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Given its popularity, it's something of a disappointment that the mainBlackadder page is such a mess at present. I'm therefore proposing to start sorting this out in the next few days. However, because it'll be quite a big task (I suspect almost a complete rewrite), I was wondering if anybody else is willing to help out?
The main point that need addressing is the almost complete lack of any background information about the series - production details, series origins, etc. At the moment, the article is almost entirely comprised of lists of character connections and trivia. As a result, don't be alarmed if large chunks of text suddenly disappear, they may be being refactored into another article or compiled in a separate section.Bobtalk22:08, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I am a massive fan of the Blackadder series, so will post whatever I find..Retrochild1979 (talk)00:09, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I read somewhere that a BBC manager surnamed Blackadder was difficult in some way, and the series was named after him as a tease. There is or was aClan Blackadder in Scotland, but it seems to be a rare name. Something on the choice of name should be included.86.42.195.95 (talk)12:37, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Your claim does not mean "The Black Adder" did not come from either of the Blackadders the person who started this section mentioned. (Anonymous)—Precedingunsigned comment added by124.180.205.145 (talk)06:30, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Ben Elton has denied that Blackadder was named after this person, who was actually a doctor at the BBC (Blackadder Rides Again: documentary). This documentary interviews Richard Curtis in which he explains how the character/series got it's name.— Precedingunsigned comment added byRetrochild1979 (talk •contribs)00:07, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
What did Richard Curtis claim was the origin of the name? It seems far more likely that it was simply lifted from Arthur Griffiths' detective novel The Passenger from Calais which features a Lord Blackadder (http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/16339/pg16339.txt)77.234.88.22 (talk)21:42, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
My point being, namely, that the above novelette is jampacked with bungling nincompoops. 'Inspiration enuf, milud, crammed within its pages.92.249.209.25 (talk)21:32, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Rowan Atkinson spent some time at theQueen's College, Oxford and at that time there were two Blackadders associated with the College and Rowan would have known at least one. Mr Blackadder was the Senior Common Room servant, who served them at the High Table in the evening, and his wife ran a residential hostel for students. I understand that he denies taking the name from them. --Bduke (talk)02:56, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Having seen the US pilot "1775", I can honestly say it doesn't really resemble Blackadder all that much. I have therefore removed the one reference (in the chronological overview). There are similarities so I thought it best to simply included it under the header "Shows inspired by Blackadder" because that is what it is. I added Chelmsford 123 to that list because that is just as close to Blackadder as 1775 is.Spiny Norman (talk)11:49, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I've made a small edit in the first section - the boxset I have credits the writers of series 1 and 4 as Curtis & Atkinson, and series 2 and 3 as Curtis and Elton.F_DL 20:18, 26 November 2010—Precedingunsigned comment added byFreaky dragonlady (talk •contribs)
There is some unclearness about the lesser known specials, i.e. the ones that aren't included on any DVD. I have my doubts if 'Royal Gardner' and 'Jubilee girl' are 2 different sketches, as I only ever found the former despite years of searching for the unreleased stuff. But 'Children in Need (with Terry Wogan)' is a real sketch (and not the same as Cavalier Years, Narnette). It's never been released, but it can be found on youtube AND is mentioned in J.F. Roberts' book (as am I), therefore it exists. According to the wiki guidelines that means it should NOT be deleted, although it COULD do with a reference. But then for good measure references ought to be added for all of the specials. Within such a small list of items, it would be inconsistent to take any action for 1 item and not the others.Spiny Norman (talk)00:08, 12 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Just putting this here by way of pre-emption: a Twitter account purporting to be Rowan Atkinson has been announcing a new Blackadder show for February 2013. It's been retweeted heavily, but the account is NOT verified as Rowan Atkinson and it's been reported elsewhere as a fake:http://tellyspotting.org/2012/08/06/fyi-rowan-atkinson-is-not-on-twitter/ soWP:RS should be applied to any attempt to add that claim here. --GenericBob (talk)01:27, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Should Ben Elton be listed here? He did help 'create' three of the four series, right?WinderA (talk)19:21, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Having a Podcast section in the article, especially under the 'Future' section, makes it appear as if it's an official podcast continuing Blackadder. But the podcast doesn't appear to have anything to do with BBC or the series creators. It might be useful info to include elsewhere in the article, under "In popular culture" or "Legacy" or "Fan work", but it doesn't belong where it is currently, and possibly doesn't belong in the article at all.
SundaraRaman (talk)10:42, 7 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Jem Roberts wrote a book on Blackadder.
Have we referenced him throughout?
--StellaMuzak— Precedingunsigned comment added byStellarMuzak (talk •contribs)14:39, 28 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
This article says that "Black Adder the Third" was set in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and then says this was a period known as "the regency". My understanding is that the Regency was between 1811 and 1820, and so was only in the nineteenth century.Vorbee (talk)17:17, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
The term Regency (or Regency era) can refer to various stretches of time; some are longer than the decade of the formal Regency which lasted from 1811 to 1820. The period from 1795 to 1837, which includes the latter part of the reign of George III and the reigns of his sons George IV and William IV, is sometimes regarded as the Regency era, characterised by distinctive trends in British architecture, literature, fashions, politics, and culture. It ended in 1837 when Queen Victoria succeeded William IV.DonQuixote (talk)17:41, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
As one explanation of why no new series. I can’t find a source.Doug Wellertalk20:33, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
the quote from Stephen Fry "perhaps it's best to leave these things..." really does seem to be from The Daily Mail. I felt dirty inserting it but that seems to be the original source. Someone more involved than I can decide whether to take the whole quote out or leave it in, icky origins and all. ThanksAthenaBear (talk)19:59, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
