A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Radio drama starring Ralph Richardson (1965)

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  • Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
  • Radio Drama starring Sir Ralph Richardson as the Storyteller and Scrooge.
    Cast:
    Frederick Treves as Bob Cratchit
    Mary Wimbush as Mrs Cratchit
    John Ruddock as Jacob Marley
    Ralph Truman as the Ghost of Christmas Present
    Wilfred Carter as the Ghost of Christmas Past
    Bruce Beeby as Fred
    Sheila Grant as Tiny Tim
    Broadcast on 25 December 1965.

Комментарии • 148

  • @magoo9767
    @magoo9767 5 лет назад +101

    I can never have enough versions of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, not only my favorite Dickens story, but my FAVORITE story.

    • @adrianekelly2966
      @adrianekelly2966 4 года назад +3

      MAGOO - I've loved Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol since it was first shown.

    • @raeray2235
      @raeray2235 3 года назад +1

      Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol is my absolute favorite!

    • @kiddykatnesscorral4613
      @kiddykatnesscorral4613 3 года назад +6

      I seek this tale every Xmas, in every form be it movie, musical or narration. It never gets old!!

    • @JohnSmith-2koolaid
      @JohnSmith-2koolaid 2 года назад

      Old
      Magoo you’ve done it again
      Nnnnngaaaah

    • @PinkyPuff69
      @PinkyPuff69 2 года назад

      .....and Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol is probably my favorite Christmas TV show. xo

  • @pepperann5766
    @pepperann5766 6 лет назад +134

    Oh I love this Mans voice, I am enjoying this novel so much. At 70 yrs old I still want too hear, A Christmas Carol every year at this time. Wouldn't be Christmas without it, to me anyway. Thank You for making this reader available to us. Merry Christmas to all🎄🎁

    • @musicstewart9744
      @musicstewart9744 6 лет назад +8

      JustMe WingAnAPrayer Me too. 57 years old and I have seen or heard this at least once every year I can remember. 🎄

    • @GeneralLee1961.3
      @GeneralLee1961.3 5 лет назад +8

      I am 57 years old and I absolutely agree with you! Merry Christmas and God bless us

    • @dermotjones8753
      @dermotjones8753 5 лет назад +17

      I once had to wait for a delayed coach from Victoria station. I found a copy of Christmas carol for 50 pence in a charity shop. Snow drifted gently I went to st Paul's cathedral cemetery and began to read. I finished it at the exact time I needed to leave for the coach. I'm a depressed mean character who doesn't like company or family. But there is a touch of light in my soul following that Christmas eve

    • @kathleencampbell2298
      @kathleencampbell2298 4 года назад +2

      Ditto 🎄🎭🎶🍸🥂❄️✨

    • @adrianekelly2966
      @adrianekelly2966 4 года назад +1

      Dermot Jones Bless your soul, Sir.

  • @cookstorytime
    @cookstorytime 3 года назад +26

    When I was a little boy my mother every Christmas used to read A Christmas Carol to my brother, sister and me. She always explained that Scrooge was a mean, hard hearted and selfish man who wouldn't give a penny to anybody. But he eventually became a nice kind man and was generous and kind to everybody.

    • @johndean958
      @johndean958 2 года назад +2

      Thankyou for sharing such a beautiful memory. Your Mother sounds lovely. John (Australia)

    • @jonnielson8716
      @jonnielson8716 Год назад +1

      Scrooge was definitely a rude dude. Sad truth is, so are many who live in fear from neglect and loss. As was Scrooge’s case. Pity them in love, as Scrooge’s nephew pitied Ebenezer.

    • @JohnMc1776
      @JohnMc1776 10 месяцев назад

      I know a few men like that 😅

  • @joannehines7954
    @joannehines7954 5 лет назад +31

    GOD BLESS THE RADIO, A LIFELNE TO SO MANY,BE IT IN WAR OR PEACE, THIS IS A TYPICAL CRACKING RADIO DRAMA,SUPERB,! THEY EVEN SOLD TINS OF RADIO TOFFEE,SO YOU COULD ENJOY! THE RADIO TIMES HAS ALWAYS BEEN FANTASTIC!

  • @renzo6490
    @renzo6490 4 года назад +26

    “Oh,just another reading of A Christmas Carol”, I thought, ready to pass it by.
    Then, I saw it was being read by Sir Ralph Richardson!
    I remembered seeing him in Long Day’s Journey Into Night on screen.
    So, I stopped to listen.
    And I’m glad that I did!

  • @karyannfontaine8757
    @karyannfontaine8757 5 лет назад +37

    This amazing reading actually gave me The Olde Christmas spirit. So pleasurable!

  • @ronaldwalton430
    @ronaldwalton430 3 года назад +9

    This is my favorite radio version of Dicken's A Christmas Carol. God Bless Us Everyone! Ronald From Melbourne FL.

    • @gillyjames9609
      @gillyjames9609 3 года назад +2

      It's a classic, so Sir Ralph and this cast give it their best. Christmas Greetings to you too Ronald, from Gillian, England ⛄🎄🎅

  • @jerrybutler1336
    @jerrybutler1336 4 года назад +24

    i turned out the lights, lit several candles and listened with just the candle lights, staggering

    • @johndean958
      @johndean958 2 года назад

      fantastic mind you have. I will do the same now..

  • @CollegeMan69
    @CollegeMan69 2 года назад +9

    Sir Ralph is a truly wonderful narrator. Gripping from start to finish

  • @annnunley9777
    @annnunley9777 5 лет назад +21

    December 25th is worth pursuing with a contented heart, keep Christmas well

  • @PinkyPuff69
    @PinkyPuff69 7 лет назад +74

    I'm listening to this on Christmas Eve in bed, very late with my headphones on. Sir Ralph Richardson was a great actor, I could identify his voice any day!

    • @RomanStyran
      @RomanStyran  7 лет назад +3

      +Melanie Brandt Sounds amazing. Glad for you!
      Merry Christmas!

    • @anxietymasteryt5791
      @anxietymasteryt5791 6 лет назад +1

      Melanie Brandt is just your makeup or are you as young as i think you are

    • @GenevieveThornton
      @GenevieveThornton 6 лет назад +3

      Melanie Brandt I wonder if you’ll listen to it thus Christmas Eve...also I love your pic!

    • @mikemc4340
      @mikemc4340 6 лет назад +6

      It’s Christmas Eve and I’m doing the same

    • @ElissaStark514
      @ElissaStark514 6 лет назад +4

      Melanie Brandt I love that! So cozy. I also love “A Christmas Story” read by Dick Cavett.

  • @chrissysoden3782
    @chrissysoden3782 4 года назад +8

    Bloody marvelous !! Charles Dickens is my favourite author and this story is one of his best ....I've watched every version of the film adaption and and loved most of the them.
    I've listened to a few radio recordings, but this one is without a doubt ....the very best, this story can only be read ( in my humble opinion ) by British actors and Sir Ralph Richardson has such a wonderful voice and just brings this story alive ....thank you so much for this !!!

    • @TheFutureLooksGrimm
      @TheFutureLooksGrimm 4 года назад +2

      Chrissy Soden have you heard Old Time Radio Show version of A Christmas Carol with Lionel Barrymore? Legendary! It’s among the most loved versions. He did it on a yearly tradition at least 5 times. Each year he got even better! The filename is 1939-12-24_CBS_Campbell_Playhouse_-_A_Christmas_Carol_Lionel_Barrymore and if you like OTR you can find a great OTR Christmas Playlist on the Internet Archive.

    • @chrissysoden3782
      @chrissysoden3782 4 года назад

      @@TheFutureLooksGrimm .... thank you so much, I'll have a look for it !!

    • @TheKonga88
      @TheKonga88 4 года назад +1

      Blooming marvellous! Aaahhhh yes, that's better, better go feed the reindeer I suppose..🎃🎃👸🏼🎈🎈☃️☃️🎄🎄🎄🎍🎍🧨🎅🎅🎅🤡🤡👻👻👻🎅🎅🎅🎅⭐⛄⛄🎊🧸🧸🎋🎭🐜🐜

  • @MrGordonSims
    @MrGordonSims 3 года назад +13

    Sir Ralph Richardson is a legend. I had no idea he ever did a version of this. Made my day.

  • @michelleelston4518
    @michelleelston4518 4 года назад +8

    I have to say Sir Ralph Richardson has the most beautiful voice for storytelling, also a wonderful Actor ,.

  • @adrianekelly2966
    @adrianekelly2966 4 года назад +6

    What a treat to come upon this, after a couple weeks listening to RUclips presentations about Charles Dickens, purchasing Simon Callow's book, Dickens' Christmas, then interviews with the wonderful Peter Ustinov telling stories about many he knew, including Ralph Richardson risking life and limb on "a powerful motorbike" , holding up filming because his post-crash reconstructive dental work whistled....and after seeing the 1939 version, this appeared, and so here I am, in happy and appreciative company. My best to all here. God bless us, every one. God bless the wonderful Dickens and all who, year after year, bring this to life anew. Thanks so much for posting.

  • @stanleyban
    @stanleyban 5 лет назад +18

    A Christmas Carol featuring Sir Ralph Richardson. What could be better to listen to on Christmas Day! Thank you for posting this gem; I never knew this existed- wonderful surprise!!!

  • @berthar.shewman9921
    @berthar.shewman9921 2 года назад +6

    A very warm and accurate rendition. Thank you for the fine performance.

  • @cathyputnam4991
    @cathyputnam4991 3 года назад +6

    I love these stories thank you so much for bringing great stories back

  • @knitpurlsquirrelwithgrannydee
    @knitpurlsquirrelwithgrannydee 3 года назад +10

    I adore this Dickens story! My fave of his and I watch all versions of the movie - though I will say I really like the one with Alastair Sim best.

  • @vajee5
    @vajee5 3 года назад +5

    Love Sir Richardson’s melodic voice and perfect diction. A superb actor, as well.

  • @princessofjedi
    @princessofjedi 4 года назад +5

    Had to find this on youtube because I cant find my local radio station on my phone and they always play it and I always listen!

  • @TralfazConstruction
    @TralfazConstruction 3 года назад +3

    How rare and wonderful this is. Thank you.

  • @michelleelston4518
    @michelleelston4518 4 года назад +6

    Thank you so much for your time and patience, I’m a bit late , but I could listen to this all day all year long , wonderful you are a star 🌟

  • @joannsmith5801
    @joannsmith5801 9 месяцев назад

    It’s Christmas night, can’t imagine having a Christmas without hearing Scrooge. A favorite 🎄

  • @GenevieveThornton
    @GenevieveThornton 6 лет назад +11

    I LOVED him the 1949 film The Heiress! So goooood! What a voice

  • @janecollette9504
    @janecollette9504 7 лет назад +24

    I loved this dramatization, I enjoyed listening to it,

  • @kalavinka3
    @kalavinka3 7 лет назад +28

    This is WONDERFUL!

    • @RomanStyran
      @RomanStyran  7 лет назад +2

      +Christina Moore Thank you, Christina. Glad you enjoyed it.

    • @kalavinka3
      @kalavinka3 7 лет назад +1

      Thank you!

  • @heidicleaves3150
    @heidicleaves3150 4 года назад +3

    Thank You! Very much enjoyed.

  • @johnmh1000
    @johnmh1000 2 года назад +2

    I can remember this when rebroadcast by the BBC in the 80s?. I have it on tape and then on a CD transcription. It is a classic and so atmospheric and I try to play it every Christmas. Thank you for uploading.

  • @felixfelix1477
    @felixfelix1477 6 лет назад +24

    Out of so many versions available i think ive struck lucky. Love it.

    • @cathydoyle8804
      @cathydoyle8804 3 года назад +2

      A fine actor to read this famous tale, brilliant story and storyteller.

  • @daveclarke8899
    @daveclarke8899 2 года назад +3

    This is the man that narrates in the WaterShip Down original too! What a national treasure

  • @ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE
    @ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE 4 года назад +6

    Getting ready for Christmas. This is just what I need to get me in gear!

  • @mckavitt
    @mckavitt 7 лет назад +19

    A great one, this!

    • @michaelpalmieri7335
      @michaelpalmieri7335 4 года назад

      @@anxietymasteryt5791
      What are you, some kind of sicko? You say you're twelve years old. Aren't you a little young to be talking such filth?
      So you're in a sex education class. So what? What does that have to do with this story? What does it have to with anything?

  • @winnieellis4305
    @winnieellis4305 2 года назад +2

    One of the best readings !❄️🇨🇦

  • @Poeme340
    @Poeme340 3 года назад +2

    Sir Ralph is just perfect!👍

  • @moomin151
    @moomin151 2 года назад +2

    What a story
    What a voice Sir Ralph Richardson has. Wonderful.

  • @susiesmith2330
    @susiesmith2330 6 лет назад +13

    Charming, simply charming!

  • @bobhawxwell1606
    @bobhawxwell1606 2 года назад +1

    Grew up on sir ralph as the finest ever Scrooge and Paul Schofield as a truly magnificent narrator .

  • @melaniehill2934
    @melaniehill2934 8 лет назад +8

    Thank you!!!!

  • @neaklaus52
    @neaklaus52 2 года назад +1

    This was sir Ralph Richardson's second go at playing Scrooge. He recorded it for Caedmon Records along with Sir Paul Scofield and Fredrick Treves. Also a wonderful recording!

  • @henrykujawa4427
    @henrykujawa4427 6 лет назад +8

    I know Ralph Richardson played Dr. Watson on the radio opposite John Gilgud as Sherlock Holmes... but I always remember him as "The Crypt Keeper" in the 1972 Amicus film, "TALES FROM THE CRYPT".
    "Who's NEXT? Perhaps-- YOU??"

    • @TheKonga88
      @TheKonga88 4 года назад

      I assure you I have a purpose..And why did you come here?😂😂😂😂🤡👻👻🎅🎈🎁🎍🤶☃️☃️🎄🎄👸🏼🎃🎈

  • @dennisthompson4725
    @dennisthompson4725 7 лет назад +8

    That was great! Thank you.

  • @Grundsau47
    @Grundsau47 4 года назад +8

    "Radio is the theatre of the mind"

  • @josephkent3238
    @josephkent3238 Год назад

    Happy Thanksgiving 2022. Love this ...

  • @jerrymerryweather8034
    @jerrymerryweather8034 Год назад

    Best radio version.

  • @KylabesrRichardson
    @KylabesrRichardson 11 месяцев назад

    This man is a legend

  • @SoUtHMeMpHis
    @SoUtHMeMpHis 5 лет назад +9

    ⛄God Bless Us Everyone ☃️ 2018 Memphis,tn on Thanksgiving Eve. Ah, the cooking smells !!

  • @jobby750
    @jobby750 10 месяцев назад

    Best audio version puts me off to sleep

  • @jimenaeyzaguirre2342
    @jimenaeyzaguirre2342 2 года назад +1

    I enjoyed it tremendously, I only wish it were the unabridged version of the book.

  • @lisastone8695
    @lisastone8695 6 лет назад +9

    I enjoy this

  • @geoffjoffy
    @geoffjoffy 4 года назад +4

    Never knew this even existed

  • @gazza2933
    @gazza2933 3 года назад +1

    Sir Ralph Richardson was a fine actor and narrator.
    Great version of this Classic by the greatest story teller!
    One criticism...A carol at the end would have been more fitting than the music here.
    Thank you.
    A Happy and Peaceful Christmas 2020,
    "God Bless Us....Everyone!" 🎅

  • @MrDavey2010
    @MrDavey2010 6 лет назад +3

    Such class!

  • @birdswont
    @birdswont 2 года назад

    The message from this will never die as long as people value money above people

  • @michaelclendenen4005
    @michaelclendenen4005 3 года назад +1

    I love it all the Christmas carol, the more the merrier

  • @guii5230
    @guii5230 5 лет назад +4

    👍 great 👍

  • @julianrose810
    @julianrose810 7 лет назад +8

    To my mind the best film version enjoy!

  • @clendenenjames8804
    @clendenenjames8804 3 года назад

    I love it, Christmas and a carol, count me in,it's the only thought that makes me feel great

  • @Talboy-p4e
    @Talboy-p4e 9 месяцев назад

    National treasure
    Novel
    Good old shilling and pence
    My golden years back then
    Orange wrapped up in news paper for presents
    Proper winter for months
    Snow ball playing for months
    Tradition Christmas
    Thanks for the invite listening

  • @stantonhager2290
    @stantonhager2290 7 лет назад +10

    Thanks, Roman, for these marvelous Ralph Richardson recordings. Do you have another 39 you haven't posted yet??

  • @DavidJohnson-yp2bi
    @DavidJohnson-yp2bi 3 года назад

    One of the best movies ive seen

  • @Tsnore
    @Tsnore 8 лет назад +8

    Sir Ralph!

  • @tonybutcher8141
    @tonybutcher8141 Год назад

    He would have made a brilliant Scooge with a voice like his haunting and gravel voice. BRILLIANT.

  • @michaelpalmieri7335
    @michaelpalmieri7335 4 года назад +1

    They left out the part from Scrooge's "future" where it's revealed that Tiny Tim had died because his father couldn't afford medical treatment for him on the meager salary Scrooge paid him. It's after Scrooge renounces his former ways that he raises Bob Crachcit's income and promises to help him and his family. This is why at the end of the book, it is said that "to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, he (Scrooge) was a second father" (for some reason, the "who did not die" line is left out of this adaptation of the novel).

  • @pauldolphins
    @pauldolphins 6 лет назад +8

    Looks like Patrick Stewart! !

  • @jerrycarfagno4354
    @jerrycarfagno4354 4 года назад +1

    Great read

  • @feralbluee
    @feralbluee 2 года назад +1

    my goodness, brilliant read. fun to listen to. thanks so much :) 🌷🌱
    (the music at the end is awful though.)((

  • @Lobosank
    @Lobosank 2 года назад

    This country stil has sirs, lords, kings and queens and lets not forget the dukes. They count on charity as long as it's not from the GOV'T.

    • @veganleigh4817
      @veganleigh4817 11 месяцев назад

      ????

    • @Lobosank
      @Lobosank 11 месяцев назад

      @@veganleigh4817 what don't you get?

  • @clendenenjames8804
    @clendenenjames8804 3 года назад

    Anything Christmas I'm in on iit,it, just I. Love Christmas

  • @mrbrown4553
    @mrbrown4553 Год назад

    Lacks heart and conviction.

  • @mares3841
    @mares3841 2 года назад

    💛

  • @tailtap2222
    @tailtap2222 Месяц назад

    Frederick Treves? Wasn't he the Elephant Man's physician/friend from the David Lynch film?

  • @numinousbookofreview
    @numinousbookofreview Год назад +1

    I don't know whether it's a bad adaptation or whether the production has been badly edited down to under an hour. I suspect the latter.

    • @mlb4861
      @mlb4861 Год назад

      Iioi😅😅😅i😅😅😅😅

    • @mlb4861
      @mlb4861 Год назад

      Yea Yea I’ll have a great weekend and happy mother’s baby baby dear dear mama merry thanksgiving baby bless mama merry merry love mama mama bless love mama mama baby mama love mama mama baby moon mama merry thanksgiving baby bless jojojojojo

  • @GidionApex
    @GidionApex Год назад

    He was the crip keeper in what 1972 classic?? Anyone?

  • @IloveEaster
    @IloveEaster 9 месяцев назад

    Outrageous what they did to Jacob Marley.A man works hard and minds his own business and that is what he gets.Shameful,Marley should have been a bum and then those turd holes on the other side would have liked him.

  • @timfarney5165
    @timfarney5165 Год назад

    Is it just me that thinks he looks incredibly similar to Tommy Lee Jones?

    • @veganleigh4817
      @veganleigh4817 11 месяцев назад +1

      Just around the eyes, and only from that angle!

  • @ThompsonArt2022
    @ThompsonArt2022 7 лет назад +9

    At 1:43 to 1:47 I know it is childish but did Scrooge let one slip? Lol

  • @thewkovacs316
    @thewkovacs316 Год назад

    is there an actor on the planet who hasnt wanted to play scrooge?

  • @BuckleGeoffrey
    @BuckleGeoffrey Месяц назад

    Allen Robert Brown Linda Jones Jose

  • @EquipteHarry
    @EquipteHarry 12 часов назад

    Perez Carol Miller Michelle Lewis William

  • @paddypup1836
    @paddypup1836 2 года назад

    Tommy lee Jones

  • @tracesprite6078
    @tracesprite6078 2 года назад

    This story is partly an encouragement towards warm generosity but also it is an anti-semitic attack on an elderly man suffering from great poverty. Scrooge preferred not to celebrate a festival from a religion which was not his. He got bullied into doing so. It's good that he allowed his employee to celebrate Christmas but not good that he was forced to celebrate it himself.

  • @sheilawilliams2706
    @sheilawilliams2706 2 года назад

    Me neither

  • @terryheasley7027
    @terryheasley7027 7 лет назад +3

    This story suddenly skips at 1:11. Didn't anyone else notice that? Thumbs down

    • @mikelindsay5427
      @mikelindsay5427 7 лет назад +3

      bite me. merry christmas.

    • @AlwaysHalloween000
      @AlwaysHalloween000 7 лет назад +1

      i hope you meet the Undertaker soon Grandma

    • @kalavinka3
      @kalavinka3 7 лет назад +8

      So what. It is an old recording and you are not paying for it. Just enjoy it and quit griping.

    • @stantonhager2290
      @stantonhager2290 7 лет назад +1

      Emma SCROOGE Rivers??

    • @anxietymasteryt5791
      @anxietymasteryt5791 6 лет назад +1

      Leave her alone she doesen't understand tech like we do ok jesus let her know if it happend or not

  • @HenryRaeburn367
    @HenryRaeburn367 3 года назад +3

    A very British tradition, a ghost story at Christmas the Victorians loved them