Blackadder from this series ranked number three in a list of the top 25 television "putdowns" of the last 40 years by the "Radio Times" magazine: "The eyes are open, the mouth moves, but Mr. Brain has long since departed, hasn't he, Percy?" "Blackadder the Third" is set in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a period known as the Regency. In the series, Edmund Blackadder Esquire is the butler to the Prince Regent, the Prince of Wales (the prince is played by Hugh Laurie as a complete fop and idiot). Despite Edmund's respected intelligence and abilities, he has no
Historical period drama and "Darkest Hour" (2017). Examples of television series include "Robin Hood" (1953), "Middlemarch" (1994), "Pride and Prejudice" (1995), "The Tudors", "Mad Men", "Boardwalk Empire", "Call the Midwife", "Downton Abbey", "Deadwood", "Halt and Catch Fire", "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman", "Father Brown", "Stranger Things", "The Americans", "Little House on the Prairie", "That '70s Show", "The Get Down", "Another Period", "Better Call Saul" and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel". Historical period drama The term historical period drama (also historical drama, period drama, costume drama, and period piece) refers to a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film