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: 274
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Blackadder Goes Forth, Churchill Theatre, review
This colourfully written highly comic farce full of lampooning of the folly of war and the upper classes who ran it has been fantastically well re-created by EPT.
Irene Brown, Edinburgh Guide, 7th April 2016Secret fury of the doctor who gave Blackadder his name
Dr Eric Blackadder complained his life was made a misery after he unwittingly provided the name for Rowan Atkinson's scheming character.
Stuart MacDonald, The Mirror, 4th April 2016John Lloyd critical of 'impertinent' sitcom remakes
Blackadder mastermind John Lloyd has insisted that his iconic sitcom will not follow the likes of Porridge, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and Are You Being Served? in being remade by the BBC.
Shaun Kitchener, The Daily Express, 21st March 2016John Lloyd receives 'outstanding contribution to broadcasting' award
John Lloyd - the producer of shows including Blackadder and QI - has been honoured at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 11th March 2016Quiz: Can you name the Blackadder character?
How well do you know Blackadder, Baldrick, Mrs Biggins and more?
Radio Times, 19th October 2015Blackadder: everything you need in one infographic
History's unluckiest man, Edmund Blackadder, has got a new series on the cards. Surely his fortunes are going to change?
Johnny Dee, The Guardian, 4th September 2015Rated or Dated: Blackadder Goes Forth
The revival of chatter about a new Blackadder series has sent Standard Issue back to the first four. OK, three of them because, well, you know. Rounding it off, Sooz Kempner looks at our hero's painful final hurrah.
Sooz Kempner, Standard Issue, 1st September 2015Rated or dated: Blackadder the Third
The revival of chatter about a new Blackadder series has sent Standard Issue back to the first four. OK, three of them because, well, you know. Today, Mickey Noonan looks at what the butler saw in Blackadder the Third.
Mickey Noonan, Standard Issue, 31st August 2015Rated or dated: Blackadder II
The revival of chatter about a new Blackadder series has sent Standard Issue back to the first four. OK, three of them because, well, you know. First up, Hannah Dunleavy looks at the second coming of the English nobleman.
Hannah Dunleavy, Standard Issue, 28th August 2015Blackadder: 8 brilliant moments
Talk of a possible Blackadder comeback has got us all excited, even if this isn't the first time we've been told a revival for Rowan Atkinson's devious anti-hero is on the cards.
Morgan Jeffery, Digital Spy, 26th August 2015