After series set in the middle ages and Elizabethan era it is time to see how the Edmund Blackadder of the Regency period is getting on. The family is clearly on a downward track as the current Blackadder is butler to George, the Prince Regent. Inevitably Baldrick is also back; once again he is a dim-witted dogsbody. Over the course of the series Blackadder helps his master with a number of situations. These include the time they accidentally burn the only copy of Samuel Johnson's dictionary, the prince getting lessons on how to deliver a speech from a pair of snobbish actors, rescuing aristocrats from revolutionary France and fighting a duel against the Iron Duke.
This series was a lot of fun; clearly following the pattern of series two with a quick-witted and sarcastic Blackadder dealing with the idiots around him. Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson have clearly got their characters settled and are great as Blackadder and Baldrick. Percy has left the series but is able replaced by Prince George who is played by Hugh Laurie; a welcome addition to the cast. There are some fine guest appearances from the likes of Robbie Coltrane, Miranda Richardson and Stephen Fry amongst others. The humour is similar to that of the previous series with silliness nicely mixed with some great wordplay. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to fans of the previous versions; I enjoyed it when it was first aired and enjoyed it just as much almost thirty years later.
This series was a lot of fun; clearly following the pattern of series two with a quick-witted and sarcastic Blackadder dealing with the idiots around him. Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson have clearly got their characters settled and are great as Blackadder and Baldrick. Percy has left the series but is able replaced by Prince George who is played by Hugh Laurie; a welcome addition to the cast. There are some fine guest appearances from the likes of Robbie Coltrane, Miranda Richardson and Stephen Fry amongst others. The humour is similar to that of the previous series with silliness nicely mixed with some great wordplay. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to fans of the previous versions; I enjoyed it when it was first aired and enjoyed it just as much almost thirty years later.