Scrooge learns his father knew of the molestation and allowed it in exchange for the schoolmaster waiving attendance fees. A vision shows Scrooge's childhood self at a boarding school, where he was made to stay during the Christmas season and was sexually abused by the schoolmaster.

The Ghost of Christmas Past arrives, first taking the form of Scrooge's abusive father Franklin before showing Scrooge his past, taking on different guises, including Ali Baba, Scrooge's childhood hero. He warns Scrooge that the same fate awaits him unless he heeds the three spirits who will visit him on Christmas Eve. Marley visits Scrooge, shows him visions of the suffering workers in their mines and sweatshops, and explains that the links of his chains represent lives lost because of their greed. The Ghost tells Marley he will not have rest unless he helps Scrooge find redemption. Marley rises from the dead as a spirit bound by chains and encounters the Ghost of Christmas Past. At home, Scrooge's clerk Bob Cratchit and his wife Mary struggle to survive and raise their children, especially the disabled Tiny Tim. Seven years after Marley's death, the miserly Scrooge resents people who cherish Christmas as hypocrites, arguing if people were as good as they claim to be during the festive season then they would be so during the entire year. In this version, Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley are asset-strippers with extensive industrial interests as well as being moneylenders. Cast members include Guy Pearce, Andy Serkis, Stephen Graham, Charlotte Riley, Johnny Harris, Jason Flemyng, Vinette Robinson and Joe Alwyn. The drama involves adult language, brief nudity, horror elements, implications of child molestation, forced prostitution and a depiction of a child drowning.įilming locations include Rainham Hall in East London and Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick. This adaptation was meant to present a darker take on the classic story, aimed at an adult audience. The three-part series is written by Steven Knight with actor Tom Hardy and Ridley Scott among the executive producers. on FX Networks from 19 December 2019 over three nights and was later repeated. on 22 December 2019 and concluded two days later on 24 December 2019. A Christmas Carol is a 2019 British dark fantasy drama miniseries based on the 1843 novella of the same name by Charles Dickens.

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