A Christmas Carol viewers heartbroken over Tiny Tim’s ‘hard-hitting’ and ‘grim’ death

The dark retelling of the classic left viewers heartbroken (Picture: BBC)
A Christmas Carol is known to end on a note of hope but that was very nearly dashed from viewers as they watched poor Tiny Tim (Lenny Rush) drown in the lake.
The young boy of Bob Cratchit (Joe Alwyn) misbehaved and stole his sister’s skates, falling through thin ice to the depths below.
As Ebeneezer Scrooge (Guy Pearce) watched in horror, the Ghost of Christmas Future forced him to watch the scenes unfold in his off