A Christmas Carol (2000 film)

A Christmas Carol
Genre
Based on A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Written by Peter Bowker
Directed by Catherine Morshead
Starring Ross Kemp
Warren Mitchell
Liz Smith
Michael Maloney
Angeline Ball
Ray Fearon
Mina Anwar
Lorraine Ashbourne
Composer(s) Simon Lacey
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
Production
Executive producer(s) Laura Mackie
Jo Wright
Producer(s) Joshua St. Johnston
Cinematography David Higgs
Editor(s) Nick McPhee
Running time 90 minutes
Production company(s) London Weekend Television
Release
Original network ITV
Picture format 16:9 (576i)
Audio format Stereo
Original release 20 December 2000 (2000-12-20)

A Christmas Carol is a British television crime fantasy drama film, written by Peter Bowker, that first broadcast on ITV on December 20, 2000.[1] The film is a modern adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and stars Ross Kemp in the role of Eddie Scrooge. Warren Mitchell stars as Eddie's Dad, the Ghost of Christmas Past; Ray Fearon stars as Jacob Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Present; and Ben Inigo-Jones stars as Eddie's son, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

The film was one of a number of projects offered to Kemp as part of his "golden handcuffs" deal with ITV, following his departure from Eastenders.[2] 9.41 million viewers watched the film on its debut Wednesday night broadcast.[3] The film is also regularly repeated on ITV3 during the build up to Christmas each year. Despite its popularity, holding a 7.1/10 rating on IMDB, the film has never been released on DVD.

Synopsis

Eddie Scrooge (Ross Kemp) is an unscrupulous loan shark living on a poor inner-city estate, who brings misery to everyone who knows him. When his business partner Jacob Marley (Ray Fearon) is shot dead, Eddie realises he knows the reason behind the killing, but chooses not disclose this information to the police, or Marley's family. On Christmas Eve, Eddie awakens from a nightmare about the night of Marley's death, and is taught the true meaning of Christmas by the three ghosts of Christmas, past, present and future: his dad (Warren Mitchell), Marley himself and his future son (Ben Inigo-Jones).

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://itvstudios.com/programmes/a-christmas-carol
  2. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/nov/21/itv.broadcasting1
  3. ↑ http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-top-30/
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