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      Miniseries – Blackadder the Third

      1983 Comedy List
      57% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 86% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score Edmund Blackadder serves as butler to the Prince of Wales in Regency England. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Mar 09 Buy Now

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      D P Hilarious! Mr. Bean in his prime. Loved it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/04/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Really underated in some ways the best in the series . Great cast blessed great Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      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 Edmund is betrothed to unattractive Infanta. 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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      Kate Kulzick AV Club Pilots are hard to get right, particularly comedy pilots, so it's not surprising that "The Foretelling" is among the series' most uneven episodes. Rated: C+ Nov 27, 2018 Full Review Bill Gibron PopMatters 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. Sep 30, 2020 Full Review Christel Loar PopMatters 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. Nov 29, 2018 Full Review Adam Sloman Den of Geek Most of the jokes fall flat and there's no real wit of spark to the characters. Nov 28, 2018 Full Review Nick Venable CinemaBlend It's definitely the writing and varying plateaus of verbal trickery used, even without the novel historical hook, that make Black Adder stand out. Rated: 3/5 Nov 28, 2018 Full Review Andrew Lewis Screen Rant It's rare that a hist0ory-based comedy is genuinely funny, and in that sense Blackadder is a true diamond in the rough. Sep 11, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

      Season Info

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