 Kneale 's next script for the BBC was The Stone Tape , a scientific ghost story broadcast on Christmas Day 1972 . Lez Cooke praised the production , when writing in 2003 , describing it as " one of the most imaginative and intelligent examples of the horror genre to appear on British television , a single play to rank alongside the best of Play for Today . " His final BBC work was an entry into a series called Bedtime Stories , adapting traditional fairy tales into adult dramas . Kneale 's script , Jack and the Beanstalk , was transmitted on 24 March 1974 , and marked the end of his BBC writing career . 
