Blackadder in Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) is a one-off episode of Blackadder, a parody of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. It is set between Blackadder the Third (1987) and Blackadder Goes Forth (1989), and narrated by Hugh Laurie. Produced by the BBC, it was first broadcast on BBC One on Friday December 23 1988, and has been repeated several times since then, sometimes on BBC Two, and won rave reviews upon its release. Image File history File links Blackadder_Christmas_Carol. ... Image File history File links Blackadder_Christmas_Carol. ... See also: 1987 in television, other events of 1988, 1989 in television and the list of years in television. For the United States network television schedule, please see 1988-89 United States network television schedule. ... Blackadder is the generic name that encompasses four series of an acclaimed BBC historical sitcom, along with several one-off instalments. ... Dickens redirects here. ... A Christmas Carol frontpiece, first edition 1843. ... Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House James Hugh Calum Laurie (born June 11, 1959) is an English actor, comedian and writer. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, sometimes also known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, founded in 1922. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest television station in the world. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC and Europes first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour (from 1967), envisaged as a home for less mainstream and more ambitious programming. ...

Victorian moustache shop owner Ebenezer Blackadder is the nicest man in England. He is everything that Ebenezer Scrooge was by the end of the original story. He is generous and kind to everybody, and sensitive to the misery of others. As a result, everybody takes advantage of his kindness, and all but Mr. Baldrick view him as a victim, although even he is slighty more cynical than his ancestors. His business turns no profit, all his earnings going to charity and to con artists, and he lives a lonely, miserable life. Ebenezer Blackadder Ebenezer Blackadder is the nicest man in England. ... Ebenezer Scrooge encounters Ignorance and Want in A Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge is the main character in Charles Dickens 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. ... Baldrick is a fictional character featured in the television series Blackadder. ...

All this changes when the Spirit of Christmas makes the mistake of calling round to congratulate him for his ways. The spirit lets him see shades of the past, the lives of his ancestors Lord Blackadder and Edmund Blackadder, the butler of the Prince Regent. Instead of being convinced that he is better than them, he grows to admire them and their wit. He asks the spirit to show him what could happen if he became like them. He sees a vision of a distant future where his distant descendant Admiral Blackadder is a successful, if ruthless, official of a Universe-spanning Empire about to marry the similarly ruthless and insanely ambitious Queen Asphyxia XIX, both planning to conquer the Universe. Ebenezer asks the Spirit what will happen if he stays kind. As an answer, he sees an alternate vision of the same future era where his descendant is a semi-naked slave of the incompetent Admiral Baldrick. Edmund, Lord Blackadder Edmund, Lord Blackadder was the main character in the second series of the popular BBC sit-com Blackadder, entitled Blackadder II. He was played by Rowan Atkinson. ... Edmund Blackadder esq. ... Prince George Prince George (1762-1816) was a fictional caricature of the historical figure HRH The Prince George, Prince of Wales, played by Hugh Laurie in the third series of the popular BBC sitcom Blackadder. ... Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. ...

Ebenezer makes his decision, proclaiming, "Bad guys have all the fun." He wakes up a different man: bitter, vengeful, greedy for money, and insulting to everyone he meets. Although he is now more in control of his life, he misses a golden opportunity when he insults two strangers who had come to reward him for his reputed generosity. These are Queen Victoria and her Prince Consort, Albert. The episode ends leaving Ebenezer contemplating his life. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the eminent Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June, 1837, and Empress of India from 1 January, 1877, until her death in 1901. ... A prince consort, generally speaking, is the husband of a Queen regnant, unless he himself is a king. ... Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Francis Charles Augustus Albert Emmanuel, of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha branch of the House of Wettin) (26 August 1819 - 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...

Cast

• Rowan Atkinson as Ebenezer Blackadder and Blackadder ancestors and descendants
• Tony Robinson as Mr Baldrick and Baldrick ancestors and descendants
• Robbie Coltrane as the Spirit of Christmas
• Jim Broadbent as Prince Albert
• Miriam Margolyes as Queen Victoria
• Miranda Richardson as Queen Elizabeth and Queen Asphyxia XIX (future)
• Hugh Laurie as Prince George and Lord Pigmot (future)
• Stephen Fry as Lord Melchett and Lord Frondo (future)
• Nicola Bryant as Millicent, Blackadder's exploitative god-daughter (the DVD cover refers to the character as 'Awful Screeching Woman')

Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) Blackadder (1983)
Prince Edmund Plantagenet, "The Black Adder" (Part I) | Edmund Blackadder, 1st Lord Blackadder (Part II) | Mr. Edmund Blackadder, esq. (Part III) | Ebenezer Blackadder (Christmas Special) | Cpt. Edmund Blackadder (Part IV) | Edmund Blackadder (Part V) | King Edmund III Blackadder (Part V)