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 15
Should the series with the perfect ending return?
Rumors have circulated across the internet the past couple of weeks concerning a possible return of the greatness of Blackadder for another season.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 9th October 2011'Blackadder': Tube Talk Gold
Whenever anyone feels compelled to compile a list of the all-time great UK sitcoms, the various iterations of Blackadder are more often than not justly placed near the top.
Morgan Jeffery, Digital Spy, 8th October 2011Rowan Atkinson hints at a fifth series of Blackadder
Veteran comedian Rowan Atkinson wants to do a fifth series of his classic sitcom Blackadder.
Simone Boyle, The Mirror, 1st October 2011Review: The Black Adder (1983)
An innovative and influential '80s sitcom that kept reinventing itself, Blackadder was the embodiment of intelligent cynicism, witty farce, historical playfulness, and delectable dialogue that often (famously) took the form of protracted similes.
Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 9th September 2011Your next box set: Blackadder
From castle to first world war trenches, Blackadder was inspired comedy.
Andrew Pulver, The Guardian, 16th December 2010Fortune vomits on our eiderdown once more - in the good sense - as G.O.L.D. goes wibble for Blackadder with a run of episodes taken from across the four series. The day is topped off by Blackadder stars Fry and Laurie's reunion, which first aired last week, at 10.20pm.
Will Dean, The Guardian, 27th November 2010TV 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 2009