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.
- 1988 Specials, Christmas Special repeated at 3:05am on BBC4
Streaming rank this week: 77
Press clippings Page 2
Ben Elton interview
"Any time period would make a good Blackadder with the right jokes."
Michael Hogan, The Observer, 10th September 2023Blackadder at 40: the difficult birth of a classic TV comedy
Looking back to that first series 40-years-ago, it is odd to think that such a beloved comedy could initially have got it so very wrong.
The Conversation, 14th August 2023Nigel Planer: 'I made as much from one episode of Blackadder as from all of The Young Ones'
The West End star on divorce, getting recognised and making money on a Second World War barge.
York Membery, The Telegraph, 14th August 2023Richard Curtis and the love rival MP behind his films' bumbling Bernards
Richard Curtis has admitted that he names irritating characters in his films Bernard after the Tory MP who stole his university girlfriend.
The Telegraph, 24th June 2023The ten best Blackadder episodes
As one of Britain's finest comedies turns 40, we launch a cunning plan to count down to the very best show.
Tim Glanfield, The Sunday Times, 11th June 2023As Blackadder turns 40, Howard Goodall reveals musical secrets of classic comedy
The composer and broadcaster on playing with history, blasting off into the charts with Red Dwarf, the difficulty of musicals - and writing for streaming.
Mark Braxton, Radio Times, 8th June 2023I'll never throw out my DVD player - the woke police can't delete my box sets
These days there seem to be vanishingly few comedies that can be enjoyed by all the family. So recently, in desperation, I tried showing my son some of my favourite comedies from when I was young, instead.
Michael Deacon, The Telegraph, 8th June 2023Tony Robinson interview
Comedy favourite Blackadder had a couple of false starts - and nearly had a completely different actor as the hopeless sidekick.
Robin Parker, Radio Times, 6th June 2023Tony Robinson: 'I feel sorry for the other Baldrick - he wasn't so lucky'
Forty years on from Blackadder, Robinson reflects on working with Rowan Atkinson and Stephen Fry - and how he almost didn't play Baldrick.
Rachel Corcoran, The Telegraph, 3rd June 2023Blackadder portrait installed in stately home
A portrait of Edmund Blackadder was installed in a stately home, surprising visitors the next day. But not everyone knew who the character was.
British Comedy Guide, 1st June 2023