The Black Adder (TV Series)
- Original title
- The Black Adderaka
- AKA
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- Blackadder
- Year
- 1983
- Running time
- 35 min.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Rowan Atkinson
- Stephen Frost
- Tim McInnerny
- Tony Robinson
- Brian Blessed
- Miranda Richardson
- Elspet Gray
- Hugh Laurie
- Robert East
- Helen Atkinson-Wood
- Roy Evans
- Bert Parnaby
- Alex Norton
- Natasha King
- Peter Cook
- Perry Benson
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
Broadcast by: BBC- Genre
- TV Series. Comedy | Sitcom. Parody. Satire. Middle Ages. 15th Century. 16th Century. 17th Century. 19th Century. I World War
- Movie Groups
- Blackadder
- Synopsis
- TV Series (1983-1989). 4 Seasons. 25 Episodes. Set in England at the end of the War of the Roses, we soon find out that the history we know is a Tudor fiction. In fact, Henry VII did not actually win the battle of Bosworth Field; he lost and though Richard III died in the battle, his nephew King Richard IV (who certainly was not smothered while still a boy in the Tower of London) reigned on for some years. The story focuses on Richard IV's younger son Prince Edmund, a sniveling coward who calls himself the 'Black Adder'. Assisted by his grungy servant Baldrick and the moronic Lord Percy, Edmund plots his rise to greatness.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1989: 2 BAFTA Awards: Comedy, Light Entertainment Performance (Atkinson).1987: BAFTA: Best Comedy Series. 4 nominations
- Critics' reviews
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"Most of the jokes fall flat and there's no real wit of spark to the characters."
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