True History of the Blackadder

British history as we know it is a cluttered patchwork of questionable stories which have been re-written, re-evaluated and ridiculed, and yet there is still an unquestioned narrative thread which runs through the nation's historical record, accepted as fact. This is the very first in-depth examination of the creation of a British institution like no other - arguably the greatest sitcom of all time - not to mention the first historical investigation into the lives of the Blackadder family, one of the nation's most villified dynasties. Using existing archive footage and rare literature, plus new revelations from personal interviews with the makers, the author relates the full scope of the tale of how the 70s alumni of three great universities - Oxford, Cambridge and Manchester - discovered a unique chemistry that would see them build a timeless comic masterpiece.

Year

2013

Language

English

Publisher

Penguin Random House

Editions

5

Pages

480

ISBN

9780099564164

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