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Miniseries – Blackadder the Third

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Edmund Blackadder serves as butler to the Prince of Wales in Regency England.
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Kate Kulzick AV Club 11/27/2018
C+
Pilots are hard to get right, particularly comedy pilots, so it's not surprising that "The Foretelling" is among the series' most uneven episodes. Go to Full Review Bill Gibron PopMatters 09/30/2020
There is just something so amazingly awful, so delightfully despicable about the man that you can't help but hang on his every wicked wisecrack and/or deed. Go to Full Review Christel Loar PopMatters 11/29/2018
Though the writing was strong and the verbal interplay was there, the first series made the mistake of abundance, with Edmund Blackadder too bumbling, the cast too abounding and the sets too sprawling. Go to Full Review Adam Sloman Den of Geek 11/28/2018
Most of the jokes fall flat and there's no real wit of spark to the characters. Go to Full Review Nick Venable CinemaBlend 11/28/2018
3/5
It's definitely the writing and varying plateaus of verbal trickery used, even without the novel historical hook, that make Black Adder stand out. Go to Full Review Andrew Lewis Screen Rant 09/11/2018
It's rare that a hist0ory-based comedy is genuinely funny, and in that sense Blackadder is a true diamond in the rough. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience M @audiencem 01/02/2025 Season One is an intriguing but uneven start to a series that would later become a comedy classic. The premise is promising, and Rowan Atkinson’s portrayal of Prince Edmund ‘Blackadder’ is suitably ridiculous. See more Petros T @PetrosTserpelis 09/02/2021 The first entry in the Black Adder saga is very enjoyable but decidedly inferior to the sheer brilliance of the other three: this Black Adder is essentially a clueless, slimy moron, a differentiation that does make for several great moments but without matching the non-stop hilarity of his later incarnations. Still, the show boasts an excellent cast and hints more than once at the genius in the making: the characters gel more and more and the humour at times shows shades of vitriolic subversion. See more Dave S @RT88116482 07/12/2021 Really underated in some ways the best in the series . Great cast blessed great See more Read all reviews
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Rowan Atkinson

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Tony Robinson

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Tim McInnerny

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Elspet Gray

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Robert East

Actor

Patrick Allen

Narrator

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jun 15, 1983 The Foretelling A medieval king's son (Rowan Atkinson) pursues the crown through an alter ego. Details Episode 2 Aired Jun 22, 1983 Born to Be King Edmund plots to use incriminating letters to secure his position on the throne. Details Episode 3 Aired Jun 29, 1983 The Archbishop Edmund has trouble with his religious life due to his investiture and ex-communication. Details Episode 4 Aired Jul 6, 1983 Queen of Spain's Beard It is a time of wars and political upheaval, and the King decides to make an alliance between England and Spain by marrying Blackadder to the Spanish Infanta. Blackadder is keen to end his appalling run of luck with women, that is until he meets the Infanta. His schemes to thwart the marriage all fail, until news comes of a new alliance between France and Switzerland. Digitally remastered version. Details Episode 5 Aired Jul 13, 1983 Witch-smeller Pursuivant Witchcraft is in the air, and Edmund's mother is the only one who can save him from burning at the stake. Details Episode 6 Aired Jul 20, 1983 Black Seal Edmund is determined to seize the throne, so he sets up a gruesome fatal chain of events. Details

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Season Info

Director
Martin Shardlow
Screenwriter
Rowan Atkinson, Richard Curtis
Network
BBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Jun 15, 1983
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