Blackadder - Series 1
1983
Throughout the ages, men of flair, faculty and outstanding courage have contributed to England's glorious heritage. Others, like the snivelling worm Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh (alias The Black Adder), the bitter and twisted son of a medieval king, have emerged from the dust of dodgy documents to claim their wrongful position in .. Read more
| Starring | Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny |
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| Director | Martin Shardlow |
| Genres | Comedy, Television |
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Blackadder - Series 1
Throughout the ages, men of flair, faculty and outstanding courage have contributed to England's glorious heritage. Others, like the snivelling worm Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh (alias The Black Adder), the bitter and twisted son of a medieval king, have emerged from the dust of dodgy documents to claim their wrongful position in history.
The Foretelling: From out of the swirling mist of the dark Ages comes a lone horseman cursed from youth by a deformed haircut and sporting a particularly evil pair of tights. (Guest starring Peter Cook as Richard III)
Born To Be King: Treachery, murder and Morris-dancing break out in all their full horror when an orange-faced stranger arrives at court.
The Archbishop: The landscape is littered with dead Archbishops of Canterbury. Edmund's cunning plan is to get his deadliest rival appointed to the vacancy...
The Queen Of Spain's Beard: The King's international treachery gives the hideous Edmund a chance to press his clammy body against one of Eurpoe's most eligible princesses. (Guest starring Miriam Margolyes as Princess Maria)
Witchsmeller Pursuivant: The King is a bit under the weather with the Black Death. Witchcraft is diagnosed by The Black Adder and only one man can root it out... (Guest starring Frank Finlay stars as the repulsive Witchsmeller)
The Black Seal: In the final gesture of defiance, Edmund rides forth to seek out the Seven Most Evil Men in the land and return with them to seize the throne. (Guest starring Rik Mayall as Mad Gerald)
| Starring | Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Elspet Gray |
|---|---|
| Director | Martin Shardlow |
| Studio | BBC WORLDWIDE PUBLISHING |
| Run time | DVD: 3 hrs 16 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Television |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, French, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 01 Nov 1999 Production year: 1983 |
| Format | DVD |
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Definitely the best of the Blackadders when it hit TV because it was so stunningly original (lets write a sitcom about Richard 111 - hmmm). And because of the great comic creation of Baldrick - the family obviously peaked around 1485 and went downhill after that. So many highlights that you can't think of only one without it setting off a list. Still brilliant. Especially Elspeth Gray as the Queen...and the Black Russian codpiece...and the Infanta of Spain..and the baby eating bishop of Bath and Wells...and Percy...and... Oh, and its all true about Henry V11 - he was a wimp who hid at the back of the battlefield..
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Not as bad as they say
I have always been led to believe that th first series was a flop, and not particularly worth watching. I had a look at this with some doubts about how much i was going to enjoy it and was very pleasantly surprised.
If, like me you have watched the other series first just because they got better ratings, you'll probebly find Blackadder (the character) a bit off putting at first. In this series he appears not to be the self assured intellegent man he is in other series. Once however you get beyond the put on facade you'll see that the writting, the jokes, the plot twists and the characters are just as good as the other three series. Not the blackadder we know and love, but by no means as bad as some might say. Try it. You just might like it! -
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