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Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

1988
Comedy, History
TV Movie
43m
Pleasant Ebenezer Blackadder is turned into a cruel and witty miser after seeing visions of his ancestors and descendants.

Directed by:

Richard Boden
Richard-Boden
6 total credits
Credits include: Blackadder Goes Forth, Blackadder's Christmas Carol, Upstart Crow, A Christmas Carol and Time Gentlemen Please

Writers:

Richard Curtis
Richard-Curtis
46 total credits
Credits include: Love Actually, Bridget Jones's Diary, Notting Hill and Bean
,
Ben Elton
Ben-Elton
26 total credits
Credits include: Blackadder Goes Forth, Black-Adder II, Blackadder the Third, Blackadder's Christmas Carol and Maybe Baby
,
Charles Dickens
Charles-Dickens
102 total credits
Credits include: Scrooged, The Muppet Christmas Carol, A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations and Oliver & Company

Starring:

Miranda Richardson
Miranda-Richardson
90 total credits
Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English stage, film and television actor. She has been nominated for two Academy Awards, and has won two Golden Globes (with seven nominations) and a BAFTA (with seven nominations) during her career. (Wikipedia)
,
Jim Broadbent
Jim-Broadbent
116 total credits
Jim Broadbent might be most popularly known as Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter films, but this stage and screen character actor has had a long and excellent career. His big break didn't come until 1990, with Mike Leigh's Life Is Sweet, with whom he would go onto enjoy many collaborations with.
,
Miriam Margolyes
Miriam-Margolyes
49 total credits
Credits include: Babe, Happy Feet, End of Days, James and the Giant Peach and Cats & Dogs
,
Rowan Atkinson
Rowan-Atkinson
62 total credits
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English comedian, screenwriter, and actor. He is most famous for his work on the satirical sketch comedy show Not The Nine O'Clock News, and the sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean, and The Thin Blue Line. He has been listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest actors in British comedy, and amongst the top 50 comedy actors ever in a 2005 poll of fellow comedians...(Wikipedia)
,
Robbie Coltrane
Robbie-Coltrane
55 total credits
Robbie Coltrane, OBE (born Anthony Robert McMillan; 30 March 1950) is a Scottish actor, comedian and author. He is known both for his role as Dr Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald in the British TV series Cracker and as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films...(Wikipedia)
,
Hugh Laurie
Hugh-Laurie
85 total credits
Credits include: Stuart Little, The Man in the Iron Mask, 101 Dalmatians, Monsters vs. Aliens and Spice World
,
Stephen Fry
Stephen-Fry
107 total credits
Stephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. He first came to attention in the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation "The Cellar Tapes", which also included Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery. With Hugh Laurie, as the comedy double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie...(Wikipedia)
,
Tony Robinson
Tony-Robinson
26 total credits
Credits include: Blackadder Goes Forth, The Black Adder, Black-Adder II, Blackadder the Third and Blackadder Back & Forth

Franchise:

Blackadder

Genres:

Comedy, History

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

1988
Comedy, History
TV Movie
43m
Your probable score

Ratings & Reviews

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Average Percentile: 63.92%
03 Jul 2008
78
68th
Not as funny as the series, but still good stuff.
21 Nov 2019
65
41st
May not be the sharpest Blackadder has ever been, but it's clever and full of laughs. Short and sweet.
25 Mar 2011
86
86th
A great twist in Dicken's classic tale. It manages to stay as entertaining and hilarious as a regular Blackadder season. It's not the best Blackadder has to offer but certainly a must see if you're a fan of the character.
02 Nov 2010
70
63rd
One of the very few Christmas specials worth watching, it's still not nearly as wickedly funny as the Blackadder series.
23 Sep 2008
77
52nd
I love Blackadder, but this was a little bit too way off.
09 Jun 2019
50
33rd
Even though it was fun to see a bunch of the characters again this honestly wasn't that good. There is a certain novelty to the whole thing but it wears off quickly.
24 Feb 2016
81
78th
Ranking this based on not being familiar with Blackadder other than this very special, which my English wife made me watch a few holidays ago. Apparently there were some inside jokes that I didn't get.
26 Dec 2014
2
46th
Doesn't match my childhood memories of the series but works ok-ish as part of it. Viewed alone it'd be pretty maddening.
06 Jan 2013
55
28th
Something tells me I would have appreciated this more if I weren't so ruggedly American.
03 May 2011
39
9th
Oh mighty rush of getting a Christmas Special out, what wonderful failures have you been able to create?
25 Dec 2010
3
64th
Basically a decent Blackadder-episode, there is not really any need for it to be 15 minutes longer.
13 Oct 2010
85
87th
Not as good as the series, but better than Back and Forth. I used to look forward to watching this every Christmas, but I think it loses more on repeat viewings than the series proper.
09 Apr 2010
70
68th
Nice twist on 'A Christmas Carol'. Not far off the quality of the series.
22 Dec 2009
80
74th
What's better than watching a Blackadder Christmas special at Christmas?
08 Jun 2009
0
8th
Full barf
23 Mar 2009
60
46th
Not great but quite enjoyable.
22 Dec 2008
60
55th
Fair.
10 Oct 2008
75
72nd
I actually enjoyed this, but it's nothing compared to the Blackadder TV Shows
15 Apr 2008
68
45th
Meh. The Blackadder specials aren't ageing well.
25 Mar 2008
92
80th
Funny reinterpretation of the Dickens classic. Funnier than the later "Back & Forth" but still slightly less than the original Blackadder series.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Richard Boden
Richard-Boden
6 total credits
Credits include: Blackadder Goes Forth, Blackadder's Christmas Carol, Upstart Crow, A Christmas Carol and Time Gentlemen Please

Writers:

Richard Curtis
Richard-Curtis
46 total credits
Credits include: Love Actually, Bridget Jones's Diary, Notting Hill and Bean
,
Ben Elton
Ben-Elton
26 total credits
Credits include: Blackadder Goes Forth, Black-Adder II, Blackadder the Third, Blackadder's Christmas Carol and Maybe Baby
,
Charles Dickens
Charles-Dickens
102 total credits
Credits include: Scrooged, The Muppet Christmas Carol, A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations and Oliver & Company

Starring:

Miranda Richardson
Miranda-Richardson
90 total credits
Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English stage, film and television actor. She has been nominated for two Academy Awards, and has won two Golden Globes (with seven nominations) and a BAFTA (with seven nominations) during her career. (Wikipedia)
,
Jim Broadbent
Jim-Broadbent
116 total credits
Jim Broadbent might be most popularly known as Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter films, but this stage and screen character actor has had a long and excellent career. His big break didn't come until 1990, with Mike Leigh's Life Is Sweet, with whom he would go onto enjoy many collaborations with.
,
Miriam Margolyes
Miriam-Margolyes
49 total credits
Credits include: Babe, Happy Feet, End of Days, James and the Giant Peach and Cats & Dogs
,
Rowan Atkinson
Rowan-Atkinson
62 total credits
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English comedian, screenwriter, and actor. He is most famous for his work on the satirical sketch comedy show Not The Nine O'Clock News, and the sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean, and The Thin Blue Line. He has been listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest actors in British comedy, and amongst the top 50 comedy actors ever in a 2005 poll of fellow comedians...(Wikipedia)
,
Robbie Coltrane
Robbie-Coltrane
55 total credits
Robbie Coltrane, OBE (born Anthony Robert McMillan; 30 March 1950) is a Scottish actor, comedian and author. He is known both for his role as Dr Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald in the British TV series Cracker and as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films...(Wikipedia)
,
Hugh Laurie
Hugh-Laurie
85 total credits
Credits include: Stuart Little, The Man in the Iron Mask, 101 Dalmatians, Monsters vs. Aliens and Spice World
,
Stephen Fry
Stephen-Fry
107 total credits
Stephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. He first came to attention in the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation "The Cellar Tapes", which also included Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery. With Hugh Laurie, as the comedy double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie...(Wikipedia)
,
Tony Robinson
Tony-Robinson
26 total credits
Credits include: Blackadder Goes Forth, The Black Adder, Black-Adder II, Blackadder the Third and Blackadder Back & Forth

Franchise:

Blackadder

Genres:

Comedy, History

Country:

UK

Language:

English
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