Blackadder Blackadder Blackadder is a series of four BBC1 pseudohistorical British sitcoms, plus several one-off instalments, which originally aired in the 1980s. All television episodes starred Rowan Atkinson as the anti-hero Edmund Blackadder, and Tony Robinson as Blackadder's dogsbody, Baldrick. Each series was set in a different historical period, with the two protagonists accompanied by different characters, though several reappear in one series or another, for example Melchett (Stephen Fry) and Lord Flashheart (Rik Mayall). The first series, "The Black Adder", was written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, while subsequent episodes were written by Curtis and Ben Elton. The shows
The Nightly Show (UK TV series) design. The main purpose of "The Nightly Show" is to serve as a British response to the popularity of late-night television shows present in the United States, such as "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert", "The Late Late Show with James Corden" and "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon". Due to underperforming viewing figures, ITV declined to renew the show for a second series. ITV said the series would feature a "high tempo mixture of topical monologue, studio games, celebrity guests, experts and VTs (pre-recorded items)". It has been described by the British media to be a