After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.
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| Rowan Atkinson | ... | Blackadders | |
| Tony Robinson | ... | Baldricks | |
| 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 | |
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Patsy Byrne | ... | Nursie / Bernard |
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Denis Lill | ... | Beadle |
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Pauline Melville | ... | Mrs Scratchit |
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Philip Pope | ... | Lord Nelson |
| Nicola Bryant | ... | Millicent | |
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Ramsay Gilderdale | ... | Ralph |
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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. Written by Niz
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UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
23 December 1988 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Blackadder's Christmas Carol See more »Filming Locations:
BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UKCompany Credits
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Spirit of Christmas: You wouldn't have anything a wee bit more... medicinal?
Ebenezer Blackadder: Oh, I see. No, I've only got some of "Nurse McCready's Surgical Bruise Lotion."
Spirit of Christmas: [takes bottle] Oh! Nothing but the best at this house!
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Trivia
Ebenezer Blackadder is the only incarnation of Blackadder who is not named Edmund. See more »Goofs
Queen Victoria is depicted wearing her stereotypical black clothing; however, Victoria did not actually begin to dress all in black until after her husband, Prince Albert, died in 1861. See more »Quotes
Ebenezer Blackadder: Can I get you a cup of tea or anything?Spirit of Christmas: You wouldn't have anything a wee bit more... medicinal?
Ebenezer Blackadder: Oh, I see. No, I've only got some of "Nurse McCready's Surgical Bruise Lotion."
Spirit of Christmas: [takes bottle] Oh! Nothing but the best at this house!
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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. As Blackadder correctly had noted this is spelling Christmas without getting a single letter right. See more »Alternate Versions
In some copies, the line "They want us to do another one at Easter - they want to see us nail up the dog" has been cut. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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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