The Black Adder Review

: In a strange twist of fate, there was a real Captain Robert John Blackadder who served in WWI, mirroring the final series' setting, though the creators were unaware of him at the time.

: Unlike the sarcastic genius we know, the first Edmund (Prince Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh) was a cowardly, dim-witted "slug" with a pageboy haircut. The Black Adder

The story of The Black Adder is one of a "cunning plan" that almost failed. What began as an expensive, medieval epic with a sniveling lead character transformed into one of Britain’s most intelligent and sharp-tongued sitcoms. The "Alternative" History : In a strange twist of fate, there

The first series (1983) is set in a rewritten 1485 where King Richard III actually won the Battle of Bosworth Field—only to be accidentally decapitated by his grand-nephew, Edmund. What began as an expensive, medieval epic with