Blackadder: The Complete Collection

Box Set (40th Anniversary Edition)

Running Time: 845

Genre: Television, Comedy

Certificate: 15

Language: English

Every episode from all four series of the classic BBC historical comedy. 'The Blackadder' is set during the imagined reign of Richard IV (Brian Blessed). Prince Edmund (Rowan Atkinson) is the king's second son who schemes to take the throne for himself, assisted by his sidekicks Percy (Tim McInnerny) and Baldrick (Tony Robinson). The episodes are: 'The Foretelling', 'Born to Be King', 'The Archbishop', 'The Queen of Spain's Beard', 'Witchsmeller Pursuivant' and 'The Black Seal'. In 'Blackadder II', Edmund has been reduced to the rank of Lord in Elizabethan London and seeks to insinuate himself into the Queen (Miranda Richardson)'s court, hindered as ever by Lord Percy and Baldrick, as well as the queen's chancellor, Lord Melchett (Stephen Fry). The episodes are: 'Bells', 'Head', 'Potato', 'Money', 'Beer' and 'Chains'. In 'Blackadder the Third', Edmund Blackadder is now butler to the moronic Prince George (Hugh Laurie) in Regency London, where he finds himself crossing paths with figures including Samuel Johnson (Robbie Coltrane), the elusive Scarlet Pimpernel (McInnerny), and the violent Duke of Wellington (Fry). The episodes are: 'Dish and Dishonesty', 'Ink and Incapability', 'Nob and Nobility', 'Sense and Senility', 'Amy and Amiability' and 'Duel and Duality'. In 'Blackadder Goes Forth', Edmund is now a captain in the British Army during the First World War, doing his best to avoid death at the hands of the Germans. The episodes are: 'Captain Cook', 'Corporal Punishment', 'Major Star', 'Private Plane', 'General Hospital' and 'Goodbyeee'. The special episodes 'Blackadder: The Cavalier Years', 'Blackadder's Christmas Carol' and 'Blackadder: Back and Forth' are also included, along with the documentary 'Blackadder Rides Again' which celebrates the 25th anniversary of the series.