KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

Mightyzebra This is one of two individual "film episodes" of Blackadder, separate to the series, although each of the two films has references to the series. Out of Blackadder Back and Forth and this, I prefer Back and Forth, but this is still a hilarious delight to watch. At the beginning, Ebenezer Blackadder is the opposite of Ebenezer Scrooge, being nice to everyone - even Baldrick, surprisingly enough. He is so kind he ends up giving away all their Christmas presents and food for the next day - and their mini Christmas tree (the people who do this include Queen Victoria and Albert, who dress up as peasants to meet Blackadder). That night, the ghost of Christmas past, present and future comes to meet Blackadder and congratulates him for being very nice - unlike his ancestors. The ghost shows Blackadder some things that have happened and will happen, transforming Blackadder in unusual ways...The cast:The lovely, kind Blackadder (:-O ???): Rowan Atkinson. The sweet, brainless Baldrick: Tony Robinson. Lord Melchett: Stphen Fry. The happy, bumbling Queen Vicky: Miriam Margoyles. The silly Albert: Jim Broadbent. The jolly, magical ghost of Christmas past, present and future: Robbie Coltrane. + people from the second and third parts of the series.I recommend this to anyone who likes Blackadder, anyone who likes good humour and people who like Christmas! Enjoy! :-)8 and a half out of ten.

Jackson Booth-Millard It is tradition that all successful comedy programmes/sitcoms should have a Christmas Special, and this was no exception. Rowan Atkinson plays Ebenezer Blackadder, but there is a twist, because Blackadder is usually nasty, they decide to twist the story of Scrooge. So he is a generous man who gives to the poor, but hardly saves anything for himself, or Baldrick (Tony Robinson). One night he is visited by the Spirit of Christmas (Robbie Coltrane) who mentions about Blackadder's past relatives, and how terrible they were. So he shows him Lord Edmund Blackadder (from Blackadder II), Edmund Blackadder (from Blackadder the Third), and future Esq./Cmdr. Edmund Blackadder. The ghost convinces him that if he is bad, he can become rich and powerful like his relatives, so he does! Is this a happy ending? Also starring Miranda Richardson as Queen Elizabeth I/Asphyxia XIX, Stephen Fry as Lord Melchett/Lord Frondo, Hugh Laurie as George, the Prince Regent/Lord Pigmot, Miriam Margolyes as Queen Victoria, Jim Broadbent as Prince Albert and Patsy Byrne as Nursie. Rowan Atkinson was number 18 on The 50 Greatest British Actors, he was number 24 on The Comedians' Comedian, and he was number 8 on Britain's Favourite Comedian, Edmund Blackadder was number 3 on The 100 Greatest TV Characters, and he was number 3 on The World's Greatest Comedy Characters, and this special was number 9 on The 100 Greatest Christmas Moments. Very good!

TheNorthernMonkee SPOILERS Every Christmas it is the same thing. You wake up on Christmas Day, you spend the day with family and you eat Turkey. Every year as well, we always have at least one version of Charles Dickens' classic novel "A Christmas Carol". Talking about the transformation over night of Ebenezer Scrooge from nasty to nice, the tale is one of the most well known around.In 1988 however, we had an alternative to life. A spoof of Dickens' novel saw the light of day. Poking fun at the story and fitting it into the Blackadder family, we were given a Christmas present to remember.In Victorian London, one of the nicest men around was Ebenezer Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson). A kind businessman who constantly gave money and food away to the poor, Blackadder and his associate Baldrick (Tony Robinson) were short of money, but happy none the less. On Christmas Eve however, Blackadder was visited by the Spirit of Christmas (Robbie Coltrane) and things were about to change.This retelling of the classic tale but in a sort of reverse is brilliant because it allowed us to see new sketches for the Elizabethan and Georgian Blackadders. Bringing back all the old characters, Melchett (Stephen Fry), Queen Elizabeth (Miranda Richardson), Nursie (Patsy Byrne) and Prince George (Hugh Laurie), this episode also granted us a view into the future with the two ways the Blackadder family might evolve.Not without flaws, this episode did contain the incredibly annoying character of Millicent (Nicola Bryant), but written that way, it's difficult to really fault the character. Likewise the three fat orphans and their master Beadle (Denis Lill). Ultimately though, whether these characters are irritating or not, it is so good to see the old ones return, as well as a spirited performance (get it?) by Robbie Coltrane as the Ghost of Christmas, that all the negative characters are forgiven.All in all, "Blackadder's Christmas Carol" is brilliant. Funny throughout, it reminds us of why we love the series and it continues to entertain after multiple viewings. Well worth getting a copy of.

Quackle I enjoyed Blackadder's Christmas Carol when it showed at Christmas 1988 on television. I was always a fan of the Blackadder series, from "Blackadder the First" to "Blackadder Goes Forth". It starts off very different. So, if you want a change, watch this. I certainly enjoyed it, and it's full of the good old Blackadder humor.8/10