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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Fawlty Towers tops Radio Times greatest British sitcom list
Fawlty Towers has come out top of a list of the greatest British sitcoms, as compiled by Radio Times magazine.
British Comedy Guide, 9th April 2019The top 10 British sitcoms of the 80s
After the dourness of the 1970s, the following decade was much more colourful and self-confident, and this reflected in the increasingly audacious premises of the best situation comedies of the era. There were still perennial British interests of class and social status, with observations on suburban life providing plenty of opportunity for writers.
Greg Jameson, Entertainment Focus, 29th December 2018Tim McInnerny: Blackadder is dead
Captain Darling believes any cunning plan to bring back the much-loved sitcom would flop because the cast are too old.
David Stephenson, The Daily Express, 23rd December 2018Blackadder's Christmas Carol at 30
Thirty years ago, Blackadder brought us a brilliantly subversive take on the Charles Dickens classic - and it's still inspired.
Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 13th December 2018Definitive guide to British comedy since Fawlty Towers
The British are coming, and they want to invade your television. With ... laughter.
Devon Ivie, Vulture, 21st November 2018Left- vs right-wing comedy: Why so Left?
There undoubtedly appears to be a prevalence on TV and in the media in general of left-leaning comedy, and a dearth of right-wing, conservative comedy or even Christian comedy. The question, then, is why this is?
Jonathan MS Pearce, Patheos, 18th November 2018When sitcom gets serious
I have been thinking about the power of pathos in sitcom.
A Dose Of David Mitchell, 4th October 2018Rowan Atkinson: Blackadder won't return
Rowan Atkinson has confirmed that Blackadder won't be making a return to screens - even though he thinks it'll be fun to reunite with his co-star Tony Robinson.
Female First, 4th October 2018Tony Robinson suggests Blackadder Series 5
Tony Robinson, talking about Blackadder, has said "I do see a version of the show coming back."
British Comedy Guide, 26th September 2018Why 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 2018