"and the Christmas special are also available for download on iTunes. The complete scripts of the four television series were released in 1998 as ""Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty 1485–1917"", and later reissued by Penguin Books in 2009. Blackadder the Third Blackadder the Third is the third series of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder"", written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, which aired from 17 September to 22 October 1987. The series was set during the Georgian Era, and saw the principal character, Mr. E. Blackadder serve as butler to the Prince Regent and have to contend with, or cash in"
"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. The newly appointed Prime Minister, William Pitt the Younger (portrayed by Simon Osborne as a petulant teenager), wants to declare war on Napoleon Bonaparte; give ""tougher sentences"" for his geography teacher ""Banana-Breath"" Scrigshanks; and, most of all, strike the idiotic Prince Regent from the Civil List. Despite hearing this, the Prince is nonetheless convinced that"
"Sense and Senility ""Sense and Senility"" is the fourth episode of the third series of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder"". It aired on 8 October 1987. Blackadder is ruefully preparing to attend the theatre with Prince George, who Blackadder says has no grasp of the concept of fiction; for example, at a performance of ""Julius Caesar"", the Prince shouted, ""Look behind you, Mr. Caesar!"" during the assassination scene. At the play, an anarchist (played by Ben Elton) makes an attempt on George's life. The Prince is shocked by Blackadder's revelation that he is unpopular and ignorant of the living conditions of"
"guards as Edmund adds insult to injury by again invoking the dreaded Scottish curse. At the end of the episode, Blackadder offers a lead role in a new play. The prince agrees, but asks for the title. Blackadder replies, ""Thick Jack Clot Sits in the Stocks and Gets Pelted with Rancid Tomatoes"". The credits roll after George says, ""Excellent!"". Sense and Senility ""Sense and Senility"" is the fourth episode of the third series of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder"". It aired on 8 October 1987. Blackadder is ruefully preparing to attend the theatre with Prince George, who Blackadder says has no"
"Duel and Duality ""Duel and Duality"" is the sixth and final episode of the third series of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder"". Prince George has finally had a sexual encounter, but to Blackadder's astonishment, it emerges that it was with the two nieces of the Duke of Wellington (Stephen Fry). Blackadder warns the Prince that Wellington has always threatened to kill any who take sexual advantage of his relations. The Prince believes that ""Big Nose"" Wellington will not find out because he is still fighting in Spain against Napoleon Bonaparte. Unfortunately, Blackadder informs George that Wellington triumphed six months ago and"
"him from Wellington's bullet. However, after fumbling around to find it, he fails to do so, and declares that he must have left it on his dresser, promptly dying again upon realising. Duel and Duality ""Duel and Duality"" is the sixth and final episode of the third series of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder"". Prince George has finally had a sexual encounter, but to Blackadder's astonishment, it emerges that it was with the two nieces of the Duke of Wellington (Stephen Fry). Blackadder warns the Prince that Wellington has always threatened to kill any who take sexual advantage of his relations."
"Ink and Incapability ""Ink and Incapability"" is the second episode of the third series of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder"". Samuel Johnson (Robbie Coltrane) seeks Prince George's patronage for his new book, ""A Dictionary of the English Language"". The Prince – seeking to amend his reputation as an ‘utter turnip-head’ – is interested, but Blackadder tries to turn him against the idea, condemning the dictionary as ‘the most pointless book since ""How to Learn French"" was translated into French’. It soon emerges that Blackadder resents Johnson for apparently ignoring his novel ""Edmund: A Butler's Tale"" which, under the pseudonym of ""Gertrude"
"into the fire. Ink and Incapability ""Ink and Incapability"" is the second episode of the third series of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder"". Samuel Johnson (Robbie Coltrane) seeks Prince George's patronage for his new book, ""A Dictionary of the English Language"". The Prince – seeking to amend his reputation as an ‘utter turnip-head’ – is interested, but Blackadder tries to turn him against the idea, condemning the dictionary as ‘the most pointless book since ""How to Learn French"" was translated into French’. It soon emerges that Blackadder resents Johnson for apparently ignoring his novel ""Edmund: A Butler's Tale"" which, under the"
"(literally) with the job of horse himself. Despite his lack of intelligence, though, he was, in ""Duel and Duality"", able to manipulate Mrs. Miggins' casual conversation about how stupid Prince George was (George himself was present) so that it did not offend George. Additionally, in ""Sense and Senility"", he warns the Prince of a supposed plot to kill him. Mr. Baldrick is assistant in Ebenezer Blackadder's moustache shop. While still stupid, it seems that having to work for the exceedingly gullible Mr Blackadder has forced him to develop some of the savvy of his earlier ancestors. Unlike his previous (and"
"Smart & Smarter ""Smart and Smarter"" is the thirteenth episode of ""The Simpsons""<nowiki>'</nowiki> fifteenth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 22, 2004. When Maggie takes an IQ test, she is informed that she may be smarter than Lisa, who worries that her life will go nowhere. The episode was written by Carolyn Omine and directed by Steven Dean Moore. Simon Cowell also has a guest-voice appearance, playing the role of a brutally honest judge (who in fact is shown as a caricature of himself). The family visits Wickerbottom's Pre-Nursery School, where Apu"
"BBC TV comedy series ""Blackadder the Third"" has an episode, ""Duel and Duality,"" where the Prince Regent believes that the Duke of Wellington is after him. The prince swaps clothes with Blackadder (who is his butler) and says, ""This reminds of that story 'The Prince and the Porpoise'."" Blackadder corrects him: ""Pauper. The Prince and the Pauper."" Since ""Blackadder the Third"" is set during the early 1800s, this is an anachronism. In 1996, PBS aired a ""Wishbone"" adaptation titled ""The Pooch and the Pauper"" with Wishbone playing both Tom Canty and Edward VI. The BBC produced a six-part dramatization of"
"digital Channel ""G.O.L.D"". Sickness and Wealth ""Sickness and Wealth"" is an episode of the BBC sit-com, ""Only Fools and Horses"". It was the fifth episode of series 6, and was first broadcast on 5 February 1989. In the episode, Del is suffering from stomach cramps, but refuses to see a doctor. Elsewhere, Del organises a séance. Del Boy is suffering from a mysterious illness that is giving him stomach pains, but he refuses to admit to it or go to see a doctor because he is scared of them. He is also under a great deal of stress; his recent"
"Blackadder Blackadder is a series of four BBC1 pseudohistorical British sitcoms, plus several one-off instalments, which originally aired in the 1980s. All television episodes starred Rowan Atkinson as the anti-hero Edmund Blackadder, and Tony Robinson as Blackadder's dogsbody, Baldrick. Each series was set in a different historical period, with the two protagonists accompanied by different characters, though several reappear in one series or another, for example Melchett (Stephen Fry) and Lord Flashheart (Rik Mayall). The first series, ""The Black Adder"", was written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, while subsequent episodes were written by Curtis and Ben Elton. The shows"
"has changed. ""If it had gone the other way,"" Minear says, ""I think the whole thing would have collapsed. That’s really Joss knowing best."" Writer Tim Minear regrets the actor they cast in the role of mobster Little Tony, saying although John Capodice was ""very good"", the character was ""clichéd...a ""Sopranos"" knock off."" Sense & Sensitivity ""Sense & Sensitivity"" is episode 6 of season 1 in the television show ""Angel"". Written by Tim Minear and directed by James A. Contner, it was originally broadcast on November 9, 1999 on the WB network. In this episode, Kate arrests mobster and murder"
"Sense and Sensibility (2008 TV series) Sense and Sensibility is a 2008 British television drama adaptation of Jane Austen's 1811 novel ""Sense and Sensibility"". The screenplay was written by Andrew Davies, who revealed that the aim of the series was to make viewers forget Ang Lee's 1995 film ""Sense and Sensibility"". The series was ""more overtly sexual"" than previous Austen adaptations, and Davies included scenes featuring a seduction and a duel that were absent from the feature film. ""Sense and Sensibility"" was directed by John Alexander and produced by Anne Pivcevic. Hattie Morahan and Charity Wakefield star as Elinor and"
"Sickness and Wealth ""Sickness and Wealth"" is an episode of the BBC sit-com, ""Only Fools and Horses"". It was the fifth episode of series 6, and was first broadcast on 5 February 1989. In the episode, Del is suffering from stomach cramps, but refuses to see a doctor. Elsewhere, Del organises a séance. Del Boy is suffering from a mysterious illness that is giving him stomach pains, but he refuses to admit to it or go to see a doctor because he is scared of them. He is also under a great deal of stress; his recent line in women's"
"Sense and Antisense (Millennium) ""'Sense and Antisense"" is the third episode of the second season of the crime-thriller television series ""Millennium"". It premiered on the Fox network in the United States on October 3, 1997. The episode was written by Chip Johannessen and directed by Thomas J. Wright. ""Sense and Antisense"" featured guest appearances from Clarence Williams III and Ricky Harris. ""Millennium"" centers on offender profiler Frank Black (Lance Henriksen), who investigates unusual crimes as part of the private investigative organisation the Millennium Group. In this episode, Black aids in the search for a man who is supposedly carrying a"
"to work well on its own. Sense and Antisense (Millennium) ""'Sense and Antisense"" is the third episode of the second season of the crime-thriller television series ""Millennium"". It premiered on the Fox network in the United States on October 3, 1997. The episode was written by Chip Johannessen and directed by Thomas J. Wright. ""Sense and Antisense"" featured guest appearances from Clarence Williams III and Ricky Harris. ""Millennium"" centers on offender profiler Frank Black (Lance Henriksen), who investigates unusual crimes as part of the private investigative organisation the Millennium Group. In this episode, Black aids in the search for a"
"version of the song playing during the scenes where Lisa is walking around the museum is ""Moon River"" from the film Breakfast at Tiffany's. Smart & Smarter ""Smart and Smarter"" is the thirteenth episode of ""The Simpsons""<nowiki>'</nowiki> fifteenth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 22, 2004. When Maggie takes an IQ test, she is informed that she may be smarter than Lisa, who worries that her life will go nowhere. The episode was written by Carolyn Omine and directed by Steven Dean Moore. Simon Cowell also has a guest-voice appearance, playing the"
"The Dish (TV series) The Dish is a satirical television series that aired on the Style Network in the United States. The show (first airing August 16, 2008), hosted by Danielle Fishel, skewers the latest in pop culture (television, movies, magazines, celebrities, etc.) in similar fashion to sister network E! Entertainment Television's series ""The Soup"". The show also aired on International E! channels alongside ""The Soup"". The show's final episode aired March 20, 2011, two months after the merger of NBCUniversal and Comcast was completed. The merger had brought former competitors Bravo and Oxygen under common NBCUniversal ownership with Style,"
"described his own performance in this episode as ""appalling"". Baker was quoted: ""Someone should have taken away my Equity Card. It was terrible and the buggers keep playing it."" Potato (Blackadder) ""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 Sir Walter ""Oooh what a big ship I've got"" Raleigh (Simon Jones). Blackadder is typically sarcastic and embittered, refusing to join in the festivities and endures"
"Nob and Nobility ""Nob and Nobility"" is the third episode of the third series of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder"". Edmund is disgusted with the English obsession with the Scarlet Pimpernel, the masked vigilante who has saved so many French aristocrats from the French Revolution. After Edmund disparages the Pimpernel, two effete noblemen, Topper (Tim McInnerny) and Smedley (Nigel Planer), bet him a thousand guineas that he cannot go to France, rescue an aristocrat and present him at the French Embassy Ball. He accepts, but instead of actually going to France takes the far safer course of going to Mrs. Miggins'"
"the semi-naked slave of the incompetent Admiral Baldrick. Blackadder proclaims, ""Bad guys have all the fun."" He wakes up a different man: bitter, vengeful, greedy, and insulting to everyone he meets. Now in control of his life, he misses an opportunity when he insults two strangers: Queen Victoria (Miriam Margolyes) and Albert, Prince Consort (Jim Broadbent), who were about to award him £50,000 and the title of Baron Blackadder for being the nicest man in England. They leave without doing so after being ridiculed by Blackadder. The episode ends when Blackadder's extravagant Christmas dinner with Baldrick is ruined when Baldrick"
"Mandie Fletcher Mandie Elizabeth Fletcher (born 27 December 1954) is an English television and film director. Fletcher began her career at the BBC as an assistant floor manager and later production manager on comedy programmes, becoming a director of situation comedy while working on the final series of ""Butterflies"" (1983). She followed this with the second (1986) and third (1987) series of ""Blackadder"", for which she won the Best Comedy Series award at the 1988 BAFTAs. She also directed episodes of ""Only Fools and Horses"" (1986). Her debut feature was ""Deadly Advice"" (1994). Fletcher has continued to work in television"
"is perhaps a victim of its own anguished mood."" Shut Up and Dance (Black Mirror) ""Shut Up and Dance"" is the third episode of the third series of British science fiction anthology series ""Black Mirror"". It was written by series creator and showrunner Charlie Brooker and William Bridges, and premiered on Netflix on 21 October 2016, together with the rest of series three. The episode tells the story of a teenage boy (Alex Lawther) who is blackmailed into committing bizarre and criminal acts by a mysterious hacker possessing a video of him masturbating. The boy is joined by a middle-aged"
"""The Black Adder"" is the title that Edmund adopts during the first episode (after first considering ""The Black Vegetable""). Presumably one of his descendants adopted it as a surname before ""Blackadder II"", in which the title character becomes ""Edmund Blackadder"". Furthermore, Baldrick is shown in more favourable and intelligent light here - his 'cunning plans' are typically superior and more workable than Edmund's own. Starting from the second series, the characters' relative intelligence and naivety clearly switch. Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis developed the idea for the sitcom while working on ""Not the Nine O'Clock News"". Eager to avoid comparisons"
"purchases a ludicrously expensive catskin robe in preparation. However, his scheme is ruined by Prince George's stupidity and Baldrick is elevated instead. Baldrick is given £400,000 to bribe a few Lords, which he instead spends on a giant turnip. Once he finds out, Blackadder smashes the turnip over Baldrick's head. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Election rigged by Mr E Blackadder who used 16,472 votes on the same candidate. The episode features a cameo by political commentator Vincent Hanna as ""his own great-great-great grandfather"" and additionally stars a dachshund called Colin Harwood. Dish and Dishonesty ""Dish and Dishonesty"" is the first episode of the third"
"Shut Up and Dance (Black Mirror) ""Shut Up and Dance"" is the third episode of the third series of British science fiction anthology series ""Black Mirror"". It was written by series creator and showrunner Charlie Brooker and William Bridges, and premiered on Netflix on 21 October 2016, together with the rest of series three. The episode tells the story of a teenage boy (Alex Lawther) who is blackmailed into committing bizarre and criminal acts by a mysterious hacker possessing a video of him masturbating. The boy is joined by a middle-aged man (Jerome Flynn), whom the same hacker is blackmailing"
"Stephen Fry Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist. With Hugh Laurie, he is half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, who starred in ""A Bit of Fry & Laurie"" and ""Jeeves and Wooster"". Fry's acting roles include a Golden Globe Award–nominated lead performance in the film ""Wilde"", Melchett in the BBC television series ""Blackadder"", the title character in the television series ""Kingdom"", a recurring guest role as Dr Gordon Wyatt on the crime series ""Bones"", and as Gordon Deitrich in the dystopian thriller ""V for Vendetta"". He has"
"Blackadder Goes Forth Blackadder Goes Forth is the fourth and final series of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder"", written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, which aired from 28 September to 2 November 1989 on BBC One. The series placed the recurring characters of Blackadder, Baldrick and George in a trench in Flanders during World War I, and followed their various doomed attempts to escape from the trenches to avoid certain death under the misguided command of General Melchett. The series is particularly noted for its criticism of the British Army's leadership during the campaign, and also refers to a number"
"Potato (Blackadder) ""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 Sir Walter ""Oooh what a big ship I've got"" Raleigh (Simon Jones). Blackadder is typically sarcastic and embittered, refusing to join in the festivities and endures much taunting from children outside his house, to which he retaliates by shooting one with an arrow. Melchett arrives and offers Blackadder a potato, the last having just been"
"can see how ""Blackout""'s creators have put flecks of ""Macbeth"", and even ""The Killing"" in the mix, with its blend of political drama, morality play and crime thriller, but none of it works."" Blackout (TV series) Blackout is a 2012 three-part British television drama series produced by Red Production Company. A corrupt council official wakes from an alcoholic blackout to realise that he may have been responsible for a murder. He soon begins a dramatic quest for redemption. The series is directed by Tom Green and written by Bill Gallagher. After an alcoholic binge corrupt council official Daniel Demoys (Christopher"
"Saints & Sinners (2016 TV series) Saints & Sinners is an American prime time television soap opera. Starring Vanessa Bell Calloway, Clifton Powell, Keith Robinson and Gloria Reuben, the series follows the conflicts among the members of a Baptist church in small-town Georgia. The series premiered on the African-American-oriented television network Bounce TV on March 6, 2016, as the network's first original drama. ""Saints & Sinners"" has received mixed to positive reviews from critics, but became a breakthrough series for Bounce TV, and their most-watched program ever since it launched. The first episode earned 1.3 million viewers, and in second"