She returned to play Queenie in the Christmas special Blackadder's Christmas Carol and a special edition for the millennium Blackadder: Back and Forth.

* Mr Ebenezer Blackadder-Victorian ( Blackadder's Christmas Carol )

* Grand Admiral Blackadder of the Dark Segment-Distant Future ( Blackadder's Christmas Carol )

* Rowan Atkinson as Ebenezer Blackadder in Blackadder's Christmas Carol, 1988

He also played the role of Prince Albert in Blackadder's Christmas Carol, first broadcast in 1988.

In the 1980s, she made appearances in Blackadder opposite Rowan Atkinson: these roles include the Spanish Infanta in The Black Adder, Lady Whiteadder in Blackadder II and Queen Victoria in Blackadder's Christmas Carol.

* Blackadder's Christmas Carol ( 1988 ) ( TV ) – Queen Victoria

* Blackadder's Christmas Carol ( 1988 ) ( BBC1 )

Miranda Richardson reprised the role of Queenie in Blackadder's Christmas Carol ( 1988 ).

She also appeared in two of the Blackadder specials ; Blackadder's Christmas Carol and Blackadder: Back & Forth.

She went on to have other television roles, including a part in Blackadder's Christmas Carol.

He also appeared as the drunken MP Sir Talbot Buxomly who died onscreen in an episode of Blackadder the Third and as the Beadle in Blackadder's Christmas Carol.

All television programme episodes starred Rowan Atkinson as anti-hero Edmund Blackadder and Tony Robinson as Blackadder's dogsbody, Baldrick.

Robinson came to prominence in 1983 for his role in the British historical sitcom Blackadder, as Edmund Blackadder's dogsbody Baldrick.

Captain Edmund Blackadder appears in Blackadder Goes Forth, and is an officer in the British Army during World War I. Characteristically reluctant to meet his end in the mud of the trenches of the Western Front, this Blackadder's sole goal is to escape his inevitable fate.

The Duke of Wellington reappeared in Blackadder: Back & Forth, appearing less casually violent and loud than in his original appearance, where Blackadder's time machine accidentally crushed him before the Battle of Waterloo in his original journey through time and creates an alternate timeline where Napoleon won ; Blackadder later returns to that time frame a few moments before his original appearance to ensure that the Duke doesn't walk over to stand in the location where he was crushed originally.

In a 2005 BBC documentary series showcasing some of Britain's favourite sitcoms, The Blackadder edition of the series, presented by John Sergeant, revealed that the original ending of this series had Baldrick, George, Darling and the troops under Blackadder's command unambiguously killed.

In the documentary " Blackadder Rides Again ", the unedited version of the ending is shown where Blackadder plays dead and lies down, getting up only after the gun-fire stops with Baldrick, George, Darling and Blackadder's troops dead.

He is initially introduced, in conversation, by Lord Blackadder as his most trusted friend, and he is chosen to be Blackadder's best man.

Although as time goes on Blackadder's social standing tends to go down, this Lord Blackadder is similar to Lord Blackadder of Blackadder II and Mr. E. Blackadder of Blackadder the Third in both standing and wit.

The only times she is seen out of her palace are to visit a prisoner up for execution and to sneak into Blackadder's " boys ' party ", the latter resulting in her getting drunk then forgetting what she was going to do, which was execute everyone at the party.

Although well-intentioned, both fail to understand their predicament and demonstrate a high level of incompetence, hindering Blackadder's escape attempts and augmenting his sense of frustration.

General Melchett ( Stephen Fry ) rallies his troops from a French château thirty-five miles from the front, where he is aided and abetted by his assistant, Captain Darling ( Tim McInnerny ), pencil-pusher supreme and Blackadder's nemesis, whose name is played on for maximum comedic value.

Blackadder's attempts to escape are opposed by Melchett, who does not realise the futility of the war, and Melchett's assistant Captain Darling, who does.

Blackadder's attempts to escape are opposed by Melchett, who does not realise the futility of the war, and Melchett's assistant Captain Darling, who does.

However, once he makes his extravagant last-minute entrance to Blackadder's wedding and throws Percy through the door, he flirts outrageously with The Queen, Nursie and even Baldrick, who is dressed as a bridesmaid (" Thanks bridesmaid.

* The years of Darnley's marriage to Mary, including the murder of David Rizzio and Darnley's subsequent suspicious death, are covered in Jesse Blackadder's historical novel, The Raven's Heart, HaperCollins ( Australia ) Pty ( 2011 )

Indeed, George's wallet is often to be found in Blackadder's top pocket.

To make the show more cost-effective, it was also shot with virtually no outdoor scenes ( in contrast to the first series which was shot largely on location ) and several frequently used indoor sets, such as the Queen's throne room and Blackadder's front room.

Another " big push " is planned, and Captain Blackadder's one goal is to avoid being killed, so he plots ways to get out of it, but his schemes always land him back in the trenches.

The rest of the episode revolves around Blackadder's attempts to save the king, as well as improve his standing.

Though only twice referred to as " Queenie " in the series ( once by Lord Flashheart and once as self-reference in her poem for Blackadder's voyage ), this name is commonly used by the general public.

McInnerny had appeared in series one and two as Blackadder's dimwitted right-hand man Lord Percy Percy, but he had declined to reprise the role in the third series, fearing he would become typecast ( making only a single guest appearance ); McInnerny never plays Percy in the series again after the series two finale, playing Darlings from Goes Forth onwards.

Baldrick is Blackadder's bondsman and has been in his service since he was two and a half, while Percy is a half-wit friend he can't seem to get rid of.

As butler to the royal household, Blackadder's jobs include announcing, supervising the linen maids, opening and closing doors and cleaning up the Prince's cock-ups.

" It consisted of two segments that parodied A Christmas Carol directed by Tony Kluck and It's a Wonderful Life directed by former DreamWorks Animation director Mike deSeve, as well as Christmas-themed music videos ( taken from the first Christmas special ) and several segments in which Butt-Head answered fan mail dressed as Santa Claus while whipping a reindeer-costumed Beavis.

In a twist on Charles Dickens ' A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Blackadder is the " kindest and loveliest " man in England.

One of his ancestors is John Elwes, who is believed to be the inspiration for Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens ' A Christmas Carol ( 1843 ) ( Elwes played five roles in the 2009 film adaptation of the novel ).

He appeared in Robert Zemeckis's motion capture adaption of A Christmas Carol, which was released to mixed reviews.

Alexander also appeared with Kelsey Grammer in the 2004 musical adaptation of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol.

* Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol ( 1962 )

The Klingon Christmas Carol play is the first production that is primarily in Klingon ( only the narrator speaks English ).

In Stave V of A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens ( 1843 ), Scrooge awakes on Christmas morning "... making a perfect Laocoon of himself with his stockings.

When he was five years old, Palin had his first acting experience at Birkdale playing Martha Cratchit in a school performance of A Christmas Carol.

: For the carol as a musical form see: Carol, Christmas carol

Seasonal programming such as How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Christmas Carol or the Charlie Brown television specials are normally re-shown once ( or occasionally twice ) each year, in the appropriate timeframe.

In A Christmas Carol the Doctor advises a young Kazran Sardick to pursue romance while implying that in a similar situation in his own past he had instead gone to his room to " design a new kind of screwdriver.

Dickens, in the opening to ' A Christmas Carol ', says " But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile.

In 2001, Curry starred as Scrooge in the musical version of A Christmas Carol that played at Madison Square Garden.

* 1843 – Charles Dickens ' A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens publishes The Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge, A Christmas Carol, Martin Chuzzlewit, Dombey and Son and David Copperfield.

* December 19 – Charles Dickens ' novella A Christmas Carol is first published.

* December 24 – Actor Lionel Barrymore begins what will become an annual tradition of the Golden Age of Radio – playing the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in dramatizations of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol.

Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych also explored new ways of harmonizing and arranging Ukrainian folk songs, producing masterpieces such as Dudaryk and Shchedryk, the latter of which featured a four-note ostinato theme and became a popular Christmas carol known as Carol of the Bells after it was translated by Peter J. Wilhousky.

The Butte is currently the home of the Thin Air Theatre Company that produces plays year-round including such shows as A Cripple Creek Christmas Carol, Werewolves of Poverty Gulch, The Christmas Donkey and The Vampire of Cripple Creek.