This week, I welcome Matt back to the podcast, to talk about a very unusual and much maligned semi-obscurity... the first series of a subsequently highly revered UK comedy, The Black Adder (1983, BBC Television). Is it as bad as its reputation suggests? And what did the following more acclaimed Blackadder series take from it... and what did they leave behind?
Matt and I recall our childhood background with the show, discuss The Black Adder in general, including its cast and style, and then examine the six episode series in a bit more detail, including what makes it so disconcerting and odd. Hope you enjoy it!
0.00 Intro
0.07 The Black Adder
0.53 Episodes 1-6: analysis
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Matt can be found on YouTube with his regular co-hosted movie analysis show 'Matt and Mike Pull Focus'. He previously appeared on Episodes 1,4 and 9 of this podcast, where we discussed Zombies, South Park, and All About Eve/Meet The Feebles respectively!
All original intro, outro and other incidental music recorded and made available by kind permission of Richard Gilbert.
NOTES
The unaired The Black Adder pilot can currently be found on Dailymotion here - it really is worth a look! For anyone wishing to remind themselves about the whole Michael Gove vs Blackadder row in 2014, here's a refresher.
