The Black Adder - Season 1 Watch Online for Free

This comedy series was written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson and was produced by John Lloyd. The series is an alternative historical embodiment of King Richard III who fought the Battle of Bosworth Field only to be understood by someone else and killed for no reason. Richard IV, who has always sought to increase his status and overthrow everyone, took office.

Genre:

Comedy

Actors:

Rowan Atkinson, Elspet Gray, Tim McInnerny, Patrick Allen, Brian Blessed, Tony Robinson, Robert East, Bert Parnaby, Roy Evans, David Nunn, Perry Benson, ...»

Director:

Martin Shardlow, Geoff Posner

Country:

United Kingdom, Australia

Release:

1983

IMDb:

8.0

Quality:

Duration:

30 min

PopMatters

There is just something so amazingly awful, so delightfully despicable about the man that you can't help but hang on his every wicked wisecrack and/or deed.

November 28, 2018

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Paste Magazine

Leave it to the Brits to find humor in World War I.

September 11, 2018

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ScreenRant

It's rare that a hist0ory-based comedy is genuinely funny, and in that sense Blackadder is a true diamond in the rough.

September 11, 2018

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CinemaBlend

It's definitely the writing and varying plateaus of verbal trickery used, even without the novel historical hook, that make Black Adder stand out.

November 28, 2018

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AV Club

Pilots are hard to get right, particularly comedy pilots, so it's not surprising that "The Foretelling" is among the series' most uneven episodes.

November 27, 2018

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PopMatters

Though the writing was strong and the verbal interplay was there, the first series made the mistake of abundance, with Edmund Blackadder too bumbling, the cast too abounding and the sets too sprawling.

November 28, 2018

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Den of Geek

Most of the jokes fall flat and there's no real wit of spark to the characters.

November 28, 2018

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