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.
- Special repeated at 5:10pm on U&Gold
Streaming rank this week: 78
Press clippings Page 12
Blackadder & co really did fight in WWI, records show
TV characters Blackadder, Darling, Baldrick and George existed in real-life.
Paul Harris, Daily Mail, 25th June 2014Tony Robinson pays tribute to Patsy Byrne
"She had unerring skill to make the daftest, silliest thing sound absolutely real and absolutely plausible," said the Baldrick star.
BBC News, 22nd June 2014Rik Mayall: A goodbye to Lord Flashheart
After the news of Rik Mayall's death, one of the most fondly recalled moments has been his cameo as Lord Flashheart in Blackadder.
BBC News, 10th June 2014Show Blackadder to start WWI discussion says historian
The BBC should broadcast Blackadder Goes Forth as part of its First World War commemoration, historian Kate Williams argues.
Hannah Furness, The Telegraph, 14th January 2014David Mitchell: Michael Gove meets his fate in trenches
Michael Gove wants to redefine what we think about the first world war, and it's going to be less like Blackadder. Well, I have a cunning plan for him...
David Mitchell, The Observer, 12th January 2014Pupils know the difference between comedy and facts
Blackadder is a perfectly good teaching tool.
Alice Thomson, The Times, 7th January 2014Opinion: 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 2014Comedians 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 2014Blackadder - 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 2014Blackadder 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