I saw this not long after it debuted and I remember feeling a bit disappointed. However, as I have just bought the Blackadder mega-set, I thought I'd give it a try once again. Well, now after having see this hilarious special, I must assume back when I first saw it, I was out of my mind, as it was absolutely wonderful from start to finish! The show begins in the present. It's New Year's Eve and Edmund is having a few friends over to celebrate--and to rob them blind. His plan is to construct a fake time machine and use it to dupe his friends out of money that they will bet him. However, surprisingly, Baldrick's reconstruction of a supposed DaVinci machine actually works and the two of them are, for some time, stuck in time--unable to find their way back. In the process, unfortunately, they do some significant things to alter time and when they return, the British are all subjects of France--as, thanks to Edmund, the French won at Waterloo and subsequently invaded Britain! There's a lot more to it than this--with probably the best ending of any Blackadder series. It's then up to them to undo undo the damage they caused. I won't say more--it would spoil the fun.
Exquisitely written and laugh out loud fun, this is a show not to be missed by fans of these lovely shows.
Exquisitely written and laugh out loud fun, this is a show not to be missed by fans of these lovely shows.