Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Dickens' classic tale of kindness, truth and virtue completely mucked up and ruined by having a member of the Blackadder family involved. Also Baldrick, of course, the man you can rely on to turn a Christmas dinner into a dog's dinner, as long as the dog isn't particularly fussy.
Stuffed with deeply horrid people (many of whom are gigantically fat) and groaning with cartloads of seasonal bottom jokes, it manages to squeeze in not only a Victorian Black Adder but also his famous Elizabethan, Regency and Space Age relatives into a huge pie of entertainment that will satisfy all but the most discriminating viewers.
Not suitable for beadles, orphans, nieces, or long dead members of the Royal Family.
But it is still available to buy on DVD in the UK.co.uk.
For those of you wishing to know, this special was first broadcast on December 23rd 1988.
Later releases of Blackadder's Christmas Carol had some slight cuts to it - most obvious is the reference to nailing up the dog. I expect this was to stop any complaints from animal lovers around the world. Now, if you've not seen the clip, here it is for your enjoyment.