BBC Four revisited (sporadically) the 1971 series at Christmas 2004, and in 2005 began to produce new adaptations of stories by M. R. James, broadcast along with repeats of episodes from the original series. BBC Two premiered a new adaptation by Neil Cross of M. R. James's "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" on Christmas Eve 2010. Mark Gatiss's adaptation of "The Tractate Middoth", another story by M. R. James, was broadcast on BBC Two on Christmas Day 2013. This was followed by a documentary, M. R. James: Ghost Writer. An original tale written and directed by Mark Gatiss entitled "The Dead Room" was broadcast on BBC Four on Christmas Eve 2018. Gatiss adapted and directed another James adaptation, "Martin's Close", in 2019 for BBC Four. This was followed by his third M.R. James adaptation, "The Mezzotint", for BBC Two in 2021, and his fourth, "Count Magnus", in 2022.
—The Professor