A Clydeside Carol (1989) VHSrip (XviD) *DW Staff Approved*

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A Clydeside Carol is, not surprisingly, a retelling of "A Christimas Carol" which starred the legendary Scots commedian Chic Murray in, I believe, his second last television appearance (it was eventually shown several years after his death). Chic plays a Glasgow tramp of ill temper as the Scrooge character and Jeff Rawle as his friend.

The video quality isn't great, but it is a little piece of British television history, and a significant piece of Scottish comedy history.


Title: A Clydeside Carol

Channel Transmitted: BBC (Thanks to DW for finding that!)

Date of TV Transmission: 1989


Source: VHSRip

Codec and Format: See below.

Category: Comedy

Description: As the title suggests, it's a retelling of A Christmas Carol, set in Glasgow with Chic as a sour mooded tramp in the Scrooge role.

Produced by: Induvid/Scorpio Films

Further Info: None that I can find!

Upload request thread, for reference:
http://www.thebox.bz/forums.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=15135

--- File Information ---

File Name: Clydeside_Carol.avi
Duration (hh:mm:ss): 21:34.880
File Size (in bytes): 189,710,576

--- Video Information ---

Video Codec Name: XviD 1.1.2 Final
Video Bitrate (kbps): 1031
frame Width (pixels): 512
frame Height (pixels): 384
frames Per Second: 25.000

--- Audio Information ---
Audio Codec: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audio Bitrate(kbps): 128
Audio BitRate Type CBR
Audio Sample Rate 48000 Hz


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