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Sir Derek Jacobi and Dame Diana Rigg have joined the cast of te BBC One’s  A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong.

Sir Derek will play Ebenezer Scrooge in a professional production of A Christmas Carol - which is subsequently hijacked by the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society while on air.

Meanwhile Dame Diana is playing the aunt of Sandra, one of the Cornley crew, and will also step in as the narrator.

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong is a follow-up to last year’s Peter Pan Goes Wrong and comes from Mischief Theatre, the troupe behind the West End hits The Play That Goes Wrong and The Comedy About A Bank Robbery.

Sir Derek, who portrayed Dickens in the 2007 film The Riddle, says: ‘It’s always a delight to be reacquainted with Dickens and A Christmas Carol is emblematic of this time of year. 

‘I hear that last year’s festive theatre production was an all-out shambles, but thankfully the BBC has called in the professionals for this one…’

Dame Diana added: ‘I can’t wait to bring merriment and mischief to audiences this Christmas, with the wonderful Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society. And I have also been entrusted with another very important job – all will be revealed soon but let’s just say hearts will be warmed this winter!’

Christmas Carol Goes Wrong was written by: Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, who also star alongside David Hearn, Chris Leask, Charlie Russell, Greg Tannahill and Nancy Zamit.

Published: 1 Dec 2017