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Blackadder

Blackadder is a series of four period British sitcoms — The Black Adder, Blackadder II, Blackadder the Third and Blackadder Goes Forth — along with several one-off installments, that originally aired on BBC1 from 1983 to 1989. All episodes starred Rowan Atkinson as the antihero Edmund Blackadder and Tony Robinson as Blackadder's servant Baldrick. Each…

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Genre
Period sitcom
Camera setup
Multi-camera
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Created by
Richard Curtis Rowan Atkinson
Directed by
Martin Shardlow (series 1) Mandie Fletcher (series 2–3) Richard Boden (series 4)
Network
BBC1

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Blackadder

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Edges237
Triples364
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008403
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Blackadder

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related to Series 3: Blackadder the Third · 58
Blackadder → Along, Amy Hardwood, As, Atkinson, Baldrick, BBC1, Chris Barrie, Despite Edmund's, Dr, Duke, Edmund Blackadder Esquire, French Revolution, George IV, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Hugh Laurie, Hugh Paddick, If I’m, In, Jane Austen’s, Jim Sweeney
related to Series 1: The Black Adder · 56
Blackadder → Atkinson, Australian Seven Network, Baldrick, Battle, BBC1, Bosworth Field, Brian Blessed, British Middle Ages, Duke, Edinburgh, Edmund's, Elspet Gray, Flanders, Frank Finlay, Gertrude, Guest, Harry, Infanta Maria Escalosa, It, Jim Broadbent
related to Series 2: Blackadder II · 54
Blackadder → Baldrick, Bath, BBC's, BBC1, Beer, Ben Elton, Bishop, Black Adder, Blackadder II, Blackadder's, Bob, Captain Redbeard Rum, Chains, During, Edmund, England, February, Following, Gabrielle Glaister, Guest
related to Series 4: Blackadder Goes Forth · 41
Blackadder → Adrian Edmondson, Another, Baldrick, Baron Manfred, BBC1, Blackadder Goes Forth, Blackadder's, Bob, Captain Edmund Blackadder, Captain Kevin Darling, Commander The Lord Flasheart, Edwardian, Field Marshal Douglas Haig, First World War, For, French, Fritz, Gabrielle Glaister, General Melchett, Geoffrey Palmer
related to Literature · 27
Blackadder → Andy Riley, Back, Being, Ben Elton, Black Adder, Blackadder In Bethlehem, Chris Howarth, Christmas, Comedy Legend, Creation, Cunning, Curtis, Forth, ISBN, Kevin Cecil, Michael Joseph, Penguin Books, Preface, Richard Curtis, Roberts
related to Future · 21
Blackadder → Bald Rick, Baldrick, Beatles-like, Black Adder Five, Blackadder Rides Again, Blackadder's, Brian Blessed, Despite, Elspet Gray, Hugh Laurie, In, In January, ITV's This Morning, Miranda Richardson, Queen Elizabeth II, Robert East, Robinson, Rowan Atkinson, Stephen Fry, Tim McInnerny
related to Live stage performances · 17
Blackadder → Atkinson, Baldrick, BBC's, Birthday Gala, Britain, France, He, Her Majesty's Royal Regiment, In, ITV, King Charles II, Prince Charles, Privy Council, Restoration Blackadder, Royal Variety Performance, Shirkers, The Army Years
related to Premise · 17
Blackadder → Atkinson, Blackadder Goes Forth, Blackadder II, Blackadders, British, Each, Edmund Blackadder, Elizabeth, George III, Great War, Head, It, Regency, Richard IV, The, The Black Adder, Third
related to Awards · 13
Blackadder → All Time, BBC TV, Best TV Show, Blackadder Goes Forth, Britain's Best Sitcom, British, British Film Institute, Empire, Greatest British Television Programmes, Horses, In, It, Only Fools
related to Theme tune · 13
Blackadder → Back, Battalion, Blackadder Goes Forth, Blackadder II, Blackadder's Christmas Carol, Forth, Howard Goodall's, It, Royal Anglian Regiment, The Band, The Black Adder, The Cavalier Years, Third

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series baldrick forth atkinson set robinson goes episode ii also blackadder's played adder first edmund black third tony melchett richard

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BlackadderCamera setupMulti-camera1.00infobox
BlackadderCountry of originUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
BlackadderCreated byRichard Curtis Rowan Atkinson1.00infobox
BlackadderDirected byMartin Shardlow (series 1) Mandie Fletcher (series 2–3) Richard Boden (series 4)1.00infobox
BlackadderGenrePeriod sitcom1.00infobox
BlackadderNetworkBBC11.00infobox
BlackadderNo. of episodes24 (plus 4 specials) (list of episodes)1.00infobox
BlackadderNo. of series41.00infobox
BlackadderOriginal languageEnglish1.00infobox
BlackadderProducerJohn Lloyd1.00infobox
BlackadderProduction companyBBC1.00infobox
BlackadderRelease15 June 1983 (1983-06-15) – 2 November 1989 (1989-11-02)1.00infobox
BlackadderRunning time30 minutes approx1.00infobox
BlackadderStarringRowan Atkinson Tony Robinson Hugh Laurie Stephen Fry Tim McInnerny Miranda Richardson1.00infobox
BlackadderTheme music composerHoward Goodall1.00infobox
BlackadderWritten byRichard Curtis Rowan Atkinson (series 1) Ben Elton (series 2–4)1.00infobox
Blackadderis aseries of four period British sitcoms0.90text

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