A Christmas Carol is a 2000 British crime fantasy television film, written by Peter Bowker, that first broadcast on ITV on 20 December 2000.

[1] The film is a modern adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella of the same name, and stars Ross Kemp in the role of Eddie Scrooge, a cruel and unscrupulous loan shark who brings misery to the residents of a poor housing estate until he is haunted by ghosts who place him in a time loop.

The film was one of a number of projects offered to Kemp as part of his "golden handcuffs" deal with ITV, following his departure from EastEnders.

Scrooge rudely dismisses his father and finds it is Christmas Eve again, and is able to predict the events of the day, about which he changes nothing.

Scrooge tries to save the teenagers, but fails because the ambulance required a police escort due to local crime.

Waking up on Christmas Eve for the last time, Scrooge saves the teenagers, cancels his debts and anonymously donates to the poor, including the Cratchits.