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1.Blackadder: Complete Collection - BBC Series 1-4 & The Specials starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Brian Blessed, Stephen Fry directed by: Martin Shardlow, Mandie Fletcher, Richard Boden October 03, 2005
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Though it's nice to have the entire Blackadder collection in one neat DVD-set, there's no comparison between Season One (1983) and the subsequent three seasons. The 1983 series was directed by Rowan Atkinson (Blackadder) and Richard Curtis. Though Brian Blessed is a superb actor, the dialogue is mildly amusing at best. It simply can't hold a candle to the 1985, 1987 and 1989 seasons - all directed by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton. Season 2 is set in the first Elizabethan Era (late 16th century). Miranda Richardson is hilarious as Queen Elizabeth and it also features a young(ish) Stephen Fry as Lord Melchett. Season 3 is probably my favourite; it's set in the Regency period (early 19th century) where Hugh Laurie excels as Prince George. ... Read More:

2.Blackadder: Complete Series 4 (Blackadder Goes Forth) starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson October 22, 2001
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Blackadder has always been one of the funniest and best written British Sitcoms around and this forth and last series is one of the best from the shows run. The six episodes of the series all show-off the great script and the brilliant performances by both the main cast and the guest stars. All the cast seem to be thoroughly enjoying themselves throughout the series but alongside Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson, my favourite has to be Stephen Fry for his brilliant portrayal of General Melchett. Each episode never ceases to be funny and the last episode of the series is still surprisingly touching despite the number of times that I have watched it. The one slight problem with the series is the laughter track that can be somewhat intrusive ... Read More:

3.Blackadder: Complete Series 2 (Blackadder II) starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny November 06, 2000
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On first watching `Blackadder II' I found it a big disappointment as I was a big fan of `The Black Adder'. That the episodes were virtually entombed in sitcom set's lost some of the depth of the first series which was mainly shot on location on film. Also that the stories were more traditional sitcom farce and underplayed the historical significance of some of the characters seemed a wasted opportunity. The shift from Medieval to Elizabethan England was possibly a bigger jar but the transition was harmonised by the Shakespeare connections. Subsequent re-watching bears out this shift from the original series but it makes up for these shortcomings by a sharper script and by making Edmund the dominant character with Baldrick as a hapless assistant The shaper ... Read More:

4.Blackadder: Complete Series 3 (Blackadder III) [1987] starring: Rowan Atkinson, Jim Sweeney, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Tony Robinson directed by: Mandie Fletcher February 05, 2001
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After the disappointment I had suffered on watching `Blackadder II' after `The Black Adder' I wasn't particularly looking forward to watching `Blackadder the Third'. It arrived perfectly formed as the best sitcom I'd ever seen. The shift to Regency England seemed to suit the Production Design of BBC sitcoms and the writing team of Richard Curtis and Ben Elton where firing on all cylinders. The cast also came into there own, where Blackadder II relied on hackneyed and previously mined comedy of the `Virgin' Queen and her court the residence of the somewhat stupid George, Prince Regent, brought to life by Hugh Laurie worked well as foil to Blackadder without the fret of execution which limited the wit of his ancestor. The historical references also ... Read More:

5.Hogfather [2006] starring: David Jason, Ian Richardson, Nigel Planer, Michelle Dockery, Peter Guinness directed by: Vadim Jean November 19, 2007
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In Discworld, the winter holiday is Hogswatch, which bears a remarkable resemblance to our Christmas. This particular Hogswatch, something is amiss, however. The Auditors have approached the assassin's guild and taken out a contract on the Hogfather (you know, Santa.) How do you kill a potentially mythological creature? Well, the guild decides to send their craziest assassin, Teatime (Marc Warren) to do the job. As Teatime goes about his mission, the body count begins to rise, which catches the attention of Death (a wonderful puppet voiced by Ian Richardson). Over the years, Death has grown fond of humans, so he sets out to fill in for the suddenly missing Hogfather. And Death's antics catch the attention of Susan (Michelle Dockery), his granddaughter. ... Read More:

6.Blackadder's Christmas Carol starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie directed by: Richard Boden November 18, 2002
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One of the funniest specials ever made, but because of some unfortunate editing of this DVD issue you never find out just why the workhouse orphans are so looking forward to Easter...

7.Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War [2003] starring: Pauline Collins, Peter Capaldi, Anna Wilson-Jones, Gwenllian Davies, Sheila Reid directed by: Ian Sharp January 26, 2004
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I first heard of this film a few years ago, when during the seasonal holidays, it was put on television. Although it was not Christmasy in the slightest, it most certainly was a heart warming, fussy film. After her finest hour of heroine, Shirley Valintine, Pauline Collins returns, as an OAP, who is unfairly placed in an poorly run nursing home, by her manipulative son and social climbing wife. The film is all very tame-don't expect all the signs of a Tarintino, but this film is just marvellous. Poignant, humerous, happy, sad, warm...whatever you want to call this film, all you need to know, it is an appropriate and highly entertaining, Watch it!

8.Blackadder: Back and Forth starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Miranda Richardson, Tim McInnerny, Hugh Laurie directed by: Paul Weiland September 15, 2003
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It was great to see the Blackadder cast together again, 10 years after the show finished on such a high. It's just a shame that the latest episode 'BAck and Forth' is such a let down. The whole plot is too far fetched even for Blackadder and sees our favourites Blackadder and Baldrick time travelling. There are some good bits which are thinly spread across the half hour episode and even they aren't that funny. I thought the whole cast and crew tried too hard to make it funny. It was over produced. And where was lord Percy? This episode is only worth watching because it is a blackadder, without that title, no-one would care. The best reason to buy the DVD is the comic releif special, which reminds us how good the show really was. The special is about the execution ... Read More:

9.Maid Marian And Her Merry Men - Series 1-4 - Complete starring: Danny John-Jules, Tony Robinson September 22, 2008
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It was great to see the Blackadder cast together again, 10 years after the show finished on such a high. It's just a shame that the latest episode 'BAck and Forth' is such a let down. The whole plot is too far fetched even for Blackadder and sees our favourites Blackadder and Baldrick time travelling. There are some good bits which are thinly spread across the half hour episode and even they aren't that funny. I thought the whole cast and crew tried too hard to make it funny. It was over produced. And where was lord Percy? This episode is only worth watching because it is a blackadder, without that title, no-one would care. The best reason to buy the DVD is the comic releif special, which reminds us how good the show really was. The special is about the execution ... Read More:

10.Hogfather Limited Edition [2006] starring: David Jason, Ian Richardson, Nigel Planer, Michelle Dockery, Peter Guinness directed by: Vadim Jean April 23, 2007
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Like most of the people who watched the film 'The Hogfather', I enjoyed the story-line and the special effects; the problems start, I'm afraid, with the casting of Albert (David Jason). While I am aware that a big name will 'pull' watchers, and there are not many names bigger than Jason's, I don't really believe that Terry Pratchett needs this. His name, and his writing, stand on their own. As an avid, or as my wife and kids say, fanatical reader of Pratchett, I can envisage people (actors)who would be perfect in the roles of characters written by this brilliant author, and David Jason is NOT and never could be Albert. The obvious choice - or choices - would have been either Eric Sykes, or the Hogwart's school caretaker in the Harry Potter films. For heaven's sake, David Jason does not resemble in any ... Read More:

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