Carry on Christmas (1969) @ EOFFTV


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	Carry on Christmas (1969) Country of Origin: UK Dates of Original Broadcast: 24 December 1969 Number of Seasons: n/a Total Number of Episodes: 1 Episode Running Time: 55 mins Format: videotape Colour Format: colour Ratio: Sound: mono CREDITS PRODUCTION Production Company: Thames Television Copyright: none given on screen Produced by: Peter Eton By arrangement with Peter Rogers, creator & producer of the Carry On series SCRIPT Written by: Talbot Rothwell Novel: Charles Dickens (uncredited) DIRECTION Directed by: Ronnie Baxter DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION Designed by: Roger Allan MISCELLANEOUS Choir Routine Staged by: Ralph Tobert Comedy Consultant: Gerald Thomas CAST Sid James (Scrooge) Terry Scott Charles Hawtrey (Spirit of Christmas Past) Hattie Jacques Barbara Windsor Bernard Bresslaw Peter Butterworth and guest star Frankie Howerd PLOT SUMMARY The Carry On gang do their version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol. AVAILABILITY UK Television Broadcasters: ITV DVD Distrinutors: Fremantle Home Entertainment (FHED1902) LINKS SEE ALSO A Christmas Carol (adaptations) REFERENCES BOOKS A Christmas Carol and Its Adaptations: A Critical Examination of Dickens's Story and Its Productions on Screen and Television by Fred Guida (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc (2000)) p.195 credits OTHER SOURCES screen credits KEYWORDS book into television, christmas, ghosts, misers Last Updated: 1 January, 2009