Category: Blackadder
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10 Fascinating Facts About The Iconic British Sitcom ‘Blackadder’ You Never Knew
I’m still ill, so I asked an AI to write a blog post about a sitcom that everyone likes – this is what it wrote. It even got some of the facts so wrong they’re brilliant. If you’re a fan of British sitcoms, you’re probably familiar with “The Office.” However, there’s another classic British sitcom…
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Turds, Vomit, Willies, And Backside Cracks
This is a great photo used as part of a preview for Blackadder Goes Forth, from The Daily Mirror on Wednesday 20th September 1989. Here’s James Green, in The Stage of October 5th, wringing his hands about whether the time period is a suitable subject matter for the show. Here’s a rather more curious take…
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It Failed Miserably
The more I think about it, the more I realise that Blackadder The Third is probably my favourite era of the show. It’s certainly the series I think about more than any other, and that might be because of the performance of Hugh Laurie as the Prince Regent, and how well it juxtaposes with this…
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So Evil, So Funny, So Good
Maybe I’m tired, but I can’t seem to find any previews or reviews of The Black Adder when it first aired in 1983. I wanted to see if they matched the received thinking about the series. So instead, here’s how The Stage announced the return of the second series, in January of 1986. On the…
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Blackadder And Baldrick On Children In Need
This is from the 1988 telethon.
