Richard Curtis
- 68 years old
- English
- Writer, director, producer and executive producer
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Why Blackadder writers reinvented him after series one
35 years ago, it's fair to say that the now-beloved sitcom was a very different beast to begin with.
Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 13th June 2018Blackadder on Netflix: why you should re-watch it
In among the huge swaths of original content on Netflix, there are also plenty of beloved old favourites primed to be revisited. One such timeless classic is the incomparable Blackadder.
Robert Keeling, Metro, 14th March 2018Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis developing new movie
Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis might not appear to be the most likely collaborators, but they are aiming to work together on an untitled new movie that combines comedy and music.
Empire, 2nd March 2018Danny Boyle's filming a Beatles musical
Powerhouse film-makers Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis are joining forces to make a picture built around the music of The Beatles.
Daily Mail, 2nd March 2018The Blackadder for kids that subverted a legend
Subversive TV is sometimes found in the least likely of places. Who would have thought that a children's sitcom from 1989 would upend the legend of Robin Hood so adeptly, casting Maid Marian as the hero and Robin as the thick, vain idiot?
Alex Nelson, i Newspaper, 25th January 2018Blackadder's greatest episodes
With an ensemble cast that no other sitcom can ever hope to match, the show gave us plenty of memorable episodes, but we've tried to narrow them down to just a select few.
Rob Keeling, Cult Box, 25th October 2017When Blackadder turned election farce into comedy
"At last we can return to sanity. The mad hysteria is at an end. After the chaos of a general election, we can return to normal." So says Edmund Blackadder at the start of 'Dish and Dishonesty' - the very first episode of Blackadder The Third.
Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 5th June 2017Richard Curtis defends Comic Relief over lewd humour
Asked about viewers being "upset at the mix of frivolous comedy with disasters", Curtis, 60, told Radio 4 show Midweek: "I don't see any contradiction. I'm aware that people are sensitive but when I first started Red Nose Day it was because I went to Ethiopia during the famine, in 1985, and was startled to find, even in places where people were right near death, that their sense of humour was still there."
BT, 29th March 2017Red Nose Day reprise was no laughing matter
The much-hyped Comic Relief sequel to Richard Curtis's film was a real let-down.
Barbara Ellen, The Guardian, 26th March 2017Red Nose Day Actually review
Despite all the celeb cameos the charity update of Richard Curtis's romcom was bafflingly weak. But ultimately its job wasn't to get laughs - it was to help people.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 25th March 2017