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One of the best comedy series ever to emerge from England,
Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund
Blackadders from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of World War I. In
his pre-Bean triumph, British comic actor Rowan Atkinson played all five
versions of Edmund, beginning with the villainous and cowardly Duke of
Edinburgh, whose scheming mind and awful haircut seem to stand him in good stead
to become the next Archbishop of Canterbury--a deadly occupation if ever there
was one. Among tales of royal dethronings, Black Death, witch smellers (who root
out spell makers with their noses), and ghosts, Edmund is a perennial survivor
who never quite gets ahead in multiple episodes.
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