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Blackadder
First Air Date: June 15, 1983
First Aired on | : | 1983 |
Status | : | Ended |
Created By | : | Richard Curtis,Rowan Atkinson,Ben Elton |
Networks | : | BBC One |
Genres | : | Comedy |
Seasons/Episodes | : | 24 episodes in 4 Seasons |
Through four series and a few specials, Edmund Blackadder and his greasy sidekick Baldrick conjure up cunning plans as Edmund tries to take advantage of desperate times. These situation tragedies had obvious parallels from the Dark Ages to Elizabethan times, the rule of mad George III, and The Great War.