Charles Dickens' Christmas Stories

Two full-cast adaptations of Charles Dickens' Christmas stories.

The Cricket on the Hearth
John Peerybingle fears his wife Dot may be unfaithful to him due to their age difference. Their household - watched over by a magical cricket - becomes entwined with an imperious factory owner and a mysterious lodger...

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain - A Fancy for Christmas-Time
Professor Redlaw is consumed by past betrayals and sorrows. Visited by a spirit in the form of his own shadow, he is offered a bargain: to forget all the wrongs done to him and the grief he carries. However, he soon discovers that this 'gift' is actually a curse...