Which was the best Blackadder?

[Man of Harveys]

Simple question - I've made it so people can choose different ones.

TWO is probably most people's favourite but I do think the first series - just written by Richard Curtis (in the days when he wasn't a prick) without Ben Elton - is a bit unfairly overlooked.

 

[Les Biehn]

4 was just brilliant. 2 was also very good.

3 was an odd one, I think its a bit underrated. People seem to think it was a bit poor but I thought it was really good.

I haven't seen 1 for years but I remember it being a bit more off the wall than the other series.

 

[Icy Gull]

Regency, Hugh Laurie at his best

 

[Trufflehound]

ONE was a bit hit and miss though. It certainly had its moments, but it needed some of Ben Elton's gratuitous knob gags to achieve a proper balance and stop it sounding like it was written for a public school end of term revue.



But I voted for all four of them - becasue I could.

 

[Gully]

I voted for two and four, two was great for poking fun at a queen who was a bit of a megalomaniac and four showed the futility of certain parts of WWI and the blind stupidity of the men who led our forces at the time...all delivered in a superb humorous way.

 

[Simster]

ONE was a bit hit and miss though. It certainly had its moments, but it needed some of Ben Elton's gratuitous knob gags to achieve a proper balance and stop it sounding like it was written for a public school end of term revue.



But I voted for all four of them - becasue I could.

Concur with all of that.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Yes, but the eunuchs and the jumping Jews of Jerusalem and the witchsmeller pursuivant and Brian Blessed and Peter Cook and the fat Spanish infanta were all BRILLIANT.

 

[scooter1]

I voted for 2, but 1 was great as Edmund was a divvy and Baldrick was the sharp one.

 

[Beach Hut]

Series 2 is the daddy for me

 

[Man of Harveys]

AND the "black Russian codpiece"...

 

[Gwylan]

I went for 1; the witchsmeller poursuivant episode was the funniest single episode of all and it also had Peter Cook in it - worth it for that alone.

 

[Skint Gull]

Before i vote, can someone refresh my memory as to which one he's 'thick' in, cos thats's the worst so i'm gonna vote for the other 3!

 

[Bakesy]

EDMOND

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

4, 2,3, 1 IMO.

 

[tinx]

Number 2,

If only for the episode with "Great Boo's Up"

 

[Trufflehound]

AND the "black Russian codpiece"...

Will you be doing a Honey Badger stylee flounce when #1 gets trounced? If so, will you let me know when, so I can raid the fridge and get comfortable? Thanks.

 

[Seagullible]

Series 2 just pips 4

 

[Delusional Pengoon]

2,4,3,1

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

4, no contest

 

[The Auditor]

four showed the futility of certain parts of WWI and the blind stupidity of the men who led our forces at the time...all delivered in a superb humorous way.

Thats why 4 wins it for me ...serious issue dealt with in a great way