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Rowan Atkinson's irredeemably wicked Edmund Blackadder has moved forward in time from the court of Queen Elizabeth but a little down the social ladder. He's now butler to Hugh Laurie's congenitally stupid Prince Regent on the cusp of the 18th and 19th centuries, and if that wasn't bad enough he's still accompanied by Tony Robinson's dim-witted Baldrick, whose cunning plans never fail to make an impossible situation worse. Blackadder's desperate scheming and utter contempt for all he surveys hasn't changed, nor have the baroque complexities of the situations in which he becomes embroiled: from an anachronistic war of words with Dr Johnson (Robbie Coltrane relishing every syllable) to taking on the Scarlet Pimpernel at his own game, to fighting a duel with a psychopathic Duke of Wellington, Edmund's luck never seems to change.
Richard Curtis and Ben Elton's sharp scripts have more fun with the period setting than ever before, as contemporary literary archetypes from Samuel Johnson to Jane Austen are ripe for lampooning. Howard Goodall's theme tune is updated to a glorious classical pastiche, while the extravagant costumes of the times hardly need altering to achieve the desired effect. The comedy is so good it seemed this could never be bettered, until Blackadder Goes Forth that is. --Mark Walker
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Entire third series of the historic sitcom, which finds a Regency Edmund Blackadder employed as butler to the Prince Regent (Hugh Laurie), who is thicker than a whale omelette. In 'Dish and Dishonesty', Blackadder enters the world of politics while his master teeters on the brink of bankrupcy. 'Ink and Incapability' sees the rubber-faced one in a bit of a fix when his odorous manservant Baldrick (Tony Robinson) burns the only existing copy of Doctor Johnson's brand new dictionary. In 'Nob and Nobility', Edmund reluctantly turns adventurer when he agrees to rescue a French aristo in return for a huge wodge of cash. 'Sense and Senility' finds Edmund ousted from the Prince's favour when the latter takes elocution lessons from a pair of overly mannered thespians. In 'Amy and Amiability', the Prince finds true love and Blackadder finds that the lif eof a highwayman is not all it is cracked up to be. Finally, in 'Duel and Duality', the Prince puts hi sfoot in it when he soils a couple of Wellingtons, and Blackadder is forced to take his place in a duel to the death with a large-nosed Duke.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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Format:DVD
Blackadder has to be one of the funnies TV series ever made, undoubtedly a classic. The transfer to DVD is clean and well-done, but lacks extras. The US Blackadder boxed set has a lot of extras - interviews, historical backgrounds and extra episodes. Not only did it take longer for the BBC version to be released, it doesn't have any of these extras.
Still well worth buying, though.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I'm an avid Blackadder fan and I loved this series. The only permanent members (in every episode) of the Blackadder crew this time round as Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie and Tony Robinson but Stephen Fry, Tim McInnery and Miranda Richardson also make appearances. This series hits the tone just right between sarcasm and exaggerated stupidness for plenty of laughing fits and ginormously good storylines as well as jokes. Watch out for the enormous trousers.
21 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If this does not make you laugh, please check the following;
A. Your ears. B. Your television's speakers. c. Your pulse.
All the charactors, jokes, one-liners ( C - big blue wobbley thing that mermaids live in) and even plots are spot on, with 'Thicky George'(Hugh Laurie) stealing sceen after sceen.
This is where Blackadder was always heading for.
Superior to the previous 2 outings, and contains most of the jokes used in the fading Blackadder goes forth.
Bigger than "..a whale omlette.." and sexier too (Woof! Woof!).
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'I have a cunning plan'
Edmund Blackadder is stuck in the Regency period in Britain (during the later portion of George III's rule). Read more
Published 27 days ago by Lord Anon
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Xmas present
Having friends that now have children old enough to watch the comedies that I love means it is easy to buy presents! This is the 3rd set I have bought and probably my favorite. Read more
Published 4 months ago by J. Grady
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Brilliant comedy that still seems so fresh
I'm not going to write much in this review. Those of you who have seen Blackadder already know how good it is, and all I can do is thoroughly recommend it to those of you who... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Simon Binning
5.0 out of 5 stars
The funniest Blackadder of them all!
Once again we leap forward 100 years more, and Blackadder is now butler
to the feeble-minded Prince of Wales (a terrifically funny Hugh
Laurie), the son of the mad King... Read more
to the feeble-minded Prince of Wales (a terrifically funny Hugh
Laurie), the son of the mad King... Read more
Published 8 months ago by K. Gordon
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history should be like this
My son was shown this as part of a history lesson in school. At least we know that one teacher has good taste! What can you say about this? Fantastic?-yes, well produced? Read more
Published 12 months ago by a person of good taste
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pure genius
Black Adder at his best in this series. Tony Robinson is pure genius as Baldrick, this is a DVD that you can watch over and over again.
Published 13 months ago by sue
5.0 out of 5 stars
By Gad, Sir!
All the prophets of doom and gloom who foretell the inevitable extinction of the human race have missed out on one way it will actually happen. By Gad, Sir! Read more
Published 20 months ago by Martyn J. Fogg
5.0 out of 5 stars
blackadder with it's best actors
blackadder is one of the best comedies the BBC has ever produced.The actors are brilliant.
Just try not to dub it into german, it does not work
Just try not to dub it into german, it does not work
Published 21 months ago by tiny
5.0 out of 5 stars
I offer the scriptwriters my most enthusiastic contrafibularatories
Having found the 'true' Blackadder in the second series, this third season moves us on a little in history to the regency period. Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2011 by S. Meadows
5.0 out of 5 stars
I have a cunning plan
Cult viewing at it's best.Regency Blackadder may be down on his luck but the magic is still there.This knocks the socks off more modern offerings. Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2011 by Flix
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