Product Details

• Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray, Tim McInnerny, Patrick Allen
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: BBC Warner
• VHS Release Date: May 15, 2001
• Run Time: 63 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005A1TT
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #342,062 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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24 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blackadder at His Best!, March 12, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Black Adder V - Back and Forth [VHS] (VHS Tape)

For fans of the Blackadder comedy series, or for those who just love to laugh, this video will not disappoint. It details the zany travels of Lord Blackadder and his witless sidekick Baldrick "back and forth" through the centuries in their time machine.

Witness Blackadder's hilarious impact on the course of history, as he time-sails through historical eras and moments such as the Prehistoric age; encounters with William Shakespeare (in a hilarious cameo starring Colin Firth as the Bard) and Robin Hood (with Kate Moss as Maid Marian); The Battle of Waterloo; and many others.

You'll also laugh heartily when Blackadder returns to the present with "relics" stolen from each incident and discovers how he has unanticipatedly altered course of history--as well as his hilarious return travels to "right" his historical "wrongs."

This is Rowan Atkinson--also famous for his Mr. Bean character--at his best and includes the regular members of the Blackadder cast such as Miranda Richardson. As mentioned, there are delightful cameo appearances by Firth, Moss, and others.

This video will appeal to the Blackadder "novice," one who wants a sample taste for the more recent and zany comedy of the series. This is destined to become a family favorite! If you love odd-ball, wacky British humor ("humour"), this is an essential for your collection!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A dud, I'm sad to say, September 26, 2001

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Balto Reader "bils" (Baltimore, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Adder V - Back and Forth [VHS] (VHS Tape)

PLEASE don't let this be your introduction to the Black Adder series. It should only be purchased by completists, as it is the weakest of the bunch. But even as the weakest it rates more than one star, because the series is so excellent. Indeed, at its peak (years 2, 3, and 4), Black Adder is about as funny as TV gets. Alas, this one just doesn't cut it. Atkinson is not at his best, and the usually delightful Baldrick is WAY off his usual form (he actually looks and sounds ill). You'll get this with the complete DVD collection (which I highly recommend), though I'm pretty sure this would be your least-watched of the discs.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You have to be a real idiot if you don't like this, August 5, 2001

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Bret M. Herholz (Worcester, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black Adder V - Back and Forth [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Edmumd Black Adder becomes a "Timelord". This would be twice for Black Adder star Rowan Atkinson after appearing as the Doctor in the Doctor Who Comedy Relief "The Curse of Fatal Death". I found this new installment of the Black Adder series to be very amusing with finds Edmund Black Adder and Balderick traveling through time in a make shift time machine. And making a mess of everything. Regulars to the series Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Miranda Richardson all return and are wonderful in multiple roles. Stephen Fry's best scene in the movie is as the Duke of Wellington during his famous victory against Napoleon. You'll also notice the lack of a laugh track in this episode. I found that to be very refreshing in a televison comedy. But I recommend this video highly for those who have only seen Rowan as "Mr. Bean". "Black Adder" is both very intelligent and sophmoric at the same time.