The Black Adder (1983)★ 8.0/10
- Comedy
Directed by: Martin Shardlow, Geoff Posner
Written by: Rowan Atkinson, Richard Curtis, William Shakespeare
In the Middle Ages, Prince Edmund the Black Adder constantly schemes and endeavors to seize the crown from his father and brother.
- Original title
- The Black Adder
- Storyline
- Set in England at the end of the War of the Roses, we soon find out that the history we know is a Tudor fiction. In fact, Henry VII did not actually win the battle of Bosworth Field; he lost and though Richard III died in the battle, his nephew King Richard IV (who certainly was not smothered while still a boy in the Tower of London) reigned on for some years. The story focuses on Richard IV's younger son Prince Edmund, a sniveling coward who calls himself the 'Black Adder'. Assisted by his grungy servant and the moronic Lord Percy, Edmund plots his rise to greatness.
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 · 44,149
- Companies
- BBC Worldwide, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), ARTE, Adult Swim, BBC Video, ETV 2, Universal Music, Video Audio Project (VAP)
- Release dates
- NO August 18, 1984
- AU October 1, 1984
- SE February 22, 1986
- NL March 14, 1993
- DE April 18, 1994
- HU June 25, 1998
- JP December 5, 1998
- CA October 20, 2009
- US October 20, 2009
- EE January 5, 2020
- GB June 15, 2023