Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- ~32 min/episode
- Length
- 4 seasons · 24 episodes
- Status
- Ended · complete
- Age rating
- TV-PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
Blackadder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of The Great War.
- england
- civil war
- servant
- world war i
- prince
- army
- queen elizabeth i
- satire
- dark comedy
- middle ages (476-1453)
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Robert East
- Patsy Byrne
- Helen Atkinson-Wood
- Frank Finlay
- Patrick Malahide
- Alex Norton
- Paul Brooke
- Peter Cook
- Jim Broadbent
- Tim McInnerny
- Stephen Fry
- Directed
- Martin Shardlow, Mandie Fletcher, Richard Boden
- Created
- Ben Elton, Rowan Atkinson, Richard Curtis
- Written
- Rowan Atkinson, Ben Elton, Richard Curtis
Production
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 · 565 ratings
- Network & studio
- BBC One, BBC
If this stayed with you
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