Overview
A Christmas Carol gets a hilarious twist as kindness meets chaos in a ghostly visit.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- irreverent
- witty
- warm
- christmas viewing
- family comedy night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The episode transplants Blackadder and Baldrick into Dickensian England and directly spoofs A Christmas Carol.
Edmund Blackadder begins as unusually kind and caring before ghostly visits restore his familiar selfishness.
The episode uses Blackadder’s historical setting and an ensemble of exaggerated royal and aristocratic characters played by the regular cast.
The Spirit of Christmas and other ghostly visitors provoke comic reconsideration of Blackadder’s behavior.
Films like Blackadder's Christmas Carol, and why
The Muppet Christmas Carol
shared christmas setting, literary spoofing, irreverent comedy, and supernatural visitation
Scrooged
shared holiday comedy, comic transformation, and playful adaptation of a classic christmas story
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
shared british ensemble satire, period parody, and farcical character reversals
Movie Details
- Director
- Richard Boden
- Release Date
- 1988-12-23
- Runtime
- 43 min
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 (31)
Cast
- Rowan Atkinson
- Tony Robinson
- Miranda Richardson
- Stephen Fry
- Hugh Laurie
- Robbie Coltrane
- Miriam Margolyes
- Jim Broadbent
- Patsy Byrne
- Denis Lill
Where to watch in United States
- Buy
- Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Blackadder's Christmas Carol about?
- A benevolent Blackadder is visited by Christmas ghosts who transform a Dickensian morality tale into gleeful British farce.
- What is Blackadder's Christmas Carol like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Blackadder's Christmas Carol as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Blackadder's Christmas Carol violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Blackadder's Christmas Carol.
- Which films are like Blackadder's Christmas Carol?
- Films with a similar feel include The Muppet Christmas Carol, Scrooged, and Blackadder: The Cavalier Years.
- How long is Blackadder's Christmas Carol?
- Blackadder's Christmas Carol runs 43 minutes.
- Where can I watch Blackadder's Christmas Carol?
- In United States, Blackadder's Christmas Carol is available to rent or buy from Fandango At Home.
