Blackadder Reviews

A classic British comedy great, Blackadder is a series that nearly didn't make it past the first series. Billed initially as a comic way of looking through history, it intended to portray a dimwit and his various acquaintances in different periods of time. Starring the excellent Rowan Atkinson, it portraayed the title character, Edmund Blackadder, ...  Read the complete review

As I sit here writing this review I am watching the entire series DVD, starting with the 2nd series as Edmund Blackadder bows down to the demands of Queen Elizabeth. I must say I never liked the first series, I have watched it once and hardly laughed once, since I have never watched it again and go straight to series 2 when deciding to ...  Read the complete review

For British televion at its best, you can do no worse than watch Blackadder. To me, it's one of the funniest and most original shows that has ever been produced. This is not just down to the talent of Rowan Atkinson, but also to the other stars, the writing, the storylines, the sets - just about everything about it screams pure ...  Read the complete review

This comedy starred Rowan Atkinson who in each of the series played a decendant of the Blackadder family, the first series was set in medieval times while the final series was set in the trenches of the First World War, in all there were four series. My personal favourite series was the one set in the court of Elizabeth 1st however the final ...  Read the complete review

This is a classic comedy and quite innovative as each series follows the family line of the Blackadder family through history, in each time period Blackadder played by Rowan Atkinson is a nasty bully who is only out for himself and is contantly putting down his servant Baldrick played by Tony Robinson. The writing in this show is ...  Read the complete review

...or so the tagline for the first series pronounced. Black Adder has become regarded as a comedy milestone, and rightly so as it ranks up there in the hall of fame alongside such glorious creations as Only Fools and Horses, One Foot in The Grave and Fawlty Towers. There have been four series of this historical comedy, all set in ...  Read the complete review

Blackadder is a fine example of one of the best classic comedies ever made. With characters like Blackadder himself (played by Rowan Atkinson), Baldrick (by Tony Robinson) and Percy in series' 1 & 2 (by Tim McInnerny). The 2nd of the 4 series was the best with episodes like Potato, Money and Chains. The funniest episode in Blackadder ...  Read the complete review

The BBC has produced many quality comedy sitcoms, which have become household names throughout the world. Each programme has its own unique sense of humour. Blackadder is one of the most successful comedies to come from Britain and stars Rowan Atkinson (also renowned for Mr Bean). Blackadder?s sense of humour mainly focuses on sarcasm and farcical ...  Read the complete review

This is a brilliant comedy series! There are four series- "The Blackadder", "Blackadder the II", "Blackadder the III" and "Blackadder goes Forth". The first series is set in the Middle Ages, the second in Tudor England, the third in Regency England, and the forth in the trenches of WWI. ...  Read the complete review

Just when you thought that Richard Curtis and Ben Elton had become far too self-indulgent to give the British public what they really want in the form of more of the superb Blackadder series along comes the Millenium Done and that year 2000 business to make things right again. Blackadder Back & Forth was designed to be shown in the Millenium Dome ...  Read the complete review

Great comic lines of our time No 26: "I have a cunning plan..." "Really, Baldrick, and is it as cunning as Mr Fox in Cunning Town?" Cynical wit, sarcastic barbs, and impossibly large trousers as popularised by the Elizabethan ACTOORS - this is the world of Edmund Blackadder, one of the most timeless and ...  Read the complete review

Blackadder П is one of my favourite ever British comedy. It is one of the best things to come out of the BBC. The videos have the following programs, Bells, Head, Potato, Money, Beer and Chains. It?s England 1558 ? 1603. The filthy genes of the Blackadder dynasty bubble back to the surface of the melting pot of history as Lord Edmund, ...  Read the complete review

The Blackadder series has to be in my eyes the funniest comedy of all time. Generally with most things the more they make the worse they get, not so with Blackadder. The first series was somewhat dull as Blackadder himself was a bit of a weasel and only managed to survive my shear luck, it was still funny but only just worth watching. ...  Read the complete review

British comedy went very, very nasty in the last twenty years of the Twentieth Century with that whole Alternative Comedy thing – it became the done thing to take a very harsh and sarcastic approach to your fellow man and there was real blood shed at times, really nasty stuff – and didn’t we just adore it! Out of all ...  Read the complete review

What can I say about Blackadder, well the first series was pants, but then I suppose it had to be to set up the character for the next three series. In Blackadder the second, Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson, for those who never watched it) is great, in the third he’s even better but it’s the last outing that I really want to talk ...  Read the complete review

This is one of those programmes that you wish they'd made more of but is probably so good partly because they didn't make more - the jokes never got stale and the standards never dropped (see Fawlty towers for another example). The four series are quite different from each other in some ways so I'll run through them in turn... ...  Read the complete review

Blackadder is the epitome of the word comedy. The reason for the success of each series was due to the extremely talented cast and script writers involved. Never before had so many like minded and intelligent people gotten together to create such an original and innovative series. Characters such the Prince Regent, General Sir ...  Read the complete review

The BBC only ever made four series of Blackadder, the historic comedy. The first was written by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis (later of Two Weddings fame), but the rest were penned by Curtis in association with Ben Elton. All four series starred Rowan Atkinson as the main character of the title and is one of only two constants, the other ...  Read the complete review

A classic piece of writing from the best comic writers this country has seen. B2 has to remain my overall favourite - the final episode is a fantastic piece of comedy genius. But then we cannot forget any of the six which make up the best comedy series the BBC has ever had the courage to screen. From the controversal 'Bells' to ...  Read the complete review

We have all seen Blackadder. We love it. Everyone does, as I have said in my review of the Blackadder Script book (The Whole Damn Dynasty), if there are exceptions I am sure they are already safely away in a Poor Sense Of Humour Hospital. So when Blackadder left our screens after its fourth series (the first world war), we were all ...  Read the complete review