The Black Adder

Name: The Black Adder
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1982-06-20
Duration: 3 h 15 min
Rating: 8.10
Cast: Elspet Gray, Patrick Allen, Tim McInnerny, Rowan Atkinson

– Blackadder is the name that encompassed four series of a BBC 1 period British sitcom, along with sev..

Type:

TVSeries

Rating:

8.10 / 10

Duration:

3 Hours and 15 Minutes

Release Year:

1982

Original Name:

Blackadder

Blackadder is the name that encompassed four series of a BBC 1 period British sitcom, along with several one-off instalments. All television episodes starred Rowan Atkinson as anti-hero Edmund Blackadder and Tony Robinson as Blackadder's dogsbody, Baldrick. Each series was set in a different historical period with the two protagonists accompanied by different characters, though several reappear in one series or another, for example Melchett and Lord Flashheart.

The first series titled The Black Adder was written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, while subsequent episodes were written by Curtis and Ben Elton. The shows were produced by John Lloyd. In 2000 the fourth series, Blackadder Goes Forth, ranked at 16 in the "100 Greatest British Television Programmes", a list created by the British Film Institute. Also in the 2004 TV poll to find "Britain's Best Sitcom", Blackadder was voted the second-best British sitcom of all time, topped by Only Fools and Horses. It was also ranked as the 20th-best TV show of all time by Empire magazine.

Styles:

Alternative Comedy, Dark Humor, Offbeat, Not Serious, Witty, Humorous

Story Timeline:

1400s, 15th Century, Middle Ages

Producing Country:

Australia, UK

Filming Locations:

Scotland, England, Europe

Genre:

Comedy

Release Date:

20 Jun 1982

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:

TV-PG – Parental Guidance is recommended

This program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children. Programs rated TV-PG may contain some material that parents or guardians may find inappropriate for younger children. Programs assigned a TV-PG rating may include some inappropriate language, very little sexual content, suggestive dialogue, and/or moderate violence.

Black Adder

Main Actors:

Elspet Gray, Patrick Allen, Tim McInnerny, Rowan Atkinson

Plot:

Set in England at the end of the War of the Roses, we soon find out that the history we know is a Tudor fiction. In fact, Henry VII did not actually win the battle of Bosworth Field; he lost and though Richard III died in the battle, his nephew King Richard IV (who certainly was not smothered while still a boy in the Tower of London) reigned on for some years. The story focuses on Richard IV's younger son Prince Edmund, a sniveling coward who calls himself the 'Black Adder'. Assisted by his grungy servant Baldrick and the moronic Lord Percy, Edmund plots his rise to greatness.

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

8.1/10