Blackadder the Third was the third series of the BBC situation comedy Blackadder, written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, which aired from 17 September 1987 to 22 October 1987.
The series was set during the English Regency, and saw the principal character, Mr. E. Blackadder as butler to the Prince Regent and having to contend with, or cash in on, the fads of the age embraced by his master.
The third series reduced the number of principal characters again compared to the previous series, but instead included a number of significant cameo roles by well-known comic actors. Lewisohn, Mark, Blackadder the Third at the former BBC Guide to Comedy, URL accessed 03 June, 2007
During the Regency period, the insane King George III's stark raving mad son, George, is the Prince Regent of Wales. Vulgar and staggeringly slow-and-dim-witted, George exhausts the country's money and would surely be dead by know were it not for his dry, angry, bitter, arrogant and cynical butler, Edmund Blackadder, Esq. Blackadder is an ex-aristocrat who has lost his family fortune and been reduced to servant-hood, and full of loathing knowing he should have a better position then serving a lunatic. Sod-Off Baldrick is his dirty, smelly peasant servant, and Mrs. Miggins is an annoying cheerful coffee-shoppe owner who is too stupid to understand most of Mr. Blackadder's insults. Written by Bloggers!
In this series, Edmond Blackadder is the intelligent, disgruntled, and sardonic butler to the extremely stupid and vulgar Prince George, the Prince Regent of regency England. Blackadder is again assisted by the moronic grungy servant Baldrick. Written by Reid Gagle
