nightmares, and \"wyrd\" transmissions. Today, many of these programmes have vanished from official channels, leaving behind only \"\u003cb\u003eghost signals\u003c\/b\u003e\" a shadowland of terrestrial TV hidden in plain sight across the unmediated and unmarketed corners of the internet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhost Signals\u003c\/i\u003e maps this territory from 1968 - the foundational \"wyrd\" year of acid folk and iconic folk horror - to 1995, the dawn of the digital revolution. The book delves into a unique era where public funding met social experimentation, creating a \"broad diet\" of television that was often as challenging as it was chilling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis landscape invited viewers to encounter the seasonal hauntings of \u003ci\u003eA Ghost Story for Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e, the suburban occult of \u003ci\u003eScorpion Tales: Great Albert, \u003c\/i\u003eand the layered mythologies of \u003ci\u003eThe Moon Stallion\u003c\/i\u003e. It was a time that embraced the edgeland quiet horror of \u003ci\u003eUnnatural Causes: Lost Property\u003c\/i\u003e, the prescient virtual worlds of \u003ci\u003ePlay for Tomorrow: Shades\u003c\/i\u003e, and the metatextual timeslip satire of \u003ci\u003eScreenPlay: The Black and Blue Lamp\u003c\/i\u003e. From the paranormal pathways of \u003ci\u003eLeap in the Dark: Jack Be Nimble\u003c\/i\u003e to the non-horror folk horror of \u003ci\u003ePlay for Today: The Lonely Man's Lover\u003c\/i\u003e, these broadcasts pushed the boundaries of the terrestrial signal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReleased as part of the \u003ci\u003eA Year In The Country\u003c\/i\u003e project - which explores the intersection of folk horror, hauntology, and the \"eerie\" landscape - \u003ci\u003eGhost Signals\u003c\/i\u003e is a journey through the fading frequencies of a spectral past: the hidden gems that continue to resonate within our collective cultural memory, flourishing quietly in the digital attic of the internet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter List: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. \u003ci\u003eA Ghost Story for Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eWhistle and I'll Come to You\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Stalls of Barchester\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Icehouse\u003c\/i\u003e: A Lineage of Seasonal Hauntings \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e2. \u003ci\u003eTales of Unease\u003c\/i\u003e: Conjuring Half-Hour Worlds of Unsettling Tension and Intrigue \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e3. \u003ci\u003ePlay For Today\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Lonely Man's Lover\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStronger Than the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e: From the Fields of Non-Horror Folk Horror to Seaside Secret State Cycle Subterfuge \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e4. \u003ci\u003eScorpion Tales\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Great Albert\u003c\/i\u003e: Occult Summonings and Ambiguity in Suburbia \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e5. \u003ci\u003eThe Moon Stallion\u003c\/i\u003e: A Teatime Layering of Legend and Mythology \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e6. \u003ci\u003eLeap in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eJack Be Nimble\u003c\/i\u003e: Pathways Through Paranormal Powers and Between the Roots of Magic and Glamour \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e7. \u003ci\u003eThe Bells of Astercote\u003c\/i\u003e: Trapped Forever Guarding the Chalice \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e8. \u003ci\u003eA Pattern of Roses\u003c\/i\u003e: Timeslip Echoes and Cold War Controversies \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e9. \u003ci\u003ePlay for Tomorrow - Shades\u003c\/i\u003e: Escaping from Real World Shadows into Prescient Virtual Worlds \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e10. \u003ci\u003eDramarama - Spooky: The Exorcism of Amy\u003c\/i\u003e: Stepping Into a Fever Dream Nightmare \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e11.\u003ci\u003e Screen Two\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eUnfair Exchanges\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Blue Boy\u003c\/i\u003e: A Multi-Layered Shadowed Whirlwind of Creativity, Paranoia and Fringe Science, A Phantom's Revenge and Roads to Doom \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e12.\u003ci\u003e Unnatural Causes - Lost Property\u003c\/i\u003e: A Bubble Edgeland of Quiet Horror \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e13. \u003ci\u003eScreenPlay - The Black and Blue Lamp\u003c\/i\u003e: Metatextual Satire and Preternatural Timeslip to\u003ci\u003e Life on Mars\u003c\/i\u003e and Back \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e14. \u003ci\u003eThe Plant\u003c\/i\u003e: Unearthing a Leafy Suburban Invasion \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAppendix: A Definition of Hauntology, its Recurring Themes and Intertwining with Otherly Folk, Folk Horror and Explorations of a Rural and Urban Wyrd Cultural Landscape \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"For any self-respecting hauntologist, \u003ci\u003eA Year In The Country\u003c\/i\u003e is a treasure trove of wyrd delights.\" Sarah Gregory, \u003ci\u003e Shindig!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Prince\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 191694020X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781916940208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Year in the Country\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d","brand":"Stephen Prince","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437691678975,"sku":"9781916940208","price":13.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ebd317b1-e1b9-4d23-b2ed-d2ac2915b64e.jpg?v=1777163440","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ghost-signals-stephen-prince-9781916940208","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}