Blackadder's Christmas Carol (DVD)

Have you ever been uncertain whether a peculiar memory in your mind was a dream or a scene in a 1988 Christmas special on BBC 2? I, as I am sure you will be aware having just read that, have. Several years ago, when reading the blurb “featuring further filthier Blackadders” in the book containing all the scripts across the four series of Richard Curtis’ and Ben Elton’s legendary sitcom, my mind had been alerted to a faded vision of a futuristic cyberpunk space pirate Blackadder accompanied by an bondage-clad Baldrick slave. That potential sexual confusion was thankfully laid to rest when I recently saw ‘Blackadder’s Christmas Carol’ for the first time in ten ...  Read the complete review

Blackadder's Christmas Carol was a one off episode first broadcast on BBC One on 23 December 1988 & was narrated by Hugh Laurie. It is a parody of Charles Dickens' classic book A Christmas Carol. It is set between the 1987 series Blackadder The Third & the 1989 series Blackadder Goes Fourth. The story tells of Ebenezer Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson). He is the owner of a moustache shop, living in the Victorian era & is described as the nicest man in England. He is the Polar opposite of Dickens' Scrooge character pre transformation. Everyone takes advantage of him. His store never makes a profit & his lives a lonely & poverty stricken life with ...  Read the complete review

I watched Blackadder's Christmas Carol a couple of years ago at college and really enjoyed it. So when last weekend I spotted it in Asda for £5 I decided that is was certainly going to become part of my ever-growing DVD collection and popped it in my basket. Along with my mum, dad and 12 year-old brother (the DVD has a PG rating) I sat down to watch it last night and although it wasn't as funny as I remembered it I still enjoyed it, although my mum did not. Blackadder's Christmas Carol takes the original and classic Dickens' A Christmas Carol and turns everything on its head. Ebenezer Blackadder is the kindest man in all of England. He owns a ...  Read the complete review

Blackadder's Christmas Carol is a one-off comedy special, a parody on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Timeline wise it's set between the third and the fourth series, and is narrated by Hugh Laurie. Ebenezer Blackadder owns a shop in Victorian England. In a brilliant twist on Blackadder and on Scrooge, he is widely regarded as the nicest man in England. He will go out of his way for anyone and would give away his last penny if it made someone happy. As a result of this though, he is taken advantage of all time, as people know he never says no to anyone. One person who doesn't though is his assistant, Mr. Baldrick, who for once is actually ...  Read the complete review