Blackadder. Mr. Edmund Blackadder, Esquire (Rowan Atkinson)
Blackadder

Blackadder

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1983 - 2000
  • 26 episodes (4 series)

The Blackadder dynasty has run through English history since time immemorial, seemingly always hampered by a Baldrick, and often a Percy and Melchett. Stars Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry and more.

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Opinion: Michael Gove v Blackadder

I wonder if Michael Gove has watched many sitcoms over the years. Does he have a sense of humour? Maybe if he had watched The Office he would condemn it for denigrating people who work in Slough. God knows what he would make of Mrs Brown's Boys or Miranda.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th January 2014

Comedians will always have the last laugh, Mr Gove

The attack by Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, on Blackadder is something of an own goal.

Joan Bakewell, The Telegraph, 7th January 2014

Blackadder - your country needs you

Michael Gove has hit out at TV shows and historians who depict the first world war as a "misbegotten shambles". But does satirising or criticising the great war really denigrate ordinary British soldiers, as the education secretary claims?

Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 6th January 2014

Blackadder star Tony Robinson criticises Michael Gove

Sir Tony Robinson has criticised the education secretary for saying programmes such as Blackadder are used by "left-wing academics" to peddle myths about World War One.

BBC News, 5th January 2014

Michael Gove blasts 'Blackadder myths'

Left-wing myths about the First World War peddled by Blackadder belittle Britain and clear Germany of blame, Michael Gove says today.

Daily Mail, 3rd January 2014

Tony Robinson: 'Blackadder cast won't reunite'

Sir Tony Robinson is adamant the Blackadder cast will not be following the stars of Monty Python by staging a reunion because they "don't need the money".

Hollywood.com, 19th December 2013

Prince William 'agrees to Blackadder cameo'

Sir Tony Robinson says Prince William has agreed to a cameo role in Blackadder if there is ever another series of the hit BBC TV programme.

The 67-year-old comedian and actor said the casting took place as he was being knighted by the Duke of Cambridge.

BBC News, 12th November 2013

Ben Elton hints that Blackadder is not finished

Ben Elton, the co-writer of Blackadder, has hinted that the hit sitcom is not finished and the character could return to TV one day.

British Comedy Guide, 11th November 2013

Blame Baldrick for our view of Great War

Satirical television programmes such as Blackadder have left Britons without a proper understanding of the First World War, a defence minister has said.

Peter Dominiczak, The Telegraph, 7th November 2013

Jeremy Paxman: teaching history via Blackadder 'stupid'

Jeremy Paxman, the journalist and broadcaster, said showing children episodes of Blackadder Goes Forth in order to teach them about the trenches is a "remarkable state of affairs".

Hannah Furness, The Telegraph, 7th October 2013

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