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Charles Dickens’ classic ghostly tale has been a perennial Christmas favourite adapted many times for stage, screen and radio. The story of a Scrooge, the Christmas-hating miser visited by three spirits is in turn emotional, heart-warming and chilling. Here’s a chance to hear a version first broadcast on Christmas Day 1965, starring theatrical titan Ralph Richardson.

Scrooge/Storyteller: Ralph Richardson
Bob Cratchit: Frederick Treves
Mrs Cratchit: Mary Wimbush
Jacob Marley: John Ruddock
The Ghost of Christmas Past: Wilfred Carter
The Ghost of Christmas Present: Ralph Truman
Fred: Bruce Beeby
Tiny Tim: Shelia Grant
With Eric Anderson, Jo Manning Wilson and Rosalind Shanks

Music composed and conducted by Christopher Whelan

Adapted and Produced by Charles Lefeaux