In the Regency era, Mr E. Blackadder serves as butler to the foppish numskull Prince George amidst the fads and crazes of the time.In the Regency era, Mr E. Blackadder serves as butler to the foppish numskull Prince George amidst the fads and crazes of the time.In the Regency era, Mr E. Blackadder serves as butler to the foppish numskull Prince George amidst the fads and crazes of the time.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 3 wins & 6 nominations total
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Blackadder 3 is probably the Blackadder series that people have least heard of - it has basically the same principles as the second and fourth ones and has nothing revolutionary in it. But it is still great - a fiery Duke of Wellington and a fat foolish Dr Johnson (writer of the first dictionary in England) make this series one to be reckoned with. There are still more hilarious one-liners to be delivered in this series, and it brings out the humour in a lesser-known era - in historically accurate and enjoyable episodes. Blackadder's third outing is not the most famous and well-known of the lot, but Rowan Atkinson's role as a butler to a stupid prince is a funny and effectively done one, and Hugh Laurie is at his best in this series. Very good! 9/10
- general-melchett
- Nov 21, 2006
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- TriviaBlackadder does not sport a beard in this season of the show because Rowan Atkinson's then-girlfriend hated it.
- GoofsAlthough purportedly set during the British Regency (1811-1820), there are appearances by, and contemporary references to, historical figures who were dead before that time, such as Samuel Johnson and Admiral Nelson. Characters use expressions not developed until later, such as "prince and the pauper" or "roller coaster."
- Quotes
Baldrick: [Blackadder slams the door] Something wrong, Mr. B?
Blackadder: Oh, something's *always* wrong, Balders... the fact that I'm not a millionaire aristocrat, with the sexual capacity of a rutting rhino, is a constant niggle.
- Crazy creditsAmong the books that Blackadder peruses during the opening credits are:
- (Morte D'Edmund?)
- The Blackadder's Progress
- Rise and Fall
- Bath on 5p a Day
- Encyclopaedia Blackaddica Vol XIX FUN to HUG
- Chelsea Arts Club (...)
- Blackadder Unbound
- Landscape Gardening by Capability Brownadder
- From Black Death to Blackadder
- Blackadder's Bedside Cockfighting Companion
- The Blackadder of Calcutta
- (...)
- Blackadder Book of Martyrs
- The Blackobite Rebellion
- Old Blackamore's Almanac Second Edition
- Sir Francis Blackadder (Letters?)
- ConnectionsFeatured in Laughter in the House: The Story of British Sitcom (1999)
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