This being hyped as the last Blackadder story is a great end to a very funny series. The plot has Edmund Blackadder trying to con his friends (played by series regulars Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie Miranda Richardson, and Tim Mcinnery) by claiming he has built a time machine on the eve of the new century, the year 2000. That opening alone is a tip of the hat to the classic George Pal film, "The Time Machine" where Rod Taylor as George does the same thing at the turn of the century the year 1900. But what Edmund thought of as just a con turned out to be a real time machine, put together by his usually incompetent servant Baldrick. The two travel thru time and change history in hysterical ways to funny to mention here. The ending is classic and will have you applauding at the end.
My favorite series of Black Adder was a tie with the "Blackadder III", and "The Blackadder Christmas Carol", but now this one surpasses them. I can't believe the comments that I read on this site, who didn't like it or felt it was far from the best, because I thought they have done a great job with this show. I think it might be that they would rather had a full series on TV and not have to pay to see it at the Millennium dome as they had to. I just saw this on my local PBS station and I now want to go out and buy the tape of it. I recommend this show to all fans of Black Adder and of good time travel stories as well. It's a hoot.
My favorite series of Black Adder was a tie with the "Blackadder III", and "The Blackadder Christmas Carol", but now this one surpasses them. I can't believe the comments that I read on this site, who didn't like it or felt it was far from the best, because I thought they have done a great job with this show. I think it might be that they would rather had a full series on TV and not have to pay to see it at the Millennium dome as they had to. I just saw this on my local PBS station and I now want to go out and buy the tape of it. I recommend this show to all fans of Black Adder and of good time travel stories as well. It's a hoot.