We present: A Christmas Carol
Tune in to Virtual Community Radio today, Friday 24th December — Christmas Eve — at noon or 4pm Pacific/SLT, 8pm or midnight UK time, for a special presentation of Charles Dickens’ classic story, “A Christmas Carol” — the timeless tale of one man’s journey from miserly indifference to redemption.
Through the intercession of the ghost of his seven-years-dead partner, Ebenezer Scrooge journeys through time — and Christmas — with three Spirits; observing the causes, and effects, that his life choices have made — and will make, unless he changes his ways.
Our presentation will be broadcast twice on Christmas Eve, the very day of the year when the story begins, at Noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT, 8pm or midnight in the UK. The story was adapted for radio by Caledonia Skytower, based on the special abridged version that Dickens himself used for his public performances of the work.
“A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas”, commonly known as “A Christmas Carol”, was first published in London by Chapman & Hall on December 19, 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. Charles Dickens arguably set the original precedent for the modern tradition of ghost stories at Christmas with “A Christmas Carol” and he wrote other, later ghost stories that were published for the Christmas period, notably “The Signal-Man” in 1866.
Our presentation of “A Christmas Carol” is performed by Shandon Loring, Elrik Merlin, and Caledonia Skytower with music by Paul Mottram. The programme is a CEH production.
In addition to A Christmas Carol, we will be playing seasonal music all day.