Dickens's classic tale of kindness, truth and virtue is ruined by the involvement of a member of the Blackadder family. This Christmas episode of the "Blackadder" comedy series was first transmitted on BBC1 in 1988.
Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales star in Ladies of Letters and Ladies of More Letters, the two popular BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour series. Patricia Routledge is Vera Small and Prunella Scales is her friend (or maybe enemy), Irene Spencer. The two pass their time in regular correspondence and not an event goes by that is left unrecorded by the ladies of letters. Firstly there are the usual family problems to...