Lawrence Gordon Clark is an English television director and producer, perhaps best known for his A Ghost Story for Christmas series of mostly M. R. James ghost stories, which were broadcast annually by the BBC throughout the 1970s
The Ghost Stories
In 1971, during the Christmas holiday period, the BBC broadcast a drama called The Stalls of Barchester, directed by former documentarist Lawrence Gordon Clark, and based on writer Montague Rhodes James' The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral.
Dramas
Throughout his career Lawrence Gordon Clark directed many notable dramas both for the BBC and as a freelancer. These included Harry's Game, Jamaica Inn and Captain Cook amongst many dramas of different genres. His career stretched from the 1960s to the early 2000s