Hughesy The Film Buff So to start off this isn't the first time I've seen a blackadder episode, I have seen 2 from blackadder goes forth and also the unaired pilot. So I do know how the formula worksThe episode is rather weird with characters like blackadder are the opposite personality like the ones portrayed in other seasons and is acted in a goofy geeky type of way instead of sarcastic, more payed out versions. The season is based in around the Tudor times: the battle of bosworth to be precise. There a lot of gags and jokes but not many rememberable ones. But to make this review short I'll finish by saying that it was an odd way too start the series with some character who are not the greatest yet but there are a lot of gags with a good storyline to support it and also due to the fact it's the first ever blackadder episode 7/10

Morbius Fitzgerald This is a part of "Black Adder history" that would rather be forgotten by most fans, I am one of them. Technically speaking, in terms of sets, costuming, acting etc. this season is great, it didn't have any problem nor did it look out of date.What is the problem then? The jokes. For all those that the next seasons of Black Adder grow on, the jokes are just not funny. Mainly because if you were to drop Mr. Bean in medieval England as an idea for a TV show, it would be exactly the same, down to the last detail.I re-watched this recently, really hoping I'd like at least one joke and that is actually all I got. Liking at least one joke.If any newcomers to Black Adder are afraid of the outcome this will have, you can skip to season 2, where the show picks up, and know full well what is going on. If you like Mr. Bean, by all means, watch, if you want the REAL Black Adder watch Season 2, 3, 4, the Christmas Special and the New Year special. All will serve as better entertainment than this.

anthony-rigoni Ah, so this is how the Blackadder series got started(And it's a good start, too!). Rowan Atkinson(Best known as Mr. Bean) stars as Edmund Blackadder, a cunning yet slimy Duke of Edinburgh out to overthrow his father, Richard IV(Brian Blessed) and become King of England. He has two assistants named Baldrick(Tony Robinson) and Percy(Tim McInnerny), who maybe dumber than bricks but are loyal to their master. My favorite episodes are Born to be King and the Queen of Spain's Beard. There's also Princess Leia of Hungary, who is probably the cutest reference to the Star Wars franchise I ever seen. The plot is original, all the characters make me laugh, but the ending is kind of sad. This is part one of the Blackadder series.

calvinnme Rowan Atkinson was funny as Mr. Bean, but he was downright hilarious as the Black Adder. He had such a talent for playing the sharp-tongued rogue I'll never figure out why he decided to start doing comedy in which he hardly spoke. The premise of this British comedy series is that the central character, "The Black Adder", shows up at different points in history in various incarnations distorting historical events and poking fun at various British historical figures and situations along the way.Lots of people don't like Black Adder I, in which the title character, Edmund, is the younger son of a brutish man consumed with thoughts of war who actually becomes king of England through Edmund's own bungling - he arrives late for the Battle of Bosworth Field and winds up chopping off the head of Richard III, thus saving the life of Henry Tudor. Throughout this first season he plays the buffoon, often having the expression of a deer caught in the headlights. This is the only season in which the Black Adder takes on the persona of a weak effeminate person. Especially funny is Edmund's mother who is a proper noble woman sitting around doing embroidery and indifferently waiting for the next marauding army to pass through.The second season takes place early during the reign of Elizabeth I, with the Black Adder confident, handsome, and even a favorite at court. A young Amanda Richardson plays the role of Elizabeth I, who comes across as Betty Boop, just not as intelligent. Although more cunning in this season, Black Adder still comes up the loser in just about every episode. My favorite is "Bells", in which Blackadder finds his new servant, Bob, curiously pleasant company. Afraid for his reputation at court, Blackadder searches for a "cure" - which of course involves leeches, until Bob conveniently reveals that she is in fact a girl called Kate. Their wedding is disrupted by the profane Lord Flashheart, who, although he is the best man, winds up stealing the bride.The third season takes place in the eighteenth century during the reign of George III, and will be a favorite of all fans of "House, M.D." due to the presence of a young Hugh Laurie. Here, Black Adder plays the manservant of the Prince Regent, George, played by Hugh Laurie. George is the dim-witted target of Black Adder's many schemes to enrich himself by taking advantage of his cushy position in George's household, and this often means having to save the Prince Regent's pension and position in the kingdom, which is largely controlled by Parliament.The fourth season takes place during World War I, with Edmund Blackadder as a captain in the British army whose company is trapped in one of the trenches that gave everyone in Europe such a distaste for warfare between the two world wars. Blackadder's aim in this season is to stay alive by staying in that trench until the war ends. His stunts include shooting a carrier pigeon when it arrives with orders to advance, and joining the Royal Flying Corp - "the twenty minuters". Unfortunately, the name comes from how long they are expected to live once in the air, not how much time they work each day, as Blackadder had originally thought.This show has several interesting plot devices. First, most of the main characters show up in different periods of time with the same name but different roles. Hugh Laurie is always "George", Tony Robinson is always "Baldrick", Stephen Fry is always "Melchett", and Tim McInnerny is always "Percy". Since each season was shot in alternate years - (1983, 1985, 1987, 1989) - the cast must have been having a terrific time in order for them to be regathered after such long intervals in order to make filming this series possible. Secondly, everyone in the cast, including the Black Adder, always dies in the final episode of each season. It is somewhat like the South Park stunt of Kenny being killed at the end of every show only to reappear in the next episode as though nothing had happened.Do note that there are only six episodes per season. If you liked "Red Dwarf" or "Fawlty Towers", you'll probably like this series too.