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.
Streaming rank this week: 265
Press clippings Page 15
TV doesn't give a true picture of the past
Blackadder, fictional and comic throughout, was one of the best bits of history ever done on television, writes Charles Moore.
Charles Moore, The Telegraph, 18th October 2010The Black Adder pilot episode resurfaces
Did you know Blackadder had a pilot episode? Me neither, but it's just surfaced on YouTube and now you, too, can see it.
Rob Buckley, The Medium Is Not Enough, 1st June 2010Blackadder's codpiece for sale
Blackadder fans all over the world are clamouring to get their hands on Rowan Atkinson's iconic codpiece.
The Telegraph, 20th May 2010How Blackadder changed the history of comedy
The screenwriter and director Richard Curtis talks to The Independent about his enduringly popular creation.
Ian Burrell, The Independent, 15th June 2009Fortune vomits on my eiderdown yet again
News that Blackadder will return to our screens this Christmas with a new documentary has produced a level of national salivation absent from pop culture since George Lucas stamped on the dreams of Star Wars fans.
Stephen Armstrong, The Guardian, 26th November 2008