The Ghosts of Motley Hall Logo 'Old Gory'

by Richard Carpenter
The Ghosts of Motley Hall Cast

When Matt sees a strange glow and hears an unearthly moaning and clanking in the main hall, he immediately tells Sir George and the White Lady. They explain that it is Old Gory, a depressingly boring headless ghost who has been haunting the site ever since he was killed during the Wars of the Roses; Old Gory appears every five years, and is one of those ghosts that can be seen by the living. Matt suggests trying to cheer up Old Gory, but his plans are interrupted by the arrival of a ghost hunter and his long-suffering wife. Sir George realises that if the ghost hunter were to take a photograph of them, Motley would soon be inundated with visitors. The ghosts resolve to hide until the hunter goes away – but miserable Old Gory has other plans…

Arthur English (Bodkin), Freddie Jones (General Sir George Uproar), Nicholas le Prevost (Sir Francis ‘Fanny’ Uproar), Sean Flanagan (Matt), Sheila Steafel (The White Lady), Reg Lye (Old Gory), Gerald James (Mr. Porter), Margaret John (Mrs. Porter)

Directed and Produced by Quentin Lawrence

UK TX (Granada):
2nd May 1976

Notes:
*Featuring Bodkin, General Sir George Uproar, Sir Francis 'Fanny' Uproar, the White Lady and Matt