Part 2 - Meeting with Marley | English Literature - A Christmas Carol

Suitable for teaching 9-11s. The second part of an abridgment of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas ghost story, told in nine episodes. The ghost who has entered Scrooge’s bedchamber is undoubtedly Jacob Marley, and he has an important warning for Scrooge. Subscribe for more Primary English Literature clips from BBC Teach on Friday when we have them in: If you found this video helpful, give it a like. Share it with someone. Add the video to your own teaching playlists. Create an account, subscribe to the channel and create playlists for different age groups, sets and syllabuses. Follow us on Twitter: ===================== The ghost who has entered Scrooge’s bedchamber is undoubtedly Jacob Marley. Scrooge asks what the spirit wants with him. ’A lot’ is the reply. Scrooge tries to maintain that Marley is just a figment of his imagination – perhaps caused by indigestion. But Marley scares him into submission and now the business of his visit may begin. Marley explains that it’s the duty of every person to ensure their spirit ’walks among their fellow-men’ and ’if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death’. Marley is one such unfortunate: He spent his life amassing his fortune, when care for others should have been his business. The dreadful chain he wears is one he forged, link by link, throughout his life. He can see another chain weighing Scrooge down now. But Marley has come on a mission of mercy to inform Scrooge that he may yet escape a similar fate if only he will mend his ways. He tells Scrooge that he is to be haunted by three spirits. The first will come this evening when the clock strikes one. Marley ends by telling Scrooge to mark what has passed between them. Then he floats out through the open window to join countless other spirits in the sky, while Scrooge falls exhausted on his bed and is asleep in an instant. This clip is from the BBC School Radio series A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The classic Christmas ghost story of Ebenezer Scrooge and his haunting by three spirits is read by Alan Smith in an abridgment that is faithful to the original text. For our A Christmas Carol playlist: For our Primary English Literature playlist: For our Primary Drama playlist: For more resources from BBC School Radio: ===================== Teaching English Literature or Drama? You can find all the supporting resources for A Christmas Carol by visiting This clip is suitable for teaching the Key Stage 2/2nd Level English and Drama curriculum. ===================== For more clips from other subjects at the BBC Teach YouTube channel: More resources for teachers from the BBC: More from BBC Learning Zone: More resources from BBC Bitesize: ===================== Subscribe to create your own customised playlists, and get notified about our latest clips. As we have them, new videos will be uploaded on the following days: Mondays: Biology, Computer Science, Music, Religious Studies Tuesdays: Drama and Performance, English Language, Maths, Physical Education Wednesdays: Languages, Media Studies, Modern Studies and PSHE, Physics Thursdays: Art and Design, Chemistry, Geography, History Fridays: Business Studies, Design and Technology, English Literature, Early Years