Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
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GenrePeriod, sitcom
Written byRichard Curtis
Ben Elton
Directed byRichard Boden
StarringRowan Atkinson
Tony Robinson
Stephen Fry
Hugh Laurie
Robbie Coltrane
Miranda Richardson
Miriam Margolyes
Jim Broadbent
Theme music composerHoward Goodall
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerJohn Lloyd
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time42 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release23 December 1988 (1988-12-23)
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Blackadder's Christmas Carol, a one-off episode of Blackadder, is a parody of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella 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.