
"How Charles Dickens wrote “A Christmas Carol” and created a tradition."
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.
Charles Dickens

Scrooge

Mr. John Dickens

John Forster / Ghost of Christmas Present

Kate Dickens

Haddock / Ghost of Marley

Thackeray

Leech

Mrs. Fisk

Chapman

Mr. Grimsby

Butcher / Mr. Fezziwig

Butcher's Wife / Mrs. Fezziwig

Fanny Dickens / Mrs. Cratchit

Henry Jr. / Tiny Tim

Mrs. Dickens

Rev. Henry Burnett / Mr. Cratchit

Signor Mazzini

Tara / Ghost of Christmas Past
Young Charles

Presenter
Stage Manager

Walter Dickens
Charley Dickens
Mamie Dickens
Katey Dickens
Maid
Hall

Garrick Club Waiter

Tara / Ghost of Christmas Past

Young Charles' Brother
Young Charles' Brother
Young Charles' Sister
Young Charles' Sister
Society Lady
Mrs. Grimsby

Toothless Man
Grave Digger
Grave Digger

Cleric

Clerk

Bailiff
Charlotte Wigmore
Rev. Henry Burnett / Bob Cratchit

Warren's Foreman

Punch / Judy

Pie Man

Newsagent

Scam Artist

Charwoman
Cratchit Child
Cratchit Child
Cratchit Child
Warren's Factory Boy

Poll
Christmas Tree Vendor

Constable Copperfield

Mr. Grub

Grip the Raven
Grip

Mittens the Cat
Tart

Lover
Audience Member
Nobleman

Middle Class

Maid
Audience Member (uncredited)