Edmund Blackadder, Esq. swindling the dim-witted Prince George out of his Christmas gifts.

Lord Blackadder outwitting his rivals and the mercurial Queen Elizabeth I.

(1988) is a brilliant subversion of the Charles Dickens classic, essentially telling the story in reverse. Instead of a miser finding redemption, it follows the kindest man in England as he discovers that "bad guys have all the fun" . The Nicest Man in England