I'd have to say the G.C. Scott "A Christmas Carol" as well.

Not only were the settings really wonderfully "period". I'd have to say Mr. Scott is the *only* man who did not do Scrooge as some twisted misshapen snarly looking monster. When he asks "Are there no workhouses?" etc, he delivers it as a man in shock. As if this simply made sense, and why had no one else thought of it before. I buy into deluded evil far more than outright intentional evil in the human experience.