BlacKAddeR

The comic genius that is Rowan Atkinson is utilized to the full as the sneering, smart-bottomed Edmund Blackadder. Tony Robinson is forever chirpy as Blackadder's sidekick Baldrick, and is loyal to a fault - or just plain stupid!

A superb cast in all four series, including the likes of Peter Cook, Robbie Coltrane, Miranda Richardson, Rik Mayall, Ade Edmondson, Miriam Margoyles, Jim Broadbent, Gabrielle Glaister, Tom Baker, Kenneth Connor, Ronald Lacey, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray, Frank Finlay, Patrick Malahide, and Patsy Byrne. Regulars Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, and Tim McInnerny are all very good, with Fry's General Melchett in 'Blackadder Goes Forth' becoming one of TV's great monsters - an incredibly mature and convincing performance by Fry.

Blackadder bestrides (em) four dramatic periods of English history - the Richard III era of the Wars of the Roses, Elizabethan and Georgian England, and World War One. Plus, there have been two spin-offs - 'Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)', and 'Blackadder Back & Forth (1999)'.

The ending of the final series is one of the most poignant TV moments ever, as our unlikely heroes go over the top, knowing they face certain death. Just beautifully conveyed, and an unlikely masterstroke, with a comedy conveying the futility of war, particularly the First World War, as effectively as any serious documentary. Just a shame so many of those involved in this unique '80s series are now so firmly in bed with the establishment.

- Paul Rance.

BLACKADDER DVDs and Videos
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Edmund Blackadder and Baldrick's weird and wonderful adventures through history

Blackadder DVDs
Blackadder - Back And Forth / The Cavalier Years / Baldrick's Diary [2000] Blackadder - Blackadder II - Series 2 Blackadder - Blackadder The Third - Series 3 Blackadder Goes Forth - Complete Series 4 Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Blackadder Videos
Blackadder Blackadder - Back And Forth [2000] Blackadder - Blackadder Goes Forth - Series 4 Blackadder - Blackadder II - Series 2 Blackadder - Blackadder The Third - Series 3 Blackadder - First Series Blackadder - The Foretelling / Born To Be King / The Archbishop Blackadder - The Queen Of Spain's Beard / The Black Seal / Witchsmeller Pursuivant Blackadder - The Second - Bells, Head, Potato Blackadder - The Second - Money, Beer, Chains Blackadder - The Third - Dish And Dishonesty Blackadder - The Third - Sense And Senility Blackadder - The Very Best Of Blackadder [1983] Blackadder Goes Forth - Captain Cook / Corporal Punishment / Major Star Blackadder Goes Forth - Private Plane / General Hospital / Goodbyeee Blackadder's Christmas Carol

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