Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) (TV)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Richard Boden

Writers:

Richard Curtis (writer)
Charles Dickens (short story "A Christmas Carol")
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Genre:

Comedy | History

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Ghost | Funny Accent | Black Comedy | Sarcasm

Cast

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	...	Lord Melchett / Lord Frondo
Hugh Laurie	...	George, the Prince Regent / Lord Pigmot
Robbie Coltrane	...	Spirit of Christmas
Miriam Margolyes	...	Queen Victoria
Jim Broadbent	...	Prince Albert
Patsy Byrne	...	Nursie
Denis Lill	...	Beadle
Pauline Melville	...	Mrs. Scratchit
Philip Pope	...	Lord Nelson
Nicola Bryant	...	Millicent
Ramsay Gilderdale	...	Ralph
David Barber	...	Enormous Orphan
Erkan Mustafa	...	Enormous Orphan
David Nunn	...	Enormous Orphan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Martino Lazzeri	...	Boy (uncredited)
Barbara Miller	...	Granny (uncredited)

Directed by
Richard Boden

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Richard Curtis		writer
Charles Dickens		short story "A Christmas Carol"
Ben Elton		writer

Produced by
John Lloyd	....	producer

Original Music by
Howard Goodall

Production Design by
Antony Thorpe

Costume Design by
Richard Croft

Makeup Department
Victoria Pocock	....	makeup designer (as Vicky Pocock)

Production Management
Sarah Gowers	....	production manager

Art Department
Tom Brooks	....	graphic designer
John Watts	....	properties buyer

Sound Department
Peter Barville	....	sound supervisor
Alan Machin	....	sound supervisor

Visual Effects by
Steve Lucas	....	visual effects designer

Camera and Electrical Department
Henry Barber	....	lighting director
Chris Glass	....	camera supervisor
Roger Goss	....	camera supervisor

Editorial Department
Angela Beveridge	....	vision mixer
Chris Wadsworth	....	editor: videotape

Other crew
Hilary Charles	....	production secretary
Mike Chislett	....	technical coordinator
Jayne Spooner	....	production assistant
Lindsay Trenholme	....	assistant floor manager

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (original airing)
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (USA)
• VAP (1998) (Japan) (VHS)

Runtime:

43 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:PG

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

This film and Blackadder Back & Forth (1999) are the only two to actively reprise characters from previous Blackadder incarnations (namely new segments for "Blackadder II" (1986) and "Blackadder the Third" (1987)).

Quotes:

Lord Edmund Blackadder: I trust Christmas brings to you its traditional mix of good food and violent stomach cramp.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 100 Greatest Christmas Moments (2004) (TV)

Funny Anytime Of The Year

Edmund Blackadder is one of the greatest characters British television has ever produced . He`s cruel , selfish and oh so cunning and it`s a bit of a shock to see him undergo a character change and be the kindest man in all of England . But don`t worry , in this reworking of Dickens A CHRISTMAS CAROL Blackadder soon turns into the anti hero we all know and hate

This is a side splitting Christmas feast for fans of the BLACKADDER series and we get flashbacks to series two and three of the historical sit-com and a glimpse of how the show might have looked if it continued into the space age . To be honest I don`t think a science fiction version of BLACKADDER would have worked well but I did find the concept interesting and highly amusing at the same time .

Don`t worry if you watch it in the height of summer , you`ll still find it funny