Blackadder's Christmas Carol

After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.

Cast

Rowan Atkinson

as Blackadders

Tony Robinson

as Baldricks

Miranda Richardson

as Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX

Stephen Fry

as Lords Melchett / Frondo

Hugh Laurie

as Princes Regent / Pigmot

Robbie Coltrane

as Spirit of Christmas

Miriam Margolyes

as Queen Victoria

Jim Broadbent

as Prince Albert

Patsy Byrne

as Nursie / Bernard

Denis Lill

as Beadle

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