this tatty be dram adaptation scramble soulessly through the plot of dickens wonderful book and replace the emotional impact with hurried transition and any exterior location with drawing . it not the fault of the actor and the production team that the budget be so low and of course and but you have to question the point of make this in the first place when there neither the time nor money to do it justice . michael hordern scrooge be far too gentle at the outset and make his transformation lack power and and this isn not help along by a lack of reaction from him a he watch the vision . the other actor range from acceptable ( clive merrison and paul copley ) and to non committal ( bernard lee ) to seem like theyre about to forget their line ( john le mesurier ) . it doesn not even score point for effort and to be honest .