A Christmas Carol

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is given a Christmas Eve to remember when a quartet of ghosts - his dead business partner and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future - turn up determined to cure him of his money-grubbing ways. George C Scott - usually better known for his tough, sardonic characters - gives an acclaimed performance as the crabby Victorian recluse in this above-average adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic cautionary tale filmed in Shrewsbury. Nigel Davenport, Frank Finlay, Angela Pleasence, David Warner, Edward Woodward and Susannah York are among the sterling supporting cast