Blackadder: The Complete Collected Series

By: Ben Elton, Richard Curtis

Narrated by: full cast, Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tim McInnery, Rik Mayall, Miranda Richardson

Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

The complete soundtracks of all four Blackadder series, plus over three hours of specials and extras.

Through the ages of Britain, from the 15th century to the 21st, Edmund Blackadder has meddled his way along the bloodlines, aided by his servant and sidekick, Baldrick, and hindered by an assortment of dimwitted aristocrats. Now the complete history of Blackadder is collected together, including the four TV series: The Black Adder, Blackadder II, Blackadder the Third and Blackadder Goes Forth plus the special TV and radio episodes Blackadder’s Christmas Carol, Blackadder: The Cavalier Years, Blackadder: Woman’s Hour Invasion, The Shakespeare Sketch, Blackadder: Back and Forth, Blackadder: The Army Years (Royal Variety Performance) and Blackadder: I Have a Cunning Plan. Even included is the Blackadder instalment of the TV series Britain's Best Sitcom.

Starring Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Tim McInnerny, Rik Mayall and Miranda Richardson. Written by Richard Curtis, Ben Elton and Rowan Atkinson. This is history at its grubbiest and funniest.

©2019 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2019 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Best of the best!

I relived all the episodes and remembered the nuances of the characters... Brilliant show!
When I saw it the first time, my favorite one was the episode with turnips! Still laughed hard...
Now listening it..I understood how the characters developed into completely different ones they started out to be.

Simply the best.

Blackadder has long been known as one of the funniest shows ever done in the English language. In 2000, the fourth series, Blackadder Goes Forth, ranked at 16 in the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes, a list created by the British Film Institute. In a 2001 poll by Channel 4, Edmund Blackadder was ranked third on their list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters. In the 2004 TV poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom, Blackadder was voted the second-best British sitcom of all time. The list of people involved are literally a "Who's Who" of British Film and comedy, Richard Curtis, Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Tom Baker, and a pre Dr. House, Hugh Laurie. (Yes it IS the same Hugh Laurie.) A small fraction of the jokes rely on some knowledge of English history (Season 3 has a number of "Lady Hamilton" references) but the rest of the show is highly accessible to anyone.

Given that the show did not rely heavily on sight gags, this audio only version loses very little. All the wit, sarcasm, and farcical dialog, are still in tact. About the only thing harmed by the lack of video is the legendary ending of the final episode of Series 4, ("Goodbyeee") . This scene is known for being extraordinarily poignant for a comedy – and for bringing people to tears.

Can not recommend highly enough.

interesting listening

first off. this is the audio of the shows. so sight gags don't work. unless you are like me and know them by heart.

love these shows.

If you know and loved watching the show....

This is the audio track from the series.

If you've watched the show so often you see each scene in your mind's eye and can recite the dialog, you'll love this.

If you haven't seen the TV series, watch it first. You don't know what your missing.
Seasons 2 through 4 are British sitcom at its best.

Great BBC Comedy

Granted us Yanks may have a problem w historical references, it's still great comedy. I do no5 know when I got into BBC comedy. I'm glad I did. This has great acting. I'm glad this has all the episodes.

SOMETIMES HILARIOUS

i think the beginning and the final hour or so - Season 1 and the bonus extras - can be skipped because they only detract from the fun once the cast got going with Season 2. These are the soundtracks of the TV series so much visual comedy is lost but the wit of the dialogues comes through and make these an entertaining earful.

Wonderful!

It is wonderful to be able to listen to this audiobook, I can see it again in my minds eye!!!

Recording of the tv show with extras

It’s true that this is the audio track from the tv show and some of the visual gags fall flat, but for a fan it’s like an old friend. Still lots of laughs and some great rare extras too, including a mini making-of.

I can picture the show

I’ve seen Blackadder many times and love it. It’s great to be able to listen to it too whilst at work! Love the commentary towards the end.

Not a Radio Play! TV Recording

This is a recording of the audio from the assorted Blackadder TV series. A lot of the gags are written, but many more are sight gags which make no sense. The laugh track gives you some idea of how it is supposed to go, but as an audio series this is a failure.

Unless you’re a fan. Then you’ll enjoy this. But you’re better off rewatching the series in a visual medium. I ultimately had to return this after the first arc; it is really just un-listenable.