In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.
Acting
Christopher Plummer's Scrooge steals every scene he's in.
Production
Gloriously grimy Victorian London that you can practically smell.
Writing
Meta-narrative about creation that respects audience intelligence.
Director
Bharat Nalluri
Dan Stevens
Charles Dickens
Christopher Plummer
Scrooge
Jonathan Pryce
Mr. John Dickens
Justin Edwards
John Forster / Ghost of Christmas Present
Morfydd Clark
Kate Dickens
Donald Sumpter
Haddock / Ghost of Marley
Miles Jupp
Thackeray
Simon Callow
Leech
Miriam Margolyes
Mrs. Fisk
Ian McNeice
Chapman
Bill Paterson
Mr. Grimsby
John Henshaw
Butcher / Mr. Fezziwig
Annette Badland
Butcher's Wife / Mrs. Fezziwig
Katie McGuinness
Fanny Dickens / Mrs. Cratchit
Pearse Kearney
Henry Jr. / Tiny Tim
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
CA
IE
