Stone Tape
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 last script for the BBC, "Jack and the Beanstalk", was transmitted on 24 March 1974.