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Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Seasonal comedy special. Christmas Eve, 1850. Ebenezer Blackadder is a decent, kind, generous human being - until he gets a glimpse of his loathsome ancestors.

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43 minutes

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Credits

Role Contributor
Blackadders Rowan Atkinson
Baldricks Tony Robinson
Queen Elizabeth I Miranda Richardson
Lord Melchett/Frondo Stephen Fry
Prince Regent/Pigmet Hugh Laurie
Spirit of Christmas Robbie Coltrane
Queen Victoria Miriam Margolyes
Prince Albert Jim Broadbent
Nursie/Bernard Patsy Byrne
Beadle Denis Lill
Mrs Scratchit Pauline Melville
Lord Nelson Philip Pope
Millicent Nicola Bryant
Ralph Ramsay Gilderdale
Urchin Martino Lazzeri
Crone Barbara Miller
Enormous Orphan Erkan Mustafa
Enormous Orphan David Nunn
Producer John Lloyd
Director Richard Boden
Writer Richard Curtis
Writer Ben Elton

Broadcasts

  • Fri 23 Dec 1988 21:30
  • Tue 23 May 1989 21:30
  • Boxing Day 1989 21:30
  • Fri 2 Jan 1998 21:00
  • Christmas Eve 2007 19:15
  • Christmas Day 2008 19:00
  • Christmas Day 2010 20:35
  • Christmas Day 2012 20:00
  • Christmas Day 2014 20:15
  • Christmas Day 2016 19:15
  • Thu 23 Dec 2021 18:45
  • Thu 22 Dec 2022 18:15
  • Fri 22 Dec 2023 17:45
  • Wednesday 20:00
  • Yesterday 03:05

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