There was even an “adult adaptation” of Dickens’s famous tale: in 1975’s The Passions of Carol, Mary Stuart starred as Carol Scrooge, the owner of a pornographic magazine who is shown “a sleazy version of Christmas to come”.
In December 1853, Dickens gave the first of what would be more than 150 public readings, across the UK and America, of his famous Christmas tale.
A Christmas Carol, which celebrated its 175th birthday in 2018, is the most perennially popular festive tale of all.
Here we pick the best five Scrooges to have appeared on stage, screen and radio.