4 Season
24 Episode
Blackadder - Season 0 Episode 25 Blackadder: The Army Years
The most gripping sitcom since 1380.
A short monologue performed at the Dominion Theatre for the Royal Variety Performance 2000. It features Rowan Atkinson as the modern-day Lord Edmund Blackadder of Her Royal Highness's regiment of Shirkers. The sketch was written and introduced by Ben Elton, who was the compère of the evening.
- Year: 1989
- Country: United Kingdom, Australia
- Genre: Comedy, War & Politics
- Studio: BBC One
- Keyword: england, civil war, servant, world war i, prince, army, queen elizabeth i, satire, dark comedy, middle ages (476-1453), sitcom, period sitcom, cunning plan
- Director: Richard Curtis, Rowan Atkinson, Ben Elton
- Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Tim McInnerny, Stephen Fry