<Tr> <Th> Original network </Th> <Td> CBS </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original release </Th> <Td> 17 December 1984 (1984 - 12 - 17) </Td> </Tr> <P> A Christmas Carol is a 1984 British - American made - for - television film adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous 1843 novella of the same name . The film is directed by Clive Donner, who had been an editor of the 1951 film Scrooge, and stars George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge . It was filmed in the historic medieval county town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire . </P> <P> On Christmas Eve in 1843 London, Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly money - lender at a local counting house, does not share the merriment of Christmas . He declines Fred Hollywell's invitation for Christmas dinner and reluctantly accepts his loyal employee Bob Cratchit's offer to have Christmas off since there will be no business for Scrooge during the day . As he leaves for the Royal Stock Exchange, Scrooge encounters Bob's ill son Tiny Tim waiting across from Scrooge's office . After initially mistaking Tim for a beggar, Scrooge assures him that he will have a long wait for his father in the cold before leaving . </P>

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