Christmas Eve, 1850. Ebenezer Blackadder is a decent, kind, generous human being - until his loathsome ancestors pay him a visit.
- Comedy
- Year 1988
- 43 min
Smart, sophisticated and utterly ruthless, the Elizabethan Edmund is joined by Miranda Richardson as the Queen, Stephen Fry, Rik Mayall and Hugh Laurie, in an Eighties sensation. [May contain strong language and adult humor, viewer discretion is advised]
- Year: 1986
E1 • Bells
The calculating Edmund Blackadder is struck by Cupid's arrow when he takes on a new servant - a girl named Bob.
E2 • Head
In order to save time, Edmund Blackadder beheads a man early. But he didn't take into account the queen's tendency to change her mind.
E3 • Potato
To keep up with Sir Walter Raleigh, Edmund announces he will navigate the treacherous waters of the Cape of Good Hope. Guest starring Tom Baker.
E4 • Money
Edmund is in trouble when he is visited by a debt-collecting bishop armed with a red-hot poker.
E5 • Beer
There are problems in the Blackadder household due to an embarrassing incident with a turnip, an ostrich feather and a puritanical fat aunt.
E6 • Chains
The evil Prince Ludwig kidnaps both Blackadder and Lord Melchett. Is our hero doomed, or does Baldrick have a cunning plan?
E7 • Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Christmas Eve, 1850. Ebenezer Blackadder is a decent, kind, generous human being - until his loathsome ancestors pay him a visit.
- Cast
Rowan Atkinson
Blackadders
Tony Robinson
Baldricks
Miranda Richardson
Queen Elizabeth I
Stephen Fry
Lord Melchett/Frondo
Hugh Laurie
Prince Regent/Pigmet
Robbie Coltrane
Spirit of Christmas
Miriam Margolyes
Queen Victoria
Jim Broadbent
Prince Albert
Patsy Byrne
Nursie/Bernard
Pauline Melville
Mrs Scratchit
Philip Pope
Lord Nelson
Nicola Bryant
Millicent
Ramsay Gilderdale
Ralph
Martino Lazzeri
Urchin
Barbara Miller
Crone
Erkan Mustafa
Enormous Orphan
David Nunn
Enormous Orphan
- Crew
Richard Boden
Director
John Lloyd
Producer
Richard Curtis
Writer
Ben Elton
Writer
