Rotten and pocket boroughs MacDonald Fraser's "The Flashman Papers" series, the eponymous antihero, Harry Flashman, mentions that his father, Sir Buckley Flashman, had been in Parliament, but "they did for him at Reform," implying that the elder Flashman's seat was in a rotten or pocket borough. In the episode "Dish and Dishonesty" of the BBC television comedy "Blackadder the Third", Edmund Blackadder attempts to bolster the support of the Prince Regent in Parliament by getting the incompetent Baldrick elected to the fictional rotten borough of "Dunny-on-the-Wold". This was easily accomplished with a result of 16,472 to nil, even though the constituency had only one
Blackadder: Back & Forth Diary" which was produced to accompany the DVD release, which also featured the Comic Relief special "". All of this material, together with "Blackadder's Christmas Carol", was later included on Disc 5 of the "Blackadder Remastered: The Ultimate Edition" DVD box set. The DVD release does not include the laugh track. The film was nominated for "Best Situation Comedy" at the British Academy Television Awards 2001. Blackadder: Back & Forth Blackadder: Back & Forth is a 1999 sci-fi comedy film based on the BBC period sitcom "Blackadder" that marks the end of the "Blackadder" saga. It was commissioned for showing