Blackadder Back and Forth Plus Specials

Like many British programmes, Blackadder got involved in Comic Relief, which is a charity based in the UK that, according to their website, “strives to create a just world free from poverty.”  Every year they do a fundraiser, involving loads of celebrities in order to raise money for their cause.  It’s a huge deal in Britain and people from all over the country get involved, wearing red noses and doing silly things in order to raise funds.

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Blackadder Goes Forth

We come, sadly, to the fourth and final series of the Blackadder saga: Blackadder Goes Forth.  Set during The Great War (World War I), this series is arguably the most remembered, and according to the writers and cast, the most difficult to make, series of Blackadder, mainly due to its poignant final scene.

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Fawlty Towers

In around 1970, the Monty Python cast was filming in the English Riviera resort town, Torquay. While there, they booked into The Gleneagles Hotel and met the owner, Donald Sinclair, who would later become the inspiration for John Cleese's character, Basil Fawlty, in the hit BBC show. At the time, Sinclair held no admiration for his famous guests: berating American Terry Gilliam, for not having "British" table manners; placing Eric Idle's bag behind a wall in the garden on suspicion that it contained a bomb, when it was actually a ticking alarm clock; and throwing a timetable at a guest who dared ask what time the bus into town would arrive.
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One Foot in the Grave

Victor Meldrew was retired from his job as a security guard and now that he's been freed from the shackles of employment, he can find absolutely nothing to occupy his time.

That was the plot behind David Renwick's genius BBC sitcom, "One Foot in the Grave."
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On the Buses

On The Buses was one of ITV's first major hit sitcoms.  Starting in 1969, it was panned by critics for being vulgar and looking back on it today you have to agree that they were ultimately right.

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Black Adder the Third

As the descendents of that very first Blackadder continue to evolve and become more intelligent over time, their social-standing continues to decline.  By Black Adder the Third, Edmund Blackadder has become nothing more than a mere butler to the prince regent, His Royal Highness, The Pinhead of Wales, Prince George.

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Blackadder II

With a considerably slashed budget, Rowan Atkinson having been removed from the writing process, and Ben Elton having been brought on board, Blackadder II returned to television screens in 1985, to take another stab at success.  The smaller budget allowed for filming only to be done in the studio.

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