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17 September 1987 (UK) more
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Macbeth! more
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In this generation, Blackadder is a frustrated butler in the employ of an incredibly stupid Crown Prince of England. full summary
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1 win & 4 nominations more
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(3 articles)
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The opposite of Baldrick's trousers! more (35 total)
Cast
(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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Blackadder 3 (UK) (alternative title)
Blackadder III (USA) (video title)
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30 min (6 episodes)
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This series of Blackadder marked a change in the traditional line-up of characters. The two previous series, "The Black Adder" (1983) and "Blackadder II" (1986) included different historical incarnations of Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson), Baldrick (Tony Robinson) and Lord Percy (Tim McInnerny). This time round the character of Lord Percy wasn't in at all, his role as the foppish fool of the group being replaced by the character of George, Prince Of Wales/The Prince Regent. McInnerny was actually offered the part of George but turned it down as he feared that he would become typecast. He did appear in one episode, playing Lord Topper, The Comte d'Frufru in Nob And Nobility. Hugh Laurie eventually got the part of George, having played two characters in the previous series Blackadder II (Simon Partridge in "Beer" and Prince Ludwig in "Chains"). more
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Blackadder: We hate the French! We fight wars against the French! Did all those men die in vain on the fields of Agincourt? Was the man who burned Joan of Arc just wasting good matches? more
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Referenced in Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) (TV) more
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Holy crap this is so hysterical! Why aren't American comedies written like this? For anybody who thinks comedy has to be dumb-- there is more wit and intelligence in the six episodes of this series than in a shelf of novels! Hugh Laurie is a complete hoot. I couldn't believe it was the same guy as House! There are so many great lines and gags in this series you could watch each show dozens of times and still pick up on new things each time. Rowan Atkinson is hilarious as the verbose and put upon butler Edmund. This is my favorite of all the Blackadder series. And Tony Robinson is wonderful as ever as the somewhat obtuse heart of the series, "the oppressed mass" Baldrick. Some of my favorite lines: "When someone messes with a Wellington he really puts his foot in it" and Baldrick explaining how he got his name and cousin Macadder "the top kipper salesman" and homicidal swordsman from Scotland.