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Release Date:
17 September 1987 (UK) moreTagline:
Macbeth! morePlot:
In this generation, Blackadder is a frustrated butler in the employ of an incredibly stupid Crown Prince of England. full summaryAwards:
1 win & 4 nominations moreUser Comments:
Absolute Class moreCast
(Series Cast [4])| Rowan Atkinson | ... | Edmund Blackadder / ... (6 episodes, 1987) | |
| Tony Robinson | ... | Baldrick (6 episodes, 1987) | |
| Hugh Laurie | ... | The Prince Regent (6 episodes, 1987) | |
| Helen Atkinson-Wood | ... | Mrs. Miggins (6 episodes, 1987) |
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30 min (6 episodes)Country:
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Surprisingly, this is an accurate portrayal of Prince George IV. When his father, King George III went mad, he rose to prominence as the Prince Regent and was immediately hated by his subjects. He was seen as a foppish, immature, money-wasting imbecile and several attempts were made by Parliament to oust him. moreQuotes:
Baldrick: Morning, Mr. B.Blackadder: Leave me alone, Baldrick. If I wanted to talk to a vegetable, I would have bought one at the market.
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The 3rd and in my view the best of the Blackadder series.
The only downside is that there is no Lord Percy who was the funniest character from the previous series but Hugh Laurie's Prince Regent is suitably madcap laugh a line.
As a package it's quality through and through with convincing regency sets, superb cutting sarcasm and little bits of the wacky, the 'macbeth' actors standing out and Prince Georges 'lucky us' chicken impression, and the missing words from Dr Johnson's dictionary.
Few comedies have been quite as both clever as they are funny, okay the odd lame observation or line gets in but mostly it's a scream.