Blackadder's Christmas Carol (TV 1988)

Pleasant Ebenezer Blackadder is turned into a cruel and witty miser after seeing visions of his ancestors and descendants.

Director:

Richard Boden

Writers:

Richard Curtis (by), Ben Elton (by),

Stars:

Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Miranda Richardson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rowan Atkinson	...	Ebenezer Blackadder / Lord Edmund Blackadder / Edmund Blackadder, Esq. / Cmdr. Edmund Blackadder
Tony Robinson	...	Baldrick / Baldrick / Sod-Off Baldrick / Baldrick
Miranda Richardson	...	Queen Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX
Stephen Fry	...	Lords Melchett / Frondo
Hugh Laurie	...	Princes Regent / Pigmot
Robbie Coltrane	...	Spirit of Christmas
Miriam Margolyes	...	Queen Victoria
Jim Broadbent	...	Prince Albert
Patsy Byrne	...	Nursie / Bernard
Denis Lill	...	Beadle
Pauline Melville	...	Mrs Scratchit
Philip Pope	...	Lord Nelson
Nicola Bryant	...	Millicent
Ramsay Gilderdale	...	Ralph
David Barber	...	Enormous Orphan

Storyline

Edmund Blackadder and Baldrick his dogsbody are transplanted this time to Dickensian England in this one-off episode. He is kind, gentle and caring, but visits from an assortment of ghosts soon have him back to his old ways.

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Plot Keywords:

christmas | ghost | alternative comedy | reverse footage | 19th century | 

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Genres:

Comedy | History

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 December 1988 (UK)

Also Known As:

A Fekete Vipera karácsonyi éneke

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film and Blackadder Back & Forth are the only two to actively reprise characters from previous Blackadder incarnations (namely new segments for Black-Adder II and Black Adder the Third).

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Quotes

Melchet: Greetings of the season to you, Blackadder! May the Yule log slip from your fire and burn your house down!

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Crazy Credits

After the list of the cast and crew at the end of the movie, we see the words "A Merry Messy Kweznuz" scribbled, "Kweznuz" replacing "Kwelfnuve" which is stricken out.

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Connections

Version of Natale a casa Deejay - A Christmas Carol (2004)

User Reviews

Nice antidote to the more sugary holiday specials.

Blackadder is back and Dickens has him! Join us as we look in on kind-hearted Ebenezer Blackadder and his assistant Baldrick. He is the biggest patsy in London, until he is visited by a Chrismas spirit (who has been imbibing in a few spirits of his own!). A look at his past and future sets Blackadder on his true course.

The gang is all here for this one, with all of our favorite haracters and actors back for the fun. The only bad part is Baldricks costume in the future. Boy, that'll give you nightmares on Christmas!

If you're tired of false sentiment and prefer the Grinch before his heart grows, catch this one. Bah, humbug, indeed!