A unique interpretation of Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Humphrey Lyttelton stars as Ebenezer Scrumph, Colin Sell as his assistant Crotchet, and Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer as the Ghosts of Christmas Future, Present and Hist. Stephen Fry narrates, with guests Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Sandi Toksvig, Tony Hawks and Linda Smith making up the rest of the cast.
Repeated on New Year's Day at 12.04pm

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Christmas Carol 12.04pm R4

We are in the London of Charles Dickens and, as usual, it's Christmas. In his grim music emporium Ebenezer Scrumph (Humphrey Lyttelton) persecutes his clerk and pours scorn on Christmas and all it stands for. But if it's fun you're after, there are parlour games a-plenty including sound charades and Mornington Crescent - in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Graeme Garden (yes, that one!)

And don't miss...

A discussion on peace in Good Morning Christmas (7am R2), an interview with Julie Andrews in Stage and Screen (4.45pm R3), seasonal stories chosen by Brian Perkins in With Great Pleasure at Christmas (2.15pm R4) and some obituaries of 2003 in Brief Lives Special (10pm R5 Live).