Blackadder

Blackadder is a British sitcom that first broadcast on BBC1 between 1983 and 1989. There were four parts to the sitcom. All of them were set in different parts of history. All of the series starred Rowan Atkinson, as Edmund Blackadder; and Tony Robinson, as Baldrick. The four series were The Blackadder, set at the end of the British Middle Ages; Blackadder II, set in England during Queen Elizabeth I's rule; Blackadder the Third, set during the British Regency; and Blackadder Goes Forth, set during World War I.

Blackadder
GenrePeriod sitcom
Created byRichard Curtis
Rowan Atkinson
Written byRichard Curtis
Rowan Atkinson (series 1)
Ben Elton (series 2–4)
Directed byGeoff Posner (pilot)
Martin Shardlow (series 1)
Mandie Fletcher (series 2 and 3)
Richard Boden (series 4)
StarringRowan Atkinson
Tony Robinson
Tim McInnerny
Miranda Richardson
Stephen Fry
Hugh Laurie
Theme music composerHoward Goodall
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original language(s)English
No. of series4
No. of episodes24 (plus 3 specials) (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)John Lloyd
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 minutes approx
Production company(s)BBC
DistributorBBC Worldwide
2entertain
Release
Original networkBBC1
Picture formatPAL (576i)
Audio formatMonaural sound
Original release15 June 1983 (1983-06-15) –
2 November 1989 (1989-11-02)
Other websites
Website

Blackadder Goes Forth was at number 16 in the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes, which was a list made by the British Film Institute. Blackadder was at number 2 in the TV poll Britain's Best Sitcom in 2004. Empire magazine said it was the 9th-best television show of all time.[1]

References
  1. "The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time – Number 20: Blackadder". Empire. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.