Blackadder
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1983 - 2000
- 26 episodes (4 series)
The Blackadder dynasty has run through English history since time immemorial, seemingly always hampered by a Baldrick, and often a Percy and Melchett. Stars Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry and more.
- 1988 Specials, Christmas Special repeated tomorrow at 3:05am on BBC4
Streaming rank this week: 79
Episode menu
1988 Specials - Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Further details
It is Christmas Eve, and the kindest man in England, Ebenezer Blackadder, has just given away his last penny - literally.
An appearance by the Spirit of Christmas educates the kindly gent of his ancestors' lives, and of his own future prospects. Ebenezer decides that a few changes need to be made...
The first ever Blackadder with a pleasant personality gets his comeuppance pretty damn fast.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 23rd December 1988
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 45 minutes
Upcoming repeats
- Sunday 22nd December 2024 at 3:05am on BBC4
Cast & crew
| Rowan Atkinson | Lord Edmund Blackadder |
| Rowan Atkinson | Mr. Edmund Blackadder, Esquire |
| Tony Robinson | Baldrick |
| Hugh Laurie | Prince Regent |
| Miranda Richardson | Queen Elizabeth I |
| Stephen Fry | Lord Melchett |
| Patsy Byrne | Nursie |
| Rowan Atkinson | Ebenezer Blackadder |
| Miranda Richardson | Asphyxia XIX |
| Stephen Fry | Frondo |
| Hugh Laurie | Pigmot |
| Robbie Coltrane | Spirit of Christmas |
| Miriam Margolyes | Queen Victoria |
| Jim Broadbent | Prince Albert |
| 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 |
| Richard Curtis | Writer |
| Ben Elton | Writer |
| Richard Boden | Director |
| John Lloyd | Producer |
| Chris Wadsworth | Editor |
| Antony Thorpe | Production Designer |
| Howard Goodall | Composer |
Press
12 Days of Christmas Specials 4: Blackadder
Blackadder's Christmas Carol was a feature-length special, made in-between Blackadder The Third and Blackadder Goes Forth. It tells of the story of Ebenezer Blackadder, who against type, is the nicest man in the whole of England...
Rhianna Evans, The Comedy Blog, 17th December 2019Blackadder's Christmas Carol at 30
Thirty years ago, Blackadder brought us a brilliantly subversive take on the Charles Dickens classic - and it's still inspired.
Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 13th December 2018