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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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David Barber | ... | Enormous Orphan |
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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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23 December 1988 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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Baldrick: Ah, well that's the best kind of gift, Mr. B. What is it?
Ebeneezer Blackadder: It's a fist. It's for hitting people with. (Punches Baldrick) And the great thing is, you can use it again and again! (hits Baldrick again)
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It has been noticed by some that Robbie Coltrane's costume and character in this Christmas special, has a nearly identical portrayal to his much later role as Hagrid, in the film versions of J.K.Rowling's series of Harry Potter books. Also, its been claimed that JK Rowling herself had said Robbie Coltrane was always intended to have been cast as Hagrid in the films, suggesting that this Blackadder episode may in part have inspired the creation of Hagrid. 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
Ebeneezer Blackadder: In fact, there is something in your stocking, Baldrick, something I made for you.Baldrick: Ah, well that's the best kind of gift, Mr. B. What is it?
Ebeneezer Blackadder: It's a fist. It's for hitting people with. (Punches Baldrick) And the great thing is, you can use it again and again! (hits Baldrick again)
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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
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A fantastic idea, this one. Take the old chestnut 'A Christmas Carol', give it a shake-up, and turn it on its head.
Ebenezer Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson in fine form as ever) is a good guy, who gives away anything to anyone, and is truly chock-full of the Christmas spirit. Time for the Spirit of Christmas (a rip-roaring turn from Robbie Coltrane) to work his magic, invoke the spirits of Ebenezer's ancestors and descendants, and inform him of the errors of his ways.
We're reminded of Blackadder's former incarnations, in Tudor and Regency times, and of the cunning plans and twists of the long-gone relatives. We meet again with the likes of Queenie (Miranda Richardson), Melchett (Stephen Fry), Nursie (Patsy Byrne), and Prince George (Hugh Laurie). And of course the Cratchit character - Baldrick, who else! - suffers more and more as the story unfolds.
A scary turn from Miriam Margoyles and Jim Broadbent (Victoria and Albert), and a mind-boggling look into the distant future completes the transformation.
Not shown often enough, this is a real plum-pudding of a piece.