Liz Lemon, (Tina Fey) is the head writer on a variety series on NBC Studios. With the Jack Donaghy as Vice President of East Coast Television, played by Alec Baldwin, Series four sustains the same standard that has maintained it so far with plenty of exceptional moments. The characters are still all hugely dysfunctional and written with enormous affection and comic effect. The situations beautifully constructed. This set contains all the episodes from the show’s fourth series.
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The second Blackadder series sat in Elizabethan times with a completely crazy Queen and a crafty as ever Edmund. In "Bells" Edmund falls in love with his manservant Bob. In "Head" he has to survive the dangerous job of Head Executioner and in "Potato" he tries to sail round the World. England in Shakespeare's time and the Blackadders are as crafty as ever. "Money" sees Edmund trying to raise protection money to pay the Bishop of Bath, in "Beer" he entertains puritan relatives and debauched fr find out more...
In "Sense And Senility" Blackadder thinks the Prince Regent should make a 'leftist' speech; in "Amy And Amiability" our noble butler attempts to solve his master's financial problems; in "Duel And Duality" the Prince Regent is challenged to a duel; in "Dish And Dishonesty" Blackadder's attempts to interfere in the democratic process backfire; in "Ink And Incapability" a dictionary is written; and in "Nob and Nobility" Blackadder doesn't like the French very much. Brilliant/wicked/see.
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The fourth series of Blackadder sees him as a Captain in the trenches of World War One, with Baldrick as his dogsbody. In "Captain Cook" Blackadder volunteers to be a war artist. In "Corporal Punishment" he faces the death squad after killing a pigeon. In "Major Star" he has to put on a Music Hall show. In "Private Plane" he volunteers to be trained as a pilot by Rik Mayall. In "General Hospital" he has to uncover a spy in the wardrooms. In "Goodbyeee" the final big push is looming too close find out more...
All twelve episodes from the first series of the classic satirical puppet show. No target was safe from the series' gunsights: Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet, the opposition, the Liberals, Ronald Reagan, the Pope and the Royal Family could all find themselves up for a painful ribbing on any given programme. The series was worked around the current week's news stories and featured a number of famous impressionists, including Chris Barrie, Rory Bremner, Phil Cornwell, Steve Coogan, John Culs find out more...
