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Ben Elton
Benjamin Charles "Ben" Elton (born 3 May 1959) is an English comedian, author, playwright and director. He was a leading figure in the alternative comedy movement of the 1980s, while more recently he has become known for his work as a novelist.
Elton was born in Catford, London, the son of an...
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Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Blackadder's Christmas Carol is a one-off episode of Blackadder, a parody of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. It is set between Blackadder the Third (1987) and Blackadder Goes Forth (1989), and is narrated by Hugh Laurie. Produced by the BBC, it...
Original air date:
- Dec 23, 1988
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Blackadder: Back & Forth is a 1999 short film based on the BBC mock-historical comedy series Blackadder that marks the end of the Blackadder saga. It was commissioned especially for showing in the specially built "SkyScape" cinema, erected southeast...
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Oil
"Oil" was the second episode of British sitcom The Young Ones. It was written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall and Lise Mayer, and directed by Paul Jackson. It was first aired on BBC2 on 16 November 1982.
As with all episodes of The Young Ones, the main...
Original air date:
- Nov 16, 1982
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Goodbyeee...
"Goodbyeee..." is the title of the final episode of the BBC One sitcom Blackadder Goes Forth and was originally the final episode of Blackadder to be produced and transmitted, until the 1999 special Blackadder: Back & Forth was appended to the...
Original air date:
- Nov 2, 1989
Episode number:
- 6
Corporal Punishment
"Corporal Punishment" is the second episode of Blackadder Goes Forth, the fourth series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder.
Orders for Operation Insanity arrive and Blackadder breaches regulations by eating the messenger. Can the "Flanders Pigeon Murderer...
Original air date:
- Oct 5, 1989
Episode number:
- 2
Bells
"Bells" is the first episode of the BBC sitcom Blackadder II, the second series of Blackadder, which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603. Although "Bells" was the first to be broadcast on BBC 1, it was originally destined to be the...
Original air date:
- Jan 9, 1986
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Episode number:
- 1
General Hospital
"General Hospital" is the fifth episode of Blackadder Goes Forth, the fourth series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder.
George, Baldrick, and Blackadder are playing "I spy". Needless to say, Baldrick is clueless, saying breakfast begins with tea (but not...
Original air date:
- Oct 26, 1989
Episode number:
- 5
Head
"Head" is the second episode of the BBC period comedy Blackadder II, the second series of Blackadder, which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603.
Blackadder is attempting to teach Baldrick the basic concepts of addition when he is...
Original air date:
- Jan 16, 1986
Episode number:
- 2
Chains
"Chains" is the final episode of the BBC sitcom Blackadder II, the second series of Blackadder, which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603. Power-mad and self-professed "master of disguise", Prince Ludwig the Indestructible kidnaps Lord...
Original air date:
- Feb 20, 1986
Episode number:
- 6
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Beer
"Beer" is the fifth episode of the BBC sitcom Blackadder II, the second series of Blackadder, which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603. In the episode, an embarrassing incident with a turnip, an ostrich feather and a fanatically...
Original air date:
- Feb 13, 1986
Episode number:
- 5
Money
"Money" is the fourth episode of the BBC sitcom Blackadder II, the second series of Blackadder, which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603.
Blackadder and a cheap prostitute named Molly are disturbed at four in the morning by the baby...
Original air date:
- Feb 5, 1986
Potato
"Potato" is the third episode of the BBC sitcom Blackadder II, the second series of Blackadder, which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603.
The episode opens with Blackadder at home, preparing to go to court to celebrate the return of...
Original air date:
- Jan 23, 1986
Episode number:
- 3
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years is a 15 minute one-off edition of Blackadder set during the English Civil War, shown as part of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day on Friday 5 February 1988.
The episode included series regulars Rowan Atkinson as Sir Edmund...
Dish and Dishonesty
"Dish and Dishonesty" is the first episode of the third series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder. Due to the thorough parody of the conventions of a British electoral declaration, it has been shown several times on the dates of real General Elections....
Original air date:
- Sep 17, 1987
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Episode number:
- 1
Amy and Amiability
"Amy and Amiability" is the fifth episode of the third series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder.
Blackadder is in serious debt. Baldrick suggest that he becomes a highwayman to make money to pay of his bills; however, Blackadder, having "no desire to get...
Original air date:
- Oct 15, 1987
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Episode number:
- 5
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Duel and Duality
"Duel and Duality" is the sixth and final episode of the third series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder.
The Duke of Wellington (Stephen Fry) discovers that the Prince has taken sexual advantage of his two nieces, and challenges him to a duel. The Prince...
Original air date:
- Oct 22, 1987
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Episode number:
- 6
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Major Star
"Major Star" is the third episode of Blackadder Goes Forth, the fourth series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder.
The Russian Revolution produces two more appalling results: an offensive by Germany and a really offensive Charlie Chaplin impression by...
Original air date:
- Oct 26, 1989
Episode number:
- 3
