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 The Black Adder Series 1 (DVD)
Newest Review: ... persuades a local rich nobleman to give all his land to the king rather than the church in a bid to save himself from being ... more  ... next to be executed but the king accidentally orders the death of Blackadder any way. Blackadder somehow escapes death and is glad to hear that the three popes have seen him as unfit to be archbishop and stripped him of the post. My favourite quote from this episode is when Baldrick tells Blackadder he will surely go to heaven to which Blackadder replies “well Baldrick You see, the thing about heaven is that heaven is for people who like the sort of things that go on in heaven. Like, well, singing, talking to God, w...more |
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The Black Adder Series 1 (DVD): an extensive review on a classic comedy (2018 words)
by thebigc1690 - written on 26.04.07 (Very useful, 194 readings)
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Originally written as a pilot episode the first and without doubt the least known of the blackadder episodes is entitled The foretelling this is where the first ever series of blackadder kicks off. Starring Rowan Atkinson as The Blackadder, (duke of Edinburgh) Tony Robinson as Baldrick and Brian Blessed as Richard IV this series attempts to rewrite history in the most humorous manor. Set in England shortly after the war of the roses we find out that the battle of Bosworth Field was not won by Henry VII but in fact lost and though Richard III died in the battle, his nephew King Richard IV reigned on for some years. The foretelling begins with the narrator ...
Slack Bladder series 1 (228 words)
by ianay - written on 24.06.01 (Useful, 40 readings)
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I recently got this DVD of series 1 and was happy with the actual show but the extras were poor and pretty much non existant. Edmund, surely the most despicable man that ever donned a codpiece cons his way throughout the centuries. Related directly to royalty, until the twentieth century kicks in, where we find the Blackadder bloodline has been removed to officer class of the army. Edmunds finest hour(in this series) were obviously when he became King of England for ten seconds, and Prince Regent after seeing the true one killed in a fit of pique by the Duke of Wellington. Ben Elton, after taking over the writing of the series, showed his ...
The Black Adder Series 1 (DVD): Little Value Added (188 words)
by davidwicks99 - written on 28.01.01 (Useful, 37 readings)
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I love the Black Adder Series and eagerly awaited its release on DVD. However, I was greatly disappointed by the first DVD release. While I can now watch the entire first series without having to rewind or fastforward the tape, I did not find the picture or the sound quality of the programmes to be greatly improved. Additionally, the DVD was not enhanced with any features. One of the things that I love about DVDs is the interactivity or extra information they generally contain that videotapes lack. Unfortunately, this DVD did not contain any extra commentary by any of the actors on the making of the first series, it didn't contain any explanation of ...
