Blackadder - Complete Blackadder (Limited Edition Box Set) (DVD)

...I should hate Blackadder for one reason; it turned me into the weirdest ten year old imaginable. I was the only one certainly in my class that spoke with a sardonic inflection in my voice and muttered "what ho?" when I saw something surprising. It certainly didn't help me make friends at the time, giving me a strange impulsion to call everyone a cretin and say 'I have a cunning plan' very slowly at the beginning of every other sentence. Luckily I ...
...that Blackadder made part of who I am today, and I consider this DVD set my third parent in that respect. Blackadder is the brainchild of misters Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, a character so cruel, hurtful and cunning to everyone around him, but so lovable to the viewer and so interesting because of all these things. He is the dreamer, in every series the Blackadder character's status gets lower and lower, and so do his expectations and aspirations, ...

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...a re-count! I believe Blackadder deserved a lot more as the acting and the events which happen to Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson - the former Mr Bean) and his servant Baldrick (Tony Robinson - Time Team) are only to be laughed at again and again. "Blackadder - The complete collection" is a 6 disc DVD limited edition box set of all the 4 Blackadder series, including the 3 specials Blackadders Christmas Carol, The Cavalier Years and the most recent ...
...unravels to reveal all the Blackadder Series of The Blackadder,, Blackadder II, Blackadder III, Blackadder Goes Forth and the extra discs of Blackadders Christmas Carol and Back and Forth (along with the Cavalier years), only previously available separately and not in the previous complete series box set available to fans of this well written hilarious series by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton (The first series was written by Richard Curtis and Rowan ...

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...time Blackadder! The original Blackadder was written by Richard Curtis (also Vicar of Dibley, Four Weddings & A Funeral and Notting Hill) and Rowan Atkinson. The pair met at Oxford and worked together on a number of projects including Not The Nine O'Clock News, before creating Blackadder in 1983. The first series met with a mixed reception and, as it had been shot on location and was thus expensive, was destined to remain a one off. Thankfully a ...
...costs were cut dramatically. Blackadder therefore became a studio-only production and Ben Elton replaced Atkinson on the writing side. Add arguably the best ensemble of comedy actors ever seen on TV and the rest, as they say, is history... The Concept The series follows Edmund Blackadder (Atkinson) in various different incarnations at important periods of British history. Each Blackadder is a distant relative of the previous one as is each Baldrick ...

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The Complete BlackAdder Collection. ========= ============= This way a highly successful comedy for the BBC and ran for 4 series. Each series having its own theme... The series was Co written by Richard Curtis, Ben Elton and Rowan Atkinson. It spanned 1983 - 1989 and had 24 episodes divide up into six per series. Series 1: Was set in the 15th century (1485) and follows The Black Adder as he strives for power in a very dangerous environment, his ...
...in 16th century and Lord BlackAdder sails his ship close to the wind or more precisely close to the throne of queen Bess. Unfortunately for him Queen Bess in as nutty as a fruit cake, so is her nanny and so is her advisor Lord Melchett. Fortunately though Edmund has the help and friendship of Percy a hair brained fop, oh yes and of course his ever faithful Baldrick. Series 3: We move on to the 18th Century and now we discover that the Blackadder ...

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...* BRIEF IDEA Edmund Blackadder is a character spanning many generations through out history, starting from the middle ages right through to 1917 during the Great War, with each series depicting his character as being a self centred chancer with a sharp mind, (apart from the first series where he does come across as being a little stupid?), with his life's status seeming to diminish as the next series opened, starting as the son of a king and ending ...
...the entire four series Edmund Blackadder always ended up with his side kick Baldrick, who happens to be a rather foolish and particularly clumsy sort of individual, although his heart is in the right place and he tends to serve Blackadder well in every era, although Blackadder does tend to use him as a sort of whipping boy. The theme tune throughout the series tended to be the same but is played to suite the specific era in which the show is set… ...

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The complete Blackadder set is basically a must have for comedy fans. It consists of every Blackadder episode from all 4 series, Blackadder's Christmas Carol and also 'Back and Forth'. These 6 discs are all neatly housed in a compact box set, with hilarious Blackadder quotes and pictures of the characters around the box. FIRST SERIES. The first series, entitles 'The Black Adder' is set in medieval England, and portrays the Prince Edmund, Rowan Atkinson, ...
...The second series, entitled Blackadder II, is set in Queen Elizabeth's reign, and see a sharp turn in character personality, as Blackadder becomes a newly intelligent and respected man, whereas Baldrick becomes thick as a thick thing. We are also introduced to Queen Elizabeth and Melchett. Two of the funniest characters in all series, brilliantly played by Miranda Richardson and Stephen Fry. THIRD SERIES The third series, Blackadder III, is set in ...

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Blackadder is one of the best British comedies of all time. The comic genius that is Rowan Atkinson as Edmund Blackadder, outstandingly supported throughout by Tony Robinson (long before his Time Team days) as his ever suffering side kick, Baldrick, and by Tim McInnery, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, among others. The first series is set in the 1490s when, apparently, the history books were incorrectly written and Richard III wasn't defeated at the ...
...a prince of the relm, Blackadder is now the much more sharp, cunning and altogether nasty character we came to know and love. Baldrick is now the stupid one and that's the way it ought to be and, in deed, stayed. Series 3 - Now in the late 1700s to early 1800s and the time of the the Prince Regent, Edmund is demoted again to being butler to Prince George (brilliantly played by Hugh Laurie, long before his House or Stuart Little days). Baldrick is ...

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The Blackadder series is undoubtidly one of the most loved British Sitcoms. This box set brings you all four of the TV series in full, plus "Blackadder's Christmas Carol"and "Blackadder back and fourth", the time Travelling special made for the Millenium. There is much to enjoy here for the simple reason this is British comedy at its finest. There is little to say about the series that most people don't already know. Disc one contains all six episodes ...
...brilliant series that really cemented Blackadder as a nasty, devious and lovable anti-hero. This Blackadder lives in Elizabethen England and is a Favorite of Queen Elizabeth. In a brilliant piece of casting Mirranda Richardson plays "Queenie" as a spoilt, bratish vindictive School girl. Always reminding her courtiers "who's Queen?" Steven Fry is the snivelling Lord Melchet and we once again have Baldrick and Edmund's "Friend", the terminally stupid, ...

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I purchased the complete Blackadder collection for £35 at HMV and it was certainly money well spent. I think the acting and humour is top notch and it features 4 of televisions greatest actors of all time "Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson). very wry and witty this is a great box set to buy if you want some top quality BBC made entertainment. However, the entire 4 series only adds up to 14 hours,so i feel that the box set ...
...contains a diffrent picture of Blackadder with accompanying witty text for each dvd. On buying the Blackadder boxset you may assume that you would only get the 4 series but in fact as an added bonus the boxset includes Blackadder's christmas carol and Blackadder back and forth. The boxset contains no special features disc but i think this was purposefully left out to reduce costs. On the front of the boxset it says special edition but i feel this ...

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Blackadder is THE classic british comedy, in my humble opinion anyway. This DVD set provides the perfect answer to people like me who love blackadder but never can find all the series to buy separately. Also, there are the special extras the christmas carol version and, my favourite, the blackadder through time stint. It is hilariously funny and as ever packed full of dry wit featuring all your favourite characters from blackadder past and present, ...

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...of 6 DVDs with every Blackadder episode. The first disc is the first series, "The Blackadder" which is good but not fantastic. The second disc is "Blackadder the Second" which is set in the reign of Elizabeth II and is excellent. The Third disc takes us to the 1800's and "Blackadder the third" and again is excellent and we have Hugh Laurie as the stupid Prince Regent and Blackadder as his servant. Disc 4 is "Blackadder goes fourth" set in the trenchs ...

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...over work because it is all very good and in good taste i love this boxset and it is good to watch with partners or friends and will guarantee to make you laugh very very hard always this will end my review of Blackadder - The complete Black Adder Series. ...

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Blackadder is a must for any comedy fan. Starring Rowan Atkinson, it is a fantastic rendition of a made up history! From the times of Richard III to the muddy trenches of world war one, Blackadder gives a hilarious insight to the lives of Princes, Lords, Butlers and Captains! Although each of the four series of Blackadder is funny in their own way, my personal favourite is Blackadder the Third. In this series, Blackadder is a butler to the idiotic ...

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