A Christmas Carol

This one was such a joy to make. It is such a beautifully crafted rhyme and it becomes more apparent each time you read it. I've created a kind of mash-up with the beautiful hymn Angels we Have Heard on High (see credit below). It's my favourite piece of Christmas music and the r ...  Show more

We are back for the new year with a wonderful new season, packed full of tall tales to see us through long January evenings. Our first story is called the kingdom of the Seals and takes us to a magical underwater world where the Seal is King, and humans are often seen as the enem ...  Show more

Nearly two centuries ago, Charles Dickens wrote a tale of greed and redemption. It starts with a miserly old man, his long-dead business partner, and the sound of rattling chains… When Ebenezer Scrooge is forced to reckon with his past, he’s in for a frightful night of ghostly vi ...  Show more

A Christmas Carol was first published in 1843, telling the fictitious story of a greedy London businessman named Ebenezer Scrooge. Join in this delightful Abide sleep story about redemption.

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Charles Dickens' novella, written in 1843 when he was 31, which has become intertwined with his reputation and with Christmas itself. Ebenezer Scrooge is the miserly everyman figure whose joyless obsession with money severs him from society and his ...  Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Charles Dickens' novella, written in 1843 when he was 31, which has become intertwined with his reputation and with Christmas itself. Ebenezer Scrooge is the miserly everyman figure whose joyless obsession with money severs him from society and his ...  Show more