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Announcement from HOUSE Executive Producers David Shore, Katie Jacobs and Hugh Laurie

February 8, 2012 / Articles

Announcement from HOUSE Executive Producers David Shore, Katie Jacobs and Hugh Laurie, as well as a statement from Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company. After much deliberation, the producers of House M.D. have decided that this season of the show, the 8th, should be the last. By April this year they will have completed 177 episodes, which is about 175 more than anyone expected back in 2004. The decision to end the show now, or ever, is a [...]

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Blackadder: Back And Forth

January 23, 2012 / Blackadder, Comedy

Blackadder: Back & Forth is a 2000 short film based on the BBC mock-historical comedy series Blackadder that marks the end of the Blackadder saga. It was commissioned especially for showing in the specially built “SkyScape” cinema, erected southeast of the Millennium Dome on the Greenwich peninsula in South London. The film follows Lord Edmund Blackadder and his idiotic servant, Baldrick, on a time-travel adventure that brings the characters into contact with several figures significant to British history. Blackadder places a [...]

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Blackadder Rides Again

January 23, 2012 / Behind The Scenes, Blackadder, Comedy, Documentaries

Blackadder Rides Again is a documentary produced by Tiger Aspect for the BBC to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the show. It featured interviews with all of the major cast members and other contributors, including Rowan Atkinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, Miranda Richardson, Tim McInnerny and Tony Robinson. Rather than relying on ‘talking head’ interviews and clips from the show, the documentary included several pieces of rare, and even unseen material (behind the scenes clips, cut [...]

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Blackadder: The Whole Rotten Saga

January 23, 2012 / Behind The Scenes, Blackadder, Comedy, Documentaries

A 50 minute documentary produced by Tiger Aspect for UKTV Gold, followed by another compilation called Most Cunning Moments The Whole Rotten Saga features interviews with most of the major cast members and other contributors including Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, Miranda Richardson, Tim McInnerny and Tony Robinson. Original air date: 8 October 2008

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Blackadder’s Christmas Carol

January 23, 2012 / Blackadder, Comedy

In a twist on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Blackadder is the “kindest and loveliest” man in England. The Spirit of Christmas shows Blackadder the contrary antics of his ancestors and descendants, and reluctantly informs him that if he turns evil his descendants will enjoy power and fortune, while if he remains the same a future Blackadder will live shamefully subjugated to a future incompetent Baldrick. This remarkable encounter causes him to proclaim, “Bad guys have all the fun”, [...]

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Blackadder Goes Forth – S04E06 “Goodbyeee”

January 23, 2012 / Blackadder, Comedy

Blackadder tries everything he can think of to get sent back to England when orders come in to go over the top in the first charge against the Germans since 1914. This final episode of the Blackadder series is known for being extraordinarily poignant for a comedy – especially the final scene, which sees the main characters (Blackadder, Baldrick, George, and Darling) finally venturing forward and charging off to die in the fog and smoke of no man’s land. In [...]

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Blackadder Goes Forth – S04E05 “Plan E: General Hospital”

January 23, 2012 / Blackadder, Comedy

Captain Blackadder visits a field hospital under orders to try and uncover a German spy in the midst. He uses this as an opportunity to interrogate Colonel Darling. Original air date: 26 october 1989

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Blackadder Goes Forth – S04E04 “Plan D: Private Plane”

January 23, 2012 / Blackadder, Comedy

Captain Blackadder, Lieutenant George, and Private Baldrick join the Royal Air Corps, where they are promptly shot down behind enemy lines. Original air date: 19 October 1989

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Blackadder Goes Forth – S04E03 “Major Star”

January 23, 2012 / Blackadder, Comedy

Captain Blackadder grabs yet another opportunity to return to England by organizing a morale-raising music hall show, including Baldrick’s Charlie Chaplin impersonation and George’s appearance as a lady songstress who captures the General’s heart. Original air date: 12 october 1989

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