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Cheaper at Bensons, but the problem is that the distributor when into administration in the summer, they've since been taken over but as you can seen their pricing is a little steep.

It's this version.

Hmmm; hard to say, but there seems to be slightly less of the sometimes harsh contrast as found on the R2, however there's no sudden drop in quality as described in the last two 'caps on the UK edition, so it does look like the transfers are from different sources.

I'd like to see some screencaps but it does sound like a ringer for the UK R2 transfer of last year.

I'm assuming that section refers to the 1935 version? Or did Fox have the US rights to the '51 version too? The Seymour Hicks films is also coming the same month apparently, in a stand alone release from colorization purveyors Legend.

Coming October A Christmas Carol (Ultimate Collector's Edition); Audio Commentary by Marcus Hearn & George Cole, "Spirit of Christmas Past" - George Cole remembers Alastair Sim, "Richard Gordon Remembers George Minter & Renown Pictures", "Charles Dickens - His Life & Times", Bonus Colorized...

The UK R2 release you describe comes from DD Home Entertainment - reviewed here - not the BBC, and 'totally restored'? It's pretty decent, but not pristine.

Sounds like exactly the same transfer that DD put out previously.

Ah; then that's just the same disc DD HE have been putting out for ages, no difference in content or transfer (which is quite poor IMHO).

Dave; if you're referring to DD's 2-disc CE, it's been pushed back to April 2006 (just in time for the Easter market...)

No, it's definitely an R1 release; the UK R2 BTW also boasts a 'remastered' transfer and that too isn't pretty. Fingers crossed, but the extras look decent don't they?

From Davis DVD: Perennial Christmas favorite Scrooge, starring Alastair Sim, is being released by BBC Video on September 27th. Adapted from Charles Dickens' beloved "A Christmas Carol," the 1951 film has been restored and remastered to its original black-and-white glory. This definitive...

Be interesting to see how the transfer compares with the UK R2.