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Black Adder - The Complete Collector's Set
from BBC Warner
starring Rowan Atkinson, Elspet Gray, Tim McInnerny, Brian Blessed, Robert East
directed by Martin Shardlow

Features:

• Box set
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• NTSC

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• Classic Brit Humour at its best
  For anyone who knows anything about Rowan Atkinson and his cronies in comedy, Black Adder is a must have for your collection. By far, the best of the series is Hugh Laurie playing the idiotic Prince George and RA as his conniving butler. My husband loves that his favourite character in the series, Baldrick, appears in all episodes as Blackadder's hapless sidekick.

• An adder can really sink its fangs into this bloody brilliant BritCom!
  With the help of writers like Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, comic genius Rowan Atkinson pokes irreverent fun at the human frailties that made British history such a bloody mess. Of course, I realize that our short USA history is just as full of human frailty and bloody messes, but the British seem to have a greater sense of humor about themselves than we do, and they are certainly more open about accepting and poking fun at the role of politics and even religion in the mishaps and mayhem in their past.... more info

• Must have for Rowan Atkinson fans
  Great series, the first 3 episodes are a little so so compared to his other works but, from episode 4 he hits stride and it is the Black Adder we love, sharp, witty and cynical.

• The Whole Bloody Dynasty
  Black Adder stands out as one of the most brilliant, and hilarious, British comedy series of all time. I grew up watching this show, in fact, so was quite pleased to finally have the whole set available on DVD (with some added goodies to boot). Words cannot describe how great this series is... well written, well acted. And, you'll probably learn more about British history than you would in most high schools (at least, here in America anyway).
  So the premise? Rowan Atkinson plays Edmund Blackadder, in... more info

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