Blackadder's Christmas Carol DVD

Advantages: New(ish) Eddie.
Disadvantages: Not great Eddie.

The plot of BCC is simple: the Blackadder family has somehow managed to produce a single Edmund who is neither a snivelling wretch nor a caustic-tongued cad - however, the world treats this particular one as uniformly badly as it has the rest regardless, his endless generosity taken endless advantage of by selfish widows and orphans alike. Much like Ebeneezer Scrooge, however, Blackadder is visited by a ghost: accidentally, as this Blackadder is ...
...Robbie Coltrane) shows him the dark doings of the other Blackadders through history regardless, and our Edmund learns a valuable lesson: bastards have more fun. And so on Christmas morning, he sets out to make everyone else as miserable as they've made him. Whilst it's certainly fun to catch up with various members of the Blackadder dynasty including one from the distant future, I can't help but get a rather hollow feeling whenever I watch 'Blackadder's ... Read review

Advantages: Hilarious programme
Disadvantages: Difficult to find in the shops

.... There's even a funny song at the beginning. The video costs around £9 on Amazon and the DVD is £13. There are no extras on the DVD. For those who want to import, "Blackadder's Christmas Carol" is also on the USA version of "Blackadder The Third".... Read review

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Advantages: Classic British comedy, hilarious
Disadvantages: lack of extras

...For my next trick, I would like to convince you all to go out and buy the Blackadder DVD box set. Christmas 2003, oh so many weeks ago now…. Unwrapping the smaller pressie from my mum, I discovered that she’d bought us the Complete Blackadder DVD! Slightly shocked, as I truly was not expecting the whole kaboodle, I proceeded to try my best to watch all 4 DVD’s back to back. I only managed to watch series 1, and half of series 2 in the first sitting, but that didn’t stop me! Next day, I sat through the rest, laughing til my sides hurt (and was very close to a nosebleed!) as I always do when watching this touch of genius. Originally the brainchild of Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis (later to team up on Mr Bean), Blackadder consisted of four series’ as well as three specials ( Blackadder: The Cavalier Years, Blackadder’s Christmas... Read review

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Advantages: Price, Laughter, Acting,
Disadvantages: No Extras,

...Second best sitcom according to viewers of the BBC sereies "Britains Best Sitcom"? Coming second only to Only Fools and Horses… I order a re-count! I believe Blackadder deserved a lot more as the acting and the events which happen to Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson - the former Mr Bean) and his servant Baldrick (Tony Robinson - Time Team) are only to be laughed at again and again. "Blackadder - The complete collection" is a 6 disc DVD limited edition box set of all the 4 Blackadder series, including the 3 specials Blackadders Christmas Carol, The Cavalier Years and the most recent Blackadder:Back and Forth. The Box set is amazing piece of artwork with the symbol of a Knife with a adder around it on the front. Every fan knows that to be the symbol of History's bogeyman, Edmund Blackadder. On sliding out the DVD's from the black... Read review

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