EPISODE
The Black Adder - Season 1
The series follows that comedy story written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson. The series revolves around the history of King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field, which was killed by someone. Richard IV, one of the princes who was planning to gain a great place and different paths, came to power.
June 12, 1935 in Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK
27 January 1950, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
6 August 1926, Farnworth, Lancashire, England, UK
12 March 1907, Southampton, England, UK
June 5, 1952 in London, England, UK
May 19, 1921 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
7 July 1911, Covent Garden, London, England, UK
November 28, 2018
It's definitely the writing and varying plateaus of verbal trickery used, even without the novel historical hook, that make Black Adder stand out.
November 27, 2018
Pilots are hard to get right, particularly comedy pilots, so it's not surprising that "The Foretelling" is among the series' most uneven episodes.
November 28, 2018
Though the writing was strong and the verbal interplay was there, the first series made the mistake of abundance, with Edmund Blackadder too bumbling, the cast too abounding and the sets too sprawling.
September 11, 2018
It's rare that a hist0ory-based comedy is genuinely funny, and in that sense Blackadder is a true diamond in the rough.
November 28, 2018
Most of the jokes fall flat and there's no real wit of spark to the characters.
September 11, 2018
Leave it to the Brits to find humor in World War I.
November 28, 2018
There is just something so amazingly awful, so delightfully despicable about the man that you can't help but hang on his every wicked wisecrack and/or deed.
