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Terry Cooper

Only shiw I know that gets better series by series with series 4 being the best.

Claire Eyles

William Pitt the Younger was 21 when he first stood for Parliament in 1780. He won a seat a year later, and went on to become Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24. He remains Great Britain's youngest Prime Minister ever. And yes satirists totally lampooned his age during the period.

Actuarial Lurker

we see that in season 3 Hugh Laurie is George IV the heir to "Mad King George III" who reigned from 1760-1820 during the American and French Revolutions, rise and fall of Napoleon etc and was incapacitated from 1811-1820. Since he is called Prince Regent that might suggest we are in the 1810s....when George III is alive but passing blue colored urine and having bouts of manic depression. BUT William Pitt the Younger died in 1806 after serving as PM since 1783...

Actuarial Lurker

The spine of the book that Blackadder is peering through in the opening credits has 1760-1827 embossed mid-way down...

Clare Manion

Oh wow - Atkinson and Laurie are a perfect duo! The writing feels sharper yet this season, which fits the political commentary perfectly. I thought the “news coverage”of the election was particularly brilliant - lampooning two eras at once is a very clever trick.

Youtalkingtome

Thank you! The only clue I picked up on was the impending fall of Napoleon, so my guess was the 18-oughts.

Youtalkingtome

It worked so well in the "election." It feels like we are going to get some pretty strong critiques of contemporary (mid 1980s) English politics this season, which should be great fun.

Youtalkingtome

Thanks! Having a child actor play Pitt (a politician I am unfamiliar with) definitely felt like a hyperbolic take on a real PM being young for the job.

Actuarial Lurker

Yeah so a bit of anachronistic content....but if season 1 could be premised on kindly Uncle Richard III saving Brian Blessed destined for death as one of the Princes in the Tower....the female servant was dressed in powdered wig and rosy blush paint on white makeup like 1780s France so its all screwy but thats the point....

Roland

The Ivor Biggun candidate character is a shout-out to the Monster Raving Loony Party, which tries to put up candidates in every local election IIRC. Candidates that fall to garner a sufficient percentage of the votes lose their financial deposit. It's pretty embarrassing when this happens to a candidate from one of the major parties, but of course the Loonies are delighted to make this sacrifice. https://youtu.be/7tDmVBoMioE?si=s4ic1NnyX0uOHCM0

Laura Dawson

Love this season, this is the period of history I studied and it’s so fun! My A-Level History teacher (so when I was 17-18) once asked if we knew what a Rotten Borough was (we were learning about it the 1832 Reform Act) and I was able to quote Blackadder’s description of it from memory. Made me sound very knowledgeable!

Laura Dawson

FWI, the ‘Lady Hamilton’ Blackadder mentions was a real person: Lady Emma Hamilton, most famous for being the mistress of Lord Nelson, British Commander at the Battle of Trafalgar.

Suzanne Whyte

I miss Percy but Hugh Laurie’s Prince Regent is delightful. Apparently, Tim McInnerney chose not to reprise the Percy role because he didn’t want to be typecast but it would have been interesting to see him as the Prince Regent. The prince seems to fulfil the role of both Percy and the Queen. He’s cheerful but dim like Percy but he has power over Blackadder due to his status.

Alex

If you thought the candidates were a little far-fetched, look up The Monster Raving Loony Party, and Count Binface.

Suzanne Whyte

I thought about posting this too since I also thought about the Black Adder election episode when the news broke that it would likely be Farage vs Binface. Unfortunately some more candidates have said they’re running. They’re more of a joke than Binface though so we’ll see how it pans out.