blackadder?
[2008-03-02 18:16:22]

Q: what is your favorite blackadder quote or scene? character?

A: I'd have to pick Baldrick.

My favorite quote is from "Head" in Blackadder II, which I just watched again on VHS (I thought I'd ordered the DVD set, but this is ok, just a reminder to check your order thoroughly before pressing

History »

How historically accurate is Blackadder, the show, according to textbooks?
[2010-07-21 05:16:44]
Zoo on no-man's land

It's a historical sitcom, right? It's meant to exaggerate the real history of England but has to have some truth behind it, right?

So was Elizabeth I really such a superficial knob-head as according to Blackadder II?
Were army generals


Not very.

The form of comedy in BlackAdder is satire, which is exaggeration wrapped around a core of truth. The events and characterizations of the main characters are therefore grossly exaggerated for comic effect. There is, however, a

Dickens' way with women

She worked in Blackadder and played Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films; now British actor Miriam Margolyes is bringing her international show Dickens' Women to Otago next week. Charmian Smith reports.

Among the thousands of memorable characters in Charles Dickens' novels and stories, there isn't one fully rounded, mature female, according to Miriam Margolyes.

Yet despite that, her fascination with Dickens drove her to bring his characters to life in her show and book, Dickens' Women.

She and director Sonia Fraser devised the show for the Edinburgh Festival in 1989.

Comics & Animation »

who are the women characters in the blackadder series?
[2010-04-12 02:21:26]
Hat please

hi everyone, im going to a fancy dress party in july that is blackadder themed. its proving a little harder than i thought to think of someone to go as.
as much as i loved watching blackadder i cant remember all the women characters and i know


There was a long haired blonde woman in Black Adder Goes Forth called 'BOB'.
She was an army cadet pretending to be a man!!

History »

What are the accuracies and inaccuracies of blackadder in the trenches?
[2009-11-29 02:46:37]
Are you sure this is right

hey
i would like to know what are the accuracies and inaccuracies of blackadder in the trenches.
etc.
set design of trench
soldiers (attitudes, morale cleanliness
weapons
etc
best answer= 10 stars


As I hvae never read this book (or heard of it), I am assuming you are talking about WW1:

A trench was designed so that it zig-zagged. You could not stand in the trench and shoot for miles in either direction since they were not a straight

Blackadder - News
All aboard the 'Laughter Express': Blackadder star aims to raise a smile with ...
All aboard the 'Laughter Express': Blackadder star aims to raise a smile with ... There doesn't seem much for UK train passengers to smile about at the moment but Blackadder star Tony Robinson has devised a cunning plan to take our minds off the fare hikes and wrong type of leaves on the tracks. The actor and presenter has teamed up

Angry Blackadder points finger at 'poor execution'
Angry Blackadder points finger at 'poor execution' Two days after the AAMI Park ambush, the Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder was still fuming over his side's embarrassing loss to the Rebels. - Source: Photosport Todd Blackadder is not an angry man nor one prone to exaggeration, so when he lets loose

Carter back in No.10 jersey for Crusaders
Carter back in No.10 jersey for Crusaders Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder shuffles his deck making five changes to the side for Saturday's Super Rugby match against the Blues. Star All Black Dan Carter is back at five-eighth for the Crusaders after coach Todd Blackadder wielded the axe

Rugby: Blackadder calms fears over Read injury
Rugby: Blackadder calms fears over Read injury By Patrick McKendry Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder has moved to calm fears over the pelvis injury to his All Blacks loose forward Kieran Read. Read was injured when landing heavily on his back in the shock 28-19 loss to the Rebels in Melbourne last

Blackadder not impressed, despite win
Blackadder not impressed, despite win A far from impressed Todd Blackadder's expecting plenty of improvements from his Crusaders side after their 15-11 victory over the Reds in Christchurch. A far from impressed Todd Blackadder's expecting plenty of improvements from his Crusaders side

Rugby: McCaw frustrated by Crusaders' flat patch
A quadriceps injury to Tom Taylor has forced Todd Blackadder's hand in selecting Dan Carter at first-five, one of seven changes, but the move had been hinted at following the Rebels loss. Ryan Crotty, hampered by a hamstring injury earlier in the