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Blackadder. Mr. Edmund Blackadder, Esquire (Rowan Atkinson)
Blackadder

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.

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Press clippings Page 16

How 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

Daily Mail Article

As Blackadder turns 25, we chart the spectacular rise of the much-loved sitcom.

David Thomas, Daily Mail, 12th December 2008

Fortune vomits on my eiderdown yet again

News that Blackadder will return to our screens this Christmas with a new documentary has produced a level of national salivation absent from pop culture since George Lucas stamped on the dreams of Star Wars fans.

Stephen Armstrong, The Guardian, 26th November 2008

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