A Christmas Carol  Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (1977)

Country of Origin: UK
Date of Broadcast: 24 December 1977
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 60 mins
Format: videotape
Colour Format: colour
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC
Copyright: © BBC MCMLXXVII
Producer: Jonathan Powell
Production Unit Manager: Denis Curran

SCRIPT
Dramatised by: Elaine Morgan
Novel: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Script Editor: Betty Willingale

DIRECTION
Directed by: Moira Armstrong

PHOTOGRAPHY
Lighting: Sam Barclay (uncredited)

MUSIC
Music Composed and Conducted by: Herbert Chappell

SOUND
Sound: Colin Dixon (uncredited)

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make-Up Artist: Ann Ailes
Costume Designer: Barbara Kidd

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Barry Newbery

OTHER CREW
Production Assistant: Carol Wiseman

CAST
Michael Hordern (Ebenezer Scrooge)
John Le Mesurier (Marley's Ghost)
Bernard Lee (Ghost of Christmas Present)
Patricia Quinn (Ghost of Christmas Past)
Paul Copley (Fred)
Clive Merrison (Bob Cratchit)
Carol MacReady (Mrs Cratchit)
Maev Alexander (Fred's wife)
Zoë Wanamaker (Belle)
Stephen Churchett (John)
Will Stampe (Fezziwig)
Christopher Biggins (Topper)
Tricia George (little blonde)
John Salthouse (Scrooge as a young man)
Veronica Doran (Caroline)
John Grillo (Caroline's husband)
June Brown (Mrs Dilber)
David Hatton (undertaker's man)
John Ringham (charity gentleman)
Brian Hayes, Roy Desmond (businessmen)
Michael Mulcaster (The Ghost of Christmas Future)
Nicholas John (Dick Wilkins)
Dorian Healy (Scrooge, as a schoolboy)
Tracey Childs (fan)
Zelah Clarke (Marthur Cratchit)
David Ronder (Peter Cratchit)
Claire McLellan (Belinda Cratchit)
Timothy Chasin (Tiny Tim Cratchit)
David Corti (carol-singer)

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?

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)) pp.200-201
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Last Updated: 15 October, 2008