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The true history of the Blackadder : The complete and unadulterated history of the creation of a comedy legend

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  • "British history as we know it is a cluttered patchwork of questionable stories which have been re-written, re-evaluated and ridiculed, and yet there is still an unquestioned narrative thread which runs through the nation's historical record, accepted as fact. This is the very first in-depth examination of the creation of a British institution like no other - arguably the greatest sitcom of all time - not to mention the first historical investigation into the lives of the Blackadder family, one of the nation's most villified dynasties. Using existing archive footage and rare literature, plus new revelations from personal interviews with the makers, the author relates the full scope of the tale of how the 70s alumni of three great universities - Oxford, Cambridge and Manchester - discovered a unique chemistry that would see them build a timeless comic masterpiece."
  • "TELEVISION. British history as we know it is a cluttered patchwork of questionable stories which have been re-written, re-evaluated and ridiculed, and yet there is still an unquestioned narrative thread which runs through the nation's historical record, accepted as fact. But final editorial control has always belonged to the winners. And nobody likes winners..."The True History of the Black Adder" is the very first in-depth examination of the creation of a British institution like no other - arguably the greatest sitcom of all time - not to mention the first historical investigation into the lives of the Blackadder family, one of the nation's most villified dynasties. Using existing archive footage and rare literature, plus new revelations from personal interviews with the makers including John Lloyd, Tony Robinson, Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed; Rowan Atkinson and many more, J. F."

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  • "The true history of the Black Adder"
  • "The true history of the Blackadder"
  • "The true history of the Blackadder : The complete and unadulterated history of the creation of a comedy legend"@en

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