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  Blackadder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blackadder is the generic name that encompasses four series of an acclaimed BBC historical sitcom, along with several one-off instalments.
Blackadder II is set in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603).
Blackadder The Third is set in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a period known as the Regency.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blackadder   (6298 words)

  
 Captain Blackadder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Naturally, Blackadder spends most of his time trying to get out of the trenches before the insane General Melchett gives him the order to 'climb out of the trenches and walk very slowly towards the enemy' which means certain death.
Blackadder's attempts to escape are usually opposed by General Melchett, who does not seem to realise the futility of sending men to their certain deaths, and Captain Darling, who does.
Captain Blackadder claims to have joined the army in 1888, joining the 19th/45th East African Rifles, when Britain was still fighting colonial wars during the Scramble for Africa, and when 'the prerequisite for any battle was that the enemies should under no circumstances carry guns'.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Captain_Blackadder   (652 words)

  
 Blackadder
Blackadder is not the title of any specific series, but is the general term for the programmes - four series and several one-off episodes - taken as a whole.
Blackadder II is set in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (reigned 1558 - 1603).
Blackadder The Third is set in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a period known as the Regency period.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bl/Blackadder.html   (3745 words)

  
 Blackadder Hall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blackadder Hall has been the official residence of the fictional Blackadder family since before 1648.
During the Elizabethan period, Queen Elizabeth I held her court at Blackadder Hall and encountered the present day Lord Blackadder.
In 1648 when Charles I was in flight from Oliver Cromwell and the Roundheads, Sir Edmund Blackadder allowed him to stay in a flcurrant bush at Blackadder Hall.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blackadder_Hall   (210 words)

  
 BBC - Comedy Guide - Blackadder Goes Forth
The premise: Captain Blackadder is a career soldier who enlisted to escape the rigours of civilian life and who has enjoyed an action-free existence across three continents.
Blackadder's main concern is how to dissuade Melchett from sending him and his men to certain death.
In the end, the creative team stuck to their guns and, instead of having Blackadder succeed in his quest, had him and his men forced to join the advance and fulfil their fears by going 'over the top' to their deaths.
www.bbc.co.uk /comedy/guide/articles/b/blackaddergoesfo_7770785.shtml   (521 words)

  
 Blackadder - Wikiquote
Blackadder: Sir Talbot represented the constituency of Dunny-on-the-Wold, and, by an extraordinary stroke of luck, it is a rotten borough.
Blackadder: Frankly, no. My final wish upon this earth is that Baldrick be sold to provide funds for a Blackadder foundation to promote peace, and to do research into the possibility of an automatic machine for cleaning shoes.
Blackadder: [debunking Baldrick's plan] Because, once you cut it off, you have to hold it up in front of the crowd and say, This is the head of a traitor, at which point, they will shout back, No it's not -- it's large pumpkin with a pathetic moustache drawn on it.
en.wikiquote.org /wiki/Blackadder   (9853 words)

  
 Blackadder Hall - The Home of the Blackadder family.... and Baldrick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Each series of Blackadder, which also starred Rowan Atkinson, was set in a different era, ranging from the 15th century to World War I. But the BBC said on Thursday there were no plans for a comeback.
Blackadder scored 18% of the votes and the Vicar of Dibley came third on 14%.
Word has reached Blackadder Hall that Rowan A. recently did an interview with IGN.com to publicise the forthcoming release of Johnny English in the states.
www.blackadderhall.com   (1302 words)

  
 Blackadder - The Episode Guide Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Blackadder II The great great grandson of the original Blackadder finds himself a courtier during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Blackadder finds himself in charge of a revue put on to provide Morale for the troops and finds himself smitten by the fair Georgina also known as Driver Parkhurst, Melchett, however, also has his eye on her.
When Blackadder is ordered to locate a spy in the hospital he spots a beautiful nurse, a man called Smith with a strong German accent and an opportunity to spend three weeks in bed.
www.memorabletv.com /episodeguides/blackadder.htm   (1622 words)

  
 Blackadder Hall - Library - Blackadder FAQ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
One viewer noted that BlackAdder is to ordinary TV what being a millionaire aristocrat with the sexual capacity of a rutting rhino is to standing in the middle of a pond with a small painted wooden duck on your head.
Blackadder is at first unimpressed, but when he learns of Johnson's enthusiasm for a novel by a certain "Gertrude Perkins," the royal butler's attitude changes.
Blackadder finds himself in the middle of a raucous duel between the lascivious Prince of Wales and the head-splitting, throat-slitting Duke of Wellington.
www.blackadderhall.com /library/faq.shtml   (2364 words)

  
 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
With each observed generation, Blackadder's social standing is reduced, from prince, to nobleman, to royal butler, to army captain—and by the end, in the last episode of the last series, nothing more than cannon-fodder.
Blackadder II is set in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (reigned 1558–1603).
Thus, Blackadder is seen to have finally achieved his lifelong dream of wealth and happiness as King of England.
www.irelandinformationguide.com /Blackadder   (4597 words)

  
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Blackadder accidentally organises a piss-up at his house the same night as his incredibly puritan aunt and uncle come around to discuss his inheritance.
Blackadder is embarrassed when he and Melchett are kidnapped by the insane master of disguise Prince Ludwig.
When Blackadder, butler to the Prince Regent, takes on the difficult task of rescuing his master from bankruptcy, Baldrick is accidentally elevated to the House of Lords.
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 Blackadder - Uncyclopedia
The Blackadders can be traced back to an Anglo-Saxon royal line of kings starting with Edmund I who reigned from 939-946, ending when he was horribly murdered by a thief in a brawl at a party.
Lord Blackadder was in service to Elizabeth I, and most of his life was spent chasing her ideals and dreams.
It is recorded at this point that the Blackadder family had somehow lost all it's lands and titles, but how this happened is not recorded, but is speculated to have been due to accruing major gambling debts.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Black_Adder   (1129 words)

  
 THE HALL BLACKADDER - Briefme.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Blackadder, played by Rowan Attikinson, is currently being made into a feature length film.
Blackadder, produced and first shown in England, follows an unlucky family name throughout its stops in history.
There is also a chance to sign up for a free newsletter, learn the latest in Blackadder news, keep up with the new projects of the Blackadder alumni, and hit the library for past interviews.
www.briefme.com /archive/article/28682   (99 words)

  
 DVD Bits - Region 4 and Region 1 DVD news, reviews, resources, PC-DVD, hardware   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
After dinner Blackadder tells the others that he has built a time machine and to prove that it works he suggests a little wager.
Blackadder Back and Forth is presented in an aspect ratio of 1.78:1 widescreen and it is 16:9 enhanced.
Blackadder is worried, what will happen to him if the king dies… Never fear, Baldrick has a cunning plan to keep the king alive using a pumpkin.
www.dvdbits.com /reviews.asp?id=2527   (983 words)

  
 Richard & Chris's British Comedy Database
The activities of the fiendish Blackadder dynasty through four periods of English history.
While Sellar and Yeatman had shown that it was possible to mine history for comedy, Blackadder was the first television programme to attempt it.
Blackadder (being visited in prison by a group of soldiers): And who might you be?
www.straightforward.se /british_comedy/T_reviewsview.asp?key=4   (213 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
I had a cunning plan to get the Queen to reconsider and give you that fifty thousand pounds and the title of Baron Blackadder, even though you were horribly rude to her and Prince Albert.
Blackadder for all your life, yet managed to refrain from slitting his throat in the middle of the night.
Blackadder bops Baldrick on the head and takes the large bag of money and the certificate.
www.angelfire.com /tv2/jeanster/baxmascarolff.html   (461 words)

  
 Blackadder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In Blackadder The Third, Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkison) is butler to George, the Prince Regent (Hugh Laurie).
Blackadder Hall - Hands down the best site there is about Blackadder.
Blackadder by Curtis, Elton and Atkinson coming to Amazon.com on September 5, 2000.
www.rowanatkinson.org /blackadder.htm   (931 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | TV and Radio | BBC postpones Blackadder tribute
BBC Radio 4 has postponed a Blackadder tribute programme on Tuesday because of contractual problems with the sitcom's creators.
The documentary, I Have a Cunning Plan: 20 Years of Blackadder, was due to air on Tuesday but was replaced by a programme about the musical Singing in the Rain.
Blackadder returned for a one-off special in 1999, which was shown at the Millennium Dome in London before being screened on Sky One.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2962458.stm   (282 words)

  
 Blackadder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Hugh joined the cast for the last two episodes of Blackadder II, playing one of Blackadder's drinking buddies in "Beer," and Prince Ludwig in "Chains." He became a regular with Series Three, playing the thick-as-a-whale-omelette Prince George.
A one-off special titled Blackadder Back and Forth was made for the 1999 Millennium Dome celebrations in Greenwich, outside London.
It's meant as a ruse to bilk Blackadder's chums out of some cash at a New Year's Eve party, but wouldn't you know, it works.
www.hughlauriefaq.com /Blackadder.html   (384 words)

  
 Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) (TV)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Plot Outline: Pleasent Ebenezer Blackadder is turned into a cruel and witty miser after seeing visions of his ancestors and descendants.
Trivia: This film and Blackadder Back & Forth (1999) are the only two to actively reprise characters from previous Blackadder incarnations (namely new segments for "Blackadder II" (1986) and "Blackadder the Third" (1987)).
Blackadder's Christmas Carol has some of the funniest material of all the Blackadders.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0094754   (418 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Magazine | Faces of the week
Atkinson's spat with the government, which has denied that it seeks to clamp down on comedians, is the latest chapter in a story which has seen him transformed from a young boy at Durham Choristers' School into one of the biggest comedy stars the UK has ever produced.
Although Atkinson was born into a wealthy farming family and studied at both Newcastle and Oxford universities, he was unsure his foray into comedy would be successful.
Indeed until the success of Blackadder in 1983, he continued to describe himself in his passport, as "engineer".
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/magazine/4086043.stm   (924 words)

  
 BrainLog
Nothing like a Blackadder show I've never seen before to make me feel out of touch: Blackadder: A Chronology of Time.
Blackadder Hall reports that the entire series of Blackadder will be released on DVD in the U.S. The discs are already available as region 2, but those with non-special region 1 (U.S.) players will have to wait for this release.
Blackadder: The Complete Collector's Set is already available for pre-order from DVDEmpire.
www.dansanderson.com /blog/archives/2001/03/nothing_like_a.php   (133 words)

  
 Television
Hugh joined the cast of this, one of the biggest critical and popular TV successes of the 80's, for the last two episodes of the second series, playing one of Blackadder's drinking buddies in "Beer," and Prince Ludwig in "Chains." He became a regular with Series Three, playing the thick-as-a-whale-omelette Prince George.
That's the title of the Blackadder one-off special made for the Millennium Dome celebrations in Greenwich, outside London.
This was truly a Blackadder reunion, with the script by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, and the cast including regulars Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tim McInnerney, Miranda Richardson, Patsy Byrne, Nigel Planer, and Rik Mayall (as Robin Hood), plus newcomers Kate Moss (as Maid Marian) and Colin Firth (as Shakespeare).
www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Picture/4696/TV.htm   (1393 words)

  
 Open Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Arts and Entertainment: Television: Programmes: Comedy: Blackadder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Blackadder Goes Fourth - Presents a critique of the series as a First World War comedy, along with pictures, scripts and sound files.
Blackadder Hall - Show guide including information on pilot episode and specials.
Blackadder Quotes - Script excerpts covering several of the episodes, from series one to series three.
dmoz.org /Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Arts_and_Entertainment/Television/Programmes/Comedy/Blackadder   (337 words)

  
 The Cultivated Acre--Black Adder page
Sup's Blackadder Page has lots of information on Black Adder including all of the scripts and a favorite episode poll.
Among the many selling points of the Blackadder Reference Site is an alphabetized Who's Who of the series.
Miggins" page, which can also be found at Blackadder Hall, you might need a kindly passing surgeon to cut your head open with a spade and stick a new brain in it.
www.mindspring.com /~jdabrams/tv_blackadder.html   (267 words)

  
 Blackadder Back & Forth (1999)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The main reason being that unlike the other Blackadder features, the inspiration has gone and there's an overriding feeling that this is merely a new instalment in the series just for the sake of it.
Often humour is attempted merely by referring back to catchphrases that became famous on earlier Blackadder episodes; this aspect verges on self-parody and Baldrick's mention of a particularly laboured cunning plan is a notable example of this.
As is mentioned in the behind-the-scenes doco, extra time and effort is put into the special effects region as this was given a big-screen premiere at the Millenium Dome in 1999.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0212579   (409 words)

  
 Queenie's Cunning Page of Blackadder..................................................................................
Blackadder Hall web forum, I suggest you check it out.
The Blackadder (Character) Fanlisting is listed at TFL.
BBC or any of its subsidiaries or with any person affiliated with the "Blackadder" series.
www.lunaestas.com /blackadder   (138 words)

  
 Blackadder - UK Shop Search > Blackadder
Blackadder Hall is THE place to find all the rare Blackadder material, shop for Blackadder goodies, exclusive interviews and lots of other stuff...
DISH AND DISHONESTY- Blackadder takes on the task of saving his royal master from bankruptcy at the hands...
Use our comprehensive Blackadder index on the left to quickly and easily Find Blackadder related products and services.
www.infospot.com /searchdirectory/shops/Blackadder.html   (236 words)

  
 Blackadder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
And I bet you never figured out that, of the two German guards who held Lord Blackadder in Prince Ludwig's dungeon, one had held Prince Edmund on a charge of witchcraft in an earlier life, while the other was a member of Captain Blackadder's would-be firing squad in a subsequent life!
Because it is vitally important for you to know things like that, I have prepared the following chart, listing all credited performers in the various Blackadder programs.
Miggins, who owns a pie shop, mentioned in two episodes of the second series, in contexts which imply that Lords Percy and Blackadder both know her.
members.aol.com /trogrann/blackadder.htm   (494 words)

  
 Welcome to Southend Drama Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The original cast from last year's Blackadder shall all be reprising their roles in what was Southend Drama Society's most successful production in living memory.
Everyone involved in last year's production was thrilled when the show's director revealed that she would like to put "Ink and Incapability" through as a contender in the first round of this year's festival.
This direct adaptation of the television scripts shall return the audience to the Throne Room of Queen Elizabeth I, the shocking trousers of the Prince Regent and the latrines of the Great War.
www.southenddrama.co.uk /archive.html   (3630 words)

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