"Edition"" DVD set and, as of 2016, is on Hulu Plus. The original uncut version can be seen on the UK channel Gold, the Region 1 U.S. DVD set, and on the U.S. and UK versions of Netflix. Blackadder's Christmas Carol Blackadder's Christmas Carol is a one-off episode of ""Blackadder"", a parody of Charles Dickens' ""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. Ebenezer Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson), the Victorian proprietor of a"
"five episodes of the first two series were released on a 15 rated compiled video by BBC Worldwide Ltd. On 4 November 1991, ""Blackadder's Christmas Carol"" was released on a single video release rated PG (Cat. No. BBCV 4646) Blackadder Blackadder is a series of four BBC1 pseudohistorical British sitcoms, plus several one-off instalments, which originally aired in the 1980s. All television episodes starred Rowan Atkinson as the anti-hero Edmund Blackadder, and Tony Robinson as Blackadder's dogsbody, Baldrick. Each series was set in a different historical period, with the two protagonists accompanied by different characters, though several reappear in one"
"A Christmas Carol (play) A Christmas Carol is a one-man stage performance by English actor Patrick Stewart of the Charles Dickens novel of the same title, which has been performed in the United Kingdom and the United States on occasion since 1988. Stewart was originally inspired to create the adaptation during the production of the 1986 film ""Lady Jane"". It is performed without costumes or props, and has Stewart playing more than 30 characters. Critics have praised Stewart's portrayal and compared them to the readings performed by Dickens during the 19th century. ""A Christmas Carol"" is a novella by English"
"A Christmas Carol (2000 film) A Christmas Carol is a British television crime fantasy drama film, written by Peter Bowker, that first broadcast on ITV on 20 December, 2000. The film is a modern adaptation of Charles Dickens' ""A Christmas Carol"", and stars Ross Kemp in the role of Eddie Scrooge. Warren Mitchell stars as Eddie's Dad, the Ghost of Christmas Past; Ray Fearon stars as Jacob Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Present; and Ben Inigo-Jones stars as Eddie's son, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The film was one of a number of projects offered to Kemp as"
"and erected bars around his own heart"". A Christmas Carol (play) A Christmas Carol is a one-man stage performance by English actor Patrick Stewart of the Charles Dickens novel of the same title, which has been performed in the United Kingdom and the United States on occasion since 1988. Stewart was originally inspired to create the adaptation during the production of the 1986 film ""Lady Jane"". It is performed without costumes or props, and has Stewart playing more than 30 characters. Critics have praised Stewart's portrayal and compared them to the readings performed by Dickens during the 19th century. ""A"
"A Christmas Carol (Doctor Who) ""A Christmas Carol"" is an episode of the British science fiction television programme ""Doctor Who"". It is the sixth ""Doctor Who"" Christmas special since the programme's revival in 2005, and was broadcast on 25 December 2010 on both BBC One and BBC America, making it the first episode to premiere on the same day in both the United Kingdom and United States. It was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Toby Haynes. In the episode, a crashing space liner with more than four thousand people on board has been caught in a strange cloud"
"Erkan Mustafa Erkan Mustafa (born 14 May 1970) is a British actor and television presenter of Turkish Cypriot descent, most noted for the part of Roland Browning in ""Grange Hill"" (BBC 1982–1987). Other parts include ""Enormous Orphan"" in ""Blackadder's Christmas Carol"" (1988) and ""Otto"" in ""Chef!"" (1991). In 1993 Channel 4's ""The Word"" tracked him down to a friend's record shop where he was helping out. He appeared on ""This Morning""'s Grange Hill reunion in 1998. In 2005 he appeared in the reunion programme ""Bring Back Grange Hill"". Mustafa occasionally works in television with fellow Grange Hill star Lee MacDonald"
"arrested and sent to the Tower of London. The rest of the episode revolves around Blackadder's attempts to save the king, as well as improve his standing. The second special was broadcast on Friday 23 December 1988. In a twist on Charles Dickens' ""A Christmas Carol"", Ebenezer Blackadder is the ""kindest and loveliest"" man in England. The Spirit of Christmas shows Blackadder the contrary antics of his ancestors and descendants, and reluctantly informs him that if he turns evil his descendants will enjoy power and fortune, while if he remains the same a future Blackadder will live shamefully subjugated to"
"of the best actors in the series' cast. Richard Barber of ""People"" lauded Laurie's performance as George as ""hilarious"" and ""brilliant"". David Smith of ""The Guardian"" highlighted the pathos of the performance, writing that Laurie's performance as Lt. George, as he was about to go over the top to his death, ""elicited tears of both laughter and grief"". George (Blackadder) George is a supporting character who appeared in various adaptations of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder"", played by Hugh Laurie. Each series saw a different incarnation of the character, because each was set in a different period of history. He was"
"killing, but chooses not disclose this information to the police, or Marley's family. On Christmas Eve, Eddie awakens from a nightmare about the night of Marley's death, and is taught the true meaning of Christmas by the three ghosts of Christmas, past, present and future: his dad (Warren Mitchell), Marley himself and his future son (Ben Inigo-Jones). A Christmas Carol (2000 film) A Christmas Carol is a British television crime fantasy drama film, written by Peter Bowker, that first broadcast on ITV on 20 December, 2000. The film is a modern adaptation of Charles Dickens' ""A Christmas Carol"", and stars"
"for a two-part edition of The Bill Podcast. In November 2018, Richard appeared as Maurice in an episode of ""EastEnders"". Eric Richard Eric Richard (born Eric Smith, 27 June 1940) is an English actor and presenter. His theatre work includes plays at the Royal Court Theatre and the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, as well as seasons with the Royal Exchange, Manchester, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Sheffield Crucible Theatre and Paines Plough. In 2001, he appeared as Ebeneezer Scrooge in a production of Charles Dickens' ""A Christmas Carol"" at the UCL Bloomsbury Theatre, London. He is best known for his role as"
"Blackadder Blackadder is a series of four BBC1 pseudohistorical British sitcoms, plus several one-off instalments, which originally aired in the 1980s. All television episodes starred Rowan Atkinson as the anti-hero Edmund Blackadder, and Tony Robinson as Blackadder's dogsbody, Baldrick. Each series was set in a different historical period, with the two protagonists accompanied by different characters, though several reappear in one series or another, for example Melchett (Stephen Fry) and Lord Flashheart (Rik Mayall). The first series, ""The Black Adder"", was written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, while subsequent episodes were written by Curtis and Ben Elton. The shows"
"Bert Parnaby James Bertram ""Bert"" Parnaby (4 March 1924 – 30 July 1992) was a British actor who was notable for a string of TV and Film roles from the 1960s through the 1980s. His TV roles included performances in ""Blackadder"", ""By the Sword Divided"", ""Juliet Bravo"", ""Inspector Morse"" and ""Last of the Summer Wine"". In 1988, he appeared as Father Christmas in the BBC adaptation of ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"". His film credits included ""Prick Up Your Ears"" (1987), ""The Dressmaker"" (1988) and ""The Reunion"" (1989). Bert was also a schoolmaster, teaching English at Manchester Grammar"
"""Doctor Who – The 10 Christmas Specials"" on 19 October 2015. A Christmas Carol (Doctor Who) ""A Christmas Carol"" is an episode of the British science fiction television programme ""Doctor Who"". It is the sixth ""Doctor Who"" Christmas special since the programme's revival in 2005, and was broadcast on 25 December 2010 on both BBC One and BBC America, making it the first episode to premiere on the same day in both the United Kingdom and United States. It was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Toby Haynes. In the episode, a crashing space liner with more than four"
"Tom Jackson (actor) Thomas Dale Jackson, OC (born 27 October 1948), is a Canadian-born actor and singer perhaps best known for the annual series of Christmas concerts, called the Huron Carole, which he created and starred in for 18 years. He was the Chancellor of Trent University from 2009 until 2013. His best known television roles are Billy Twofeathers on ""Shining Time Station"" and Peter Kenidi on ""North of 60"". Tom Jackson was born to Rose, a Cree, and Marshall, an Englishman, on the One Arrow Reserve, Saskatchewan near Batoche. He moved with his family to Namao, Alberta at age"
"White Christmas (Black Mirror) ""White Christmas"" is a 2014 Christmas special episode of the British science fiction anthology series ""Black Mirror"". It was written by series creator and showrunner Charlie Brooker and directed by Carl Tibbetts, and first aired on Channel 4 on 16 December 2014. The only television special of the series, it was also the last episode to be aired on Channel 4, as the series would move to Netflix for its third series. The episode starts with two men, Matt (Jon Hamm) and Joe (Rafe Spall), stationed at a remote outpost in the middle of a snowy"
"Orphan in ""Blackadder's Christmas Carol"" (1988) and ""Starting Out"" (1989). When his acting career dried up he began to train as a taxi-driver in London before becoming a van driver in Cheshunt in Hertfordshire. After a period as a driving instructor from 2004, Nunn was an ambulance transport driver from 2006/7 until his death in 2012 of a heart attack aged 49 at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage. David Nunn (actor) David Nunn (4 August 1962 – 26 April 2012) was a British actor perhaps best known for playing the Messenger in ""The Black Adder"" in 1983. Nunn attended Clissold"
"A Christmas Carol (2009 film) A Christmas Carol is a 2009 American 3D computer animated motion-capture dark fantasy film written, co-produced, and directed by Robert Zemeckis. It is an adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 story of the same name and stars Jim Carrey in a multitude of roles, including Ebenezer Scrooge as a young, middle-aged, and old man, and the three ghosts who haunt Scrooge. The film also features supporting roles voiced by Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright, and Cary Elwes. The film was released in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX 3D on November 3, 2009, by"
"Stephen Fry Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist. With Hugh Laurie, he is half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, who starred in ""A Bit of Fry & Laurie"" and ""Jeeves and Wooster"". Fry's acting roles include a Golden Globe Award–nominated lead performance in the film ""Wilde"", Melchett in the BBC television series ""Blackadder"", the title character in the television series ""Kingdom"", a recurring guest role as Dr Gordon Wyatt on the crime series ""Bones"", and as Gordon Deitrich in the dystopian thriller ""V for Vendetta"". He has"
"A Christmas Carol (1999 film) A Christmas Carol is a 1999 British-American made-for-television film adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous novel ""A Christmas Carol"" that was first televised December 5, 1999 on TNT. It was directed by David Jones and stars Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge and Richard E. Grant as Bob Cratchit. The film was produced after Patrick Stewart performed a series of successful theatrical readings of ""A Christmas Carol"" on Broadway and in London. On Christmas Eve in 1843, Ebenezer Scrooge, a surly money-lender at a counting house, does not share the merriment of Christmas. He declines his nephew"
"Brian Blessed Brian Blessed, (; born 9 October 1936) is an English actor, writer, presenter, and comedian. He is known for his booming voice and his roles in ""Z-Cars"", ""I, Claudius"", ""Blackadder"", and ""Flash Gordon"". Brian Blessed was born on 9 October 1936 at Montagu Hospital in Mexborough, Yorkshire, the son of William Blessed (1906–2005), a socialist coal miner at Hickleton Main Colliery (and himself the son of a coal miner), and Hilda Wall (1909–1997). Blessed's great-great-grandfather, Jabez Blessed, was the father of 13 children and worked as a china and glass dealer in Brigg, Lincolnshire; many of Blessed's relatives"
"Eric Richard Eric Richard (born Eric Smith, 27 June 1940) is an English actor and presenter. His theatre work includes plays at the Royal Court Theatre and the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, as well as seasons with the Royal Exchange, Manchester, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Sheffield Crucible Theatre and Paines Plough. In 2001, he appeared as Ebeneezer Scrooge in a production of Charles Dickens' ""A Christmas Carol"" at the UCL Bloomsbury Theatre, London. He is best known for his role as Desk Sergeant Bob Cryer in the long-running ITV drama ""The Bill"", which he portrayed for twenty years from the show's"
"Christmas Carol (The X-Files) ""Christmas Carol"" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of American science fiction television series ""The X-Files"". It was written by Vince Gilligan, John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz and directed by Peter Markle. The episode explores the series' overarching mythology. The episode premiered in the United States on December 7, 1997 on the Fox network, earning a Nielsen household rating of 12.8 and being watched by 20.91 million people in its initial broadcast. It received moderately positive reviews from television critics, with many complimenting Gillian Anderson's performance. The show centers on FBI Special Agents Fox"
"Colin Salmon Colin Salmon (born 6 December 1962) is a British actor known for playing Charles Robinson in three James Bond films and James ""One"" Shade in the ""Resident Evil"" film series. He has had roles on many television series such as ""Tales from the Crypt"", """", ""Arrow"", ""Limitless"", and ""Master of None"". He currently plays General Zod on the Syfy series ""Krypton"". Salmon was born in Bethnal Green, London, England, the son of Sylvia Ivy Brudenell Salmon, a nurse. He grew up in Luton and attended Ramridge Primary School and Ashcroft High School. On leaving school, Salmon became the"
"A Christmas Carol (1971 film) A Christmas Carol is Richard Williams's animated adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella. The film was broadcast on U.S. television by ABC on December 21, 1971, and released theatrically soon after. In 1972, it won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. ""A Christmas Carol"" was directed by Richard Williams and its visual style is also largely due to Ken Harris, credited as ""Master Animator"". It starred Alastair Sim as the voice of Ebenezer Scrooge — a role Sim had previously performed in the 1951 live-action film ""Scrooge"". Michael Hordern likewise reprised his 1951"
"Richard E. Grant Richard E. Grant (born Richard Grant Esterhuysen; 5 May 1957) is a Swazi-English actor. He made his film debut as Withnail in the drama ""Withnail and I"" (1987). In film, Grant is further recognized as John Seward in ""Bram Stoker's Dracula"" (1992) and Zander Rice in ""Logan"" (2017). In television, he played Bob Cratchit in TNT's ""A Christmas Carol"" (1999), Izembaro in the sixth season of the HBO series ""Game of Thrones"", the Great Intelligence in the seventh series of ""Doctor Who"" and Simon Bricker in the critically acclaimed ITV/Masterpiece program ""Downton Abbey"". He will appear in"
"was dedicated to Donald Pleasence. The 1998 film """" also features a dedication to Pleasence in the end credits, with sound-alike voice actor Tom Kane providing a voice-over for Loomis in the film. In the 2018 film, ""Halloween"", sound-alike comedian Colin Mahan voices Loomis. Dr. Evil, the character played by Mike Myers in the ""Austin Powers"" comedy films (1997–2002), and Doctor Claw from ""Inspector Gadget"" are parodies of Pleasence's performance as Blofeld in ""You Only Live Twice"". Donald Pleasence Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE (; 5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor. His most notable film roles"
"nearly all subsequent Blackadders in the series were modelled after Edmund, Lord Blackadder, the exception being Ebenezer Blackadder, who initially began as the nicest man in England to the point of naivete but who gradually fell back into the standard persona after being abused by almost everyone around him. Sir Edmund Blackadder appears in the Comic Relief special """". Set after the English Civil War, Sir Edmund is (apparently) a loyal royalist and friend of Charles I of England, played by Stephen Fry. This Blackadder also appeared in an introductory sequence for Charles, Prince of Wales' fiftieth birthday Gala Performance,"
"be killed onscreen (the first two are murdered, whilst the fourth dies in battle); while history records this version of Blackadder as having been shot dead by the Duke of Wellington, in actuality Prince George is masquerading as Blackadder and vice versa, which results in Blackadder assuming his identity and later becoming King George IV. Ebenezer Blackadder, the Victorian Blackadder, appears in ""Blackadder's Christmas Carol"". Unlike his ungenerous, cynical ancestors, he is by repute the nicest man in Victorian England. Unfortunately, this only serves to make him a target for the cynical crooks and cheats he is surrounded by, and"
"Rowan Atkinson Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter best known for his work on the sitcoms ""Blackadder"" and ""Mr. Bean"". Atkinson first came to prominence in the BBC's sketch comedy show ""Not the Nine O'Clock News"" (1979–1982), receiving the 1981 BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance, and via his participation in The Secret Policeman's Ball from 1979. His other work includes the 1983 James Bond film ""Never Say Never Again"", playing a bumbling vicar in ""Four Weddings and a Funeral"" (1994), voicing the red-billed hornbill Zazu in ""The Lion King"" (1994), and featuring"
"A Christmas Carol (1938 film) A Christmas Carol is a 1938 American film adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella of the same name, starring Reginald Owen as Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve after visitations by three spirits. On Christmas Eve in 19th-century London, Fred is sliding on ice on a sidewalk. He meets Peter and Tim Cratchit, sons of his uncle Ebenezer's clerk, Bob Cratchit. When Fred reveals who he is, the boys take off in terror. Fred soon arrives at the counting-house of his miserly maternal uncle, Ebenezer Scrooge."
"it is also noted for misspelling Ebenezer Scrooge's name as ""Ebeneezer"" in the opening credits. The cast is led by Taylor Holmes as Scrooge and includes an early appearance by Jill St. John, then age 9 and billed as Jill Oppenheim, who plays one of the Cratchit daughters. The director was Arthur Pierson. The Christmas Carol The Christmas Carol is a 1949 low-budget, black and white television special narrated by Vincent Price. Compressing the Charles Dickens classic story into a half-hour, it is stated to be ""the oldest extant straight adaptation of the story"" for television. It was originally produced"
"a regular in this series. Darvill had his ""fingers crossed"" that he would become a regular. Alex Kingston returned as River Song. James Corden also reprised his role as Craig Owens from ""The Lodger"" in ""Closing Time"", and Simon Callow briefly reprised his role as Charles Dickens from the first series episode ""The Unquiet Dead"". ""A Christmas Carol"" guest-starred Michael Gambon and Katherine Jenkins. Guest stars of the main series included Michael Sheen (voice), Imelda Staunton (voice), Suranne Jones, David Walliams, Hugh Bonneville, Lily Cole, Mark Sheppard, and Daniel Mays. The sixth series was commissioned in March 2010, before the"