Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Tony Robinson, Robbie Coltrane, Ben Elton, Hugh Paddick, Nigel Planer, Miranda Richardson, Jim Sweeney

Director: Mandie Fletcher

Summary: The entire historic third series. The six episodes are: 'Dish And Dishonesty', 'Ink And Incapability', 'Nob And Nobility', 'Sense And Senility', 'Amy And Amiability' and 'Duel And Duality'.

This third series presents more dim-witted antics from the annals of the Blackadder family. Previously aristocratic, Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) now finds himself in the midst of the Industrial Revolution as a butler and gentlemen's gentleman to the pea-brained Prince Regent (Hugh Laurie). The collection includes six episodes: "Dish and Dishonesty, " "Ink and Incapability," "Nob and Nobility, " "Sense and Senility," "Amy and Amiability," and "Duel and Duality."

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Rowan Atkinson's irredeemably wicked Edmund Blackadder has moved forward in time from the court of Queen Elizabeth but a little down the social ladder. He's now butler to Hugh Laurie's congenitally stupid Prince Regent on the cusp of the 18th and 19th centuries, and if that wasn't bad enough he's still accompanied by Tony Robinson's dim-witted Baldrick, whose cunning plans never fail to make an impossible situation worse. Blackadder's desperate scheming and utter contempt for all he surveys hasn't changed, nor have the baroque complexities of the situations in which he becomes embroiled: from an anachronistic war of words with Dr Johnson (Robbie Coltrane relishing every syllable) to taking on the Scarlet Pimpernel at his own game, to fighting a duel with a psychopathic Duke of Wellington, Edmund's luck never seems to change.

Richard Curtis and Ben Elton's sharp scripts have more fun with the period setting than ever before, as contemporary literary archetypes from Samuel Johnson to Jane Austen are ripe for lampooning. Howard Goodall's theme tune is updated to a glorious classical pastiche, while the extravagant costumes of the times hardly need altering to achieve the desired effect. The comedy is so good it seemed this could never be bettered, until Blackadder Goes Forth that is. --Mark Walker

Aspect Ratio:	4:3
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Graphical Menus, Scene Selection
Year:	1987
Release Date:	February 5, 2001
Runtime:	176 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	B B C D V D 1039
Keywords:	Black, Comedy, Blackadder, General, Third, Series, Historic, Tv, Entire, Adder
Genre:	Comedy