Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)

Directed by

Richard Boden

Genre

sitcom, Christmas film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

43 min

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a parody of A Christmas Carol where the main character is unusually kind. A future spirit visits him to show how his kindness leads to trouble, and he decides to change his ways.

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What happens

Blackadder's Christmas Carol, a one-off episode of Blackadder, is a Christmas special parody of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. It is set between Blackadder the Third (1987) and Blackadder Goes Forth (1989), and is narrated by Hugh Laurie. Produced by the BBC, it was first broadcast on BBC1 on 23 December 1988. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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