On the Road with Penguin Classics

A Christmas Carol with Simon Callow – Christmas Special 2023


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Charles Dickens in London. For this festive Christmas Special, the actor and author Simon Callow joins Henry to summon the ghost of Ebeneezer Scrooge and follow him around the City of London, starting at Cornhill, taking in Leadenhall Market and meeting all three Spirits of Christmas. A Christmas Carol, Dickens’s best loved novel, was published on 19 December 1843, 180 years ago this year.

 

Penguin Classics edition of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/34585/a-christmas-carol-and-other-christmas-writings-by-charles-dickens-intro-michael-slater/9780140439052

https://apple.co/3Te9UQQ

 

Penguin Audio edition of A Christmas Carol, read by Theo Ogundipe

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/34585/a-christmas-carol-and-other-christmas-writings-by-dickens-charles/9780241455326

https://apple.co/46OVnhC

 

Simon Callow

https://simoncallow.com/

 

Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World by Simon Callow

https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/charles-dickens-and-the-great-theatre-of-the-world-simon-callow

 

Simon’s solo version of A Christmas Carol (BBC)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001kwg

 

The Counting House

https://www.the-counting-house.com/

 

The Royal Exchange

https://www.theroyalexchange.co.uk/

 

The George and Vulture

https://george-and-vulture.co.uk/

 

Presenter – Henry Eliot: https://www.henryeliot.co.uk/

Producer – Andrea Rangecroft: https://www.andrearangecroft.co.uk/


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