Few British sitcoms have managed to combine historical satire, verbal brilliance, and genuine emotional depth as successfully as Blackadder. Across four series broadcast between 1983 and 1989, this BBC comedy traced the misfortunes of successive generations of the Blackadder dynasty, each played by Rowan Atkinson with increasing sardonic mastery. What began as a somewhat uncertain medieval romp evolved into one of television's most celebrated achievements, culminating in a final episode so unexpectedly moving that it transcended sitcom conventions entirely...