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A
Christmas Carol, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
by
Charles Dickens; dramatised by Elaine Morgan.
A BBC Television production, in association with Time
Life Films.
First broadcast on BBC Television, December 1977 (?).
Director: Moira Armstrong
Producer: Jonathan Powell
Production Designer: Barry Newbery
Costume Designer: Barbara Kidd
Makeup: Ann Ailes-Stevenson
Original Music: Sam Barclay
Running time: approx. 58 mins
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Cast
(main
characters, in
alphabetical order) |
Maev Alexander.....Fred's Wife
Christopher Biggins.....Topper
June Brown.....Mrs Dilber
Timothy Chasin.....Tiny Tim Cratchit
Stephen Churchett.....John
Zelah Clarke.....Marthur Cratchit
Paul Copley.....Fred
Veronica Doran.....Caroline
John Grillo.....Caroline's Husband
Dorian Healy....Schoolboy Scrooge
Michael Hordern.....Ebenezer Scrooge
Nicholas John.....Dick Wilkins
Bernard Lee.....The Ghost of Christmas Present
John Le Mesurier.....Marley
Carol MacReady.....Mrs Cratchit
Claire McLellan.....Belinda Cratchit
Clive Merrison.....Bob Cratchit
Michael Mulcaster.....The Ghost of Christmas Future
Patricia Quinn.....Ghost of Christmas Past
John Ringham.....Charity Gentleman
David Ronder.....Peter Cratchit
John Salthouse.....Young Scrooge
Will Stampe.....Fezziwig
Zoe Wanamaker.....Belle |
Production |
| In one of Dickens's
most famous tales, Zoe is cast as Scrooge's lost love,
Belle. Her scenes are played out in flashback as the miser
remembers Christmases past. Visited by a series of ghosts
one Christmas Eve, the old man gradually learns to appreciate
the value of festive cheer. |
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Notes |
| This
production of A Christmas Carol - one of Zoe's first
television roles - was last repeated on BBC Television
in December 1993. |
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