The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol

Dec 25, 2009

0h 49m

★ 7.8

“Christmas? What a load of old s**t!”

Overview

It's Christmas Eve and Nan receives some unexpected visitors, in the form of Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. In this comic retelling of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Nan is shown the error of her ways, but is it too late for her to swap her Scrooge-like misery for some seasonal goodwill?

Genres

Fantasy

Drama

Science Fiction

Family

Comedy

Production Companies

BBC

2 Entertain Video

The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol Trailers

Cast

Joannie Taylor

Catherine Tate

Jamie

Mathew Horne

Ghost of Christmas Past

Ben Miller

Ghost of Christmas Present

David Tennant

Ghost of Christmas Future

Roger Lloyd Pack

Bob Cratchit

Richard Lumsden

Mrs. Cratchit

Rosie Cavaliero

Jake Taylor

Dominic Coleman

Gail

Deddie Davies

Charlotte Cratchit

Alana Knowles

Ashley Cratchit

Owen Salthouse

Kelly

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