aaa　AnoriginaltakeonDickens’siconicghoststorybyStevenKnight(Taboo,PeakyBlinders).AChristmasCarolisaspine-tinglingimmersionintoScrooge’sdarknightofthesoul.　　MisanthropicbusinessmanEbenezerScrooge(GuyPearce)refusestotreatChristmasasdifferenttoanyotherday,muchtoBobCratchit’s(JoeAlwyn)chagrin,asheisdesperatetoleaveworkandgethometohisfamilyonChristmasEve.　　Scrooge’sdeadformerbusinesspartnerJacobMarley(StephenGraham)begsforpeaceinhiscoffin.Havingrepentedhimself,theSpiritshavenewsforhim.HewilllingerinpurgatoryuntilScroogehimselfrepents,somethingMarleyknowshewillneverdo.　　Tim(LennyRush)writeshisyearlythank-youlettertocousinJack,thankinghimforthemoneythatsavedhislife,butMary’s(VinetteRobinson)pricklyreactionrousesBob’ssuspicions.　　AspookedScroogeisvisitedbyMarley,whohasawarning:ScroogewillbevisitedbythreeSpirits.