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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 21:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One London- Tue 23 May 1989 21:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One London
- Boxing Day 1989 21:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One London
- Fri 2 Jan 1998 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two England
- Christmas Eve 2007 19:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except East, South East & Yorkshire
- Christmas Day 2008 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except East, South East & Yorkshire
- Christmas Day 2010 20:35Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales & England only
- Christmas Day 2012 20:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland, England, Scotland & Wales only
- Christmas Day 2014 20:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two England, HD, Scotland, Northern Ireland & Wales only
- Christmas Day 2016 19:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland, Wales, England, Scotland & HD only
- Thu 23 Dec 2021 18:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two England, HD, Wales, Wales HD, Northern Ireland & 1 more only
- Thu 22 Dec 2022 18:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two HD, England, Wales HD, Northern Ireland HD, Northern Ireland & 1 more only
- Fri 22 Dec 2023 17:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two HD, England, Wales, Northern Ireland HD, Northern Ireland & 1 more only
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