I believe Dickens wrote the part with Alastair Sim in mind.

You're kinder to it than I am. Maybe one day my outrage will dissipate and I'll give it another pop.

Have you seen the 'fourth ghost' in the Sim version? In the scene in his bedroom after his redemption, you see the unit director refelected in his wardrobe mirror a couple of times.

I have a theory, which I'd be surprised if I haven't shared on Teh before, about - if not a potential Sim-beater, then at least a worthy new addition to the canon - Paul Whitehouse.  He can do nasty, he can do sentiment, and his face fits both.

Speaking of remakes, I'll be interested to (eventually) see Ben Wheatley's take on Rebecca.

Yes, worth waiting for, I hope.