Blackadder the Third (1987)★ 8.6/10
- Comedy
Directed by: Mandie Fletcher
Written by: Richard Curtis, Ben Elton
In the Regency era, Mr E. Blackadder serves as butler to the foppish numskull Prince George amidst the fads and crazes of the time.
- Original title
- Blackadder the Third
- Storyline
- During the Regency period, the insane King George III's stark raving mad son, George, is the Prince Regent of Wales. Vulgar and staggeringly slow-and-dim-witted, George exhausts the country's money and would surely be dead by now were it not for his dry, angry, bitter, arrogant and cynical butler, Edmund Blackadder, Esq. Blackadder is an ex-aristocrat who has lost his family fortune and been reduced to servant-hood, and full of loathing knowing he should have a better position then serving a lunatic. Sod-Off Baldrick is his dirty, smelly peasant servant, and Mrs. Miggins is an annoying cheerful coffee-shoppe owner who is too stupid to understand most of Mr. Blackadder's insults.
- Rating
- 8.6 / 10 · 51,056
- Companies
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), ARTE, Adult Swim, ETV 2, TF1 Vidéo, TPS Star, Video Audio Project (VAP)
- Release dates
- GB September 17, 1987
- NL April 22, 1990
- DE July 18, 1994
- US June 26, 2001
- AU July 24, 2011
- EE January 11, 2020