Rowan Atkinson the two more sequels "Blackadder the Third" (1987) (set in the Regency era), and "Blackadder Goes Forth" (1989) (set in World War I). The "Blackadder" series became one of the most successful of all BBC situation comedies, spawning television specials including "Blackadder's Christmas Carol" (1988), "" (1988), and later "" (1999), which was set at the turn of the Millennium. The final scene of "Blackadder Goes Forth" (when Blackadder and his men go "over the top" and charge into No-Man's-Land) has been described as "bold and highly poignant". During the 2014 centennial of the start of World War I, Michael
The Hotel (UK TV series) The Hotel (UK TV series) The Hotel is a fly-on-the-wall British television documentary series which has run for four series consisting of 33 episodes. It is produced by Dragonfly Film and Television Productions and has been broadcast on Channel 4 since 17 April 2011. Unlike "Hotel", a 1997 BBC docu-soap that offered similar backstage access to the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool, the series is filmed using fixed cameras positioned in several locations around the complex rather than using a camera crew. The second and third series of the show were broadcast in the 8pm slot on Sundays on Channel 4,