This new Scrooge on BBC1

[BucketBiff]

Dragging it out over 3 episodes is a bit much

I enjoyed it. Was pretty dark but it could have been smashed out in an hour and a half no bother.

 

[Roman maroni]

There's no point in making the same thing again and again. You may as well watch the original. So I like them trying something different. Oh no, there were black people. Whatever

Bob Cratchits wife wasn't black though, was she?

 

[Curlyteeth]

Bob Cratchits wife wasn't black though, was she?

What difference does it make. Characters get changed all the time from how they look in books compared to how they are on screen. It's like people are looking for something to be angry about

 

[Roman maroni]

What difference does it make. Characters get changed all the time from how they look in books compared to how they are on screen. It's like people are looking for something to be angry about

Not angry at all about mate.

 

[Mr.Thunders]

I enjoyed it

 

[bobpc30]

I enjoyed it.

 

[tonyfromalnwick]

I cant wait till this Dracula starts, its the only thing I'm looking forward to watching over xmas.

"I may be undead, but I'm not unreasonable"
Don't remember that little gem from the book.

 

[Albay3037]

I am totally lost here, WTF is going on

 

[safcrob]

Yeah but its the BBC version.

 

[Dark Traveller]

Soooo... Young Scrooge was a bit touched when schooled.

 

[Curlyteeth]

I thought that was great. Different but great

 

[Deleted member 5265]

Bob Cratchits wife wasn't black though, was she?

Dickens doesn't say.

There were plenty of black people in Georgian and Victorian Britain.

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Both by Cruikshank, Dickens' illustrator.
As for the TV programme, it was OK. No problem with them taking liberties with the original, but it's a bit boring.

 

[Rotten Johnny]

If there are no trans folk in it, I'm outraged.
Sheer bigotry.

 

[naughtynose]

Nowt comes close to The Muppets.

 

[Cockney Mackem]

Not evil perhaps, but he instills fear in those around him at least. In this version you had Bob wise-cracking with him and people shouting abuse at him through his window to which he had no response. Scrooge came across as soft in this version to me which negates the whole point of the story. Dunno if it was intentional, but if it was, it was a pretty big misstep.

Pretty consistent with recent BBC front live drama. War of the Worlds was a misfire, and the new Dracula looks dogshit

Although in the interests of balance their version of His Dark Materials was mint

 

[Fletch]

Pretty consistent with recent BBC front live drama. War of the Worlds was a misfire, and the new Dracula looks dogshit

Although in the interests of balance their version of His Dark Materials was mint

I thought dark materials poor, geared up for 12 yr olds , binned it after 2 episodes

 

[Roman maroni]

Was Ali Baba in A Christmas Carol?

 

[Thackeray]

Bob Cratchits wife wasn't black though, was she?

She wasn't a f***ing Muppet either was she?

 

[Butcher's Coat]

Utter pap.

 

[tonyfromalnwick]

Was Ali Baba in A Christmas Carol?

"Ali Baba not real ?"