A Christmas Carol (1969)

Country of Origin: Australia
Date(s) of Broadcast: 1969
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 47 mins
Format:
Colour Format: colour
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Air Programs International
Producer: Walter J. Hucker

SCRIPT
Adaptation: Michael Robinson
Novel: Charles Dickens

DIRECTION
Director: Zoran Janjic

ANIMATION
Animation: John Burge, Chris Cuddington, Peter Luschwitz, Don MacKinnon, Jean Tych
Layouts: Leif Gram
Backgrounds: Ann Williams

PHOTOGRAPHY
Camera: Graham Sharpe, Jenny Ochse

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editing: Richard Bowden
Negative Cutting: M. Cardin

MUSIC
Music: Richard Bowden

SOUND
Sound Mixing: Harry Medak

OTHER CREW
Studio Supervisor: Zora Bubica

VOICES
Ron Haddrick (Ebenezer Scrooge)
C. Duncan
John Llewellyn
T. Mangan
Bruce Montague
Brenda Senders

SINGERS
T. Kaff
C. Bowden

PLOT SUMMARY

Miserly London businessman Ebenezer Scrooge is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his dead business partner Marley, who warns him that three more ghosts will appear during the night trying to show Scrooge the error of his ways. As the night wears on, he's visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. But will even they be enough to soften old Scrooge's heart?

UK
Video Distributor: Pegasus

USA
Television Broadcasters: CBS-TV

TIMELINE

1970
December
13: USA - television broadcast (on CBS-TV)

LINKS

SEE ALSO
A Christmas Carol (adaptations)

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.196
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Last Updated: 15 October, 2008