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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.
Last on
Fri 22 Dec 2023
17:45
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Piggy Carol Singers
Duration: 00:55
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±«Óãtv One London
- Tue 23 May 1989 21:30±«Óãtv One London
- Boxing Day 1989 21:30±«Óãtv One London
- Fri 2 Jan 1998 21:00±«Óãtv Two England
- Christmas Eve 2007 19:15±«Óãtv Two except East, South East & Yorkshire
- Christmas Day 2008 19:00±«Óãtv Two except East, South East & Yorkshire
- Christmas Day 2010 20:35±«Óãtv Two Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales & England only
- Christmas Day 2012 20:00±«Óãtv Two Northern Ireland, England, Scotland & Wales only
- Christmas Day 2014 20:15±«Óãtv Two England, HD, Scotland, Northern Ireland & Wales only
- Christmas Day 2016 19:15±«Óãtv Two Northern Ireland, Wales, England, Scotland & HD only
- Thu 23 Dec 2021 18:45±«Óãtv Two England, HD, Wales, Wales HD, Northern Ireland & 1 more only
- Thu 22 Dec 2022 18:15±«Óãtv Two HD, England, Wales HD, Northern Ireland HD, Northern Ireland & 1 more only
- Fri 22 Dec 2023 17:45±«Óãtv Two HD, England, Wales, Northern Ireland HD, Northern Ireland & 1 more only
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