Blackadder is the name that encompassed four series of a BBC 1 period British sitcom, along with several one-off instalments. All television episodes starred Rowan Atkinson as anti-hero Edmund Blackadder and Tony Robinson as Blackadder's dogsbody, Baldrick. Each series was set in a different historical period with the two protagonists accompanied by different characters, though several reappear in one series or another, for example Melchett and Lord Flashheart.
If you have never seen Blackadder I suggest skipping series 1 and begin at 2. In the first series the Blackadder was played with a different personality to the latter, and was generally considered to be inferior.
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