Blackadder

Blackadder is a British sitcom that first broadcast on BBC1 between 1983 and 1989. There were four parts to the sitcom. All of them were set in different parts of history. All of the series starred Rowan Atkinson, as Edmund Blackadder; and Tony Robinson, as Baldrick. The four series were The Blackadder, set at the end of the British Middle Ages; Blackadder II, set in England during Queen Elizabeth I's rule; Blackadder the Third, set during the British Regency; and Blackadder Goes Forth, set during World War I.

Blackadder Goes Forth was at number 16 in the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes, which was a list made by the British Film Institute. Blackadder was at number 2 in the TV poll Britain's Best Sitcom in 2004. Empire magazine said it was the 9th-best television show of all time.

Rowan Atkinson said Blackadder is "the thing he found the least stressful" to do.

References

Category:1980s black comedy television series
Category:1980s parody television series
Category:1980s British sitcoms
Category:1983 British television series debuts
Category:1989 British television series endings
Category:BBC television sitcoms
Category:BBC One television series
Category:British English-language television shows
Category:British historical television series
Category:Parody television shows
Category:British sitcoms
Category:Television series by BBC Studios