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Amy and Amiability is an episode of the BBC sitcom Blackadder. Benjamin Charles Elton (born May 3, 1959) is an English comedian and writer. ...
Richard Curtis in London, 1999 Richard Curtis (born November 8, 1956), is a New Zealand-born British screenwriter, best known for the TV programs Blackadder and The Vicar of Dibley and the movies Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Love Actually. ...
Miranda Richardson as Queenie in Blackadder II (1986) Miranda Richardson (born 3 March 1958, in Southport, Merseyside) is an English actress, noted for her distinctive ability to deeply delve into the minds of the characters she plays. ...
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Blackadder is the generic name that encompasses four series of an acclaimed BBC One historical sitcom, along with several one-off installments. ...
Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. Having spent vast amounts of money, the Prince Regent is searching for a rich wife. Amy Hardwood (played by Miranda Richardson), daughter of a powerful industrialist, seems the only option despite the fact that she says things like, " The Prince, whose idea of a love letter includes the line "You'll be staring at my bedroom ceiling from now til Christmas, you lucky tart!" doesn't seem likely to succeed on his own, so Blackadder writes his lines for him. All goes well until Blackadder discovers that Amy's father is broke, upon which he breaks the engagement, though too late to prevent the Prince spending several thousand pounds on wedding gifts. Blackadder puts on a mask and cloak and saddles up Baldrick and turns to the life of a highwayman. He soon discovers that Amy Hardwood is in fact herself the notorious highwayman, The Shadow. She pretends to be in love with Blackadder to steal the Prince's money and the wedding gifts, but Blackadder turns her in for a £10,000 reward. He stows the reward in the biscuit tin where the prince finds it and, of course, spends it. George is the name of two characters appearing in the historical BBC sitcom Blackadder. ...
Amy Hardwood is a fictional character in the British sitcom Blackadder. ...
Miranda Richardson as Queenie in Blackadder II (1986) Miranda Richardson (born 3 March 1958, in Southport, Merseyside) is an English actress, noted for her distinctive ability to deeply delve into the minds of the characters she plays. ...
Baldrick is a fictional character featured in the television series Blackadder. ...
Folk image of a mounted highwayman This page is about the criminal occupation of highwayman, for groups of that name, see The Highwaymen. ...
Significance Again, Blackadder's plots come to nothing and he is thwarted in his get-rich-quick plans.
Trivia - This episode also contains a reference to the Prince's eventual real-life bride, Caroline of Brunswick, who is dismissed as a candidate for having a horrible personality. The real George did in fact marry Caroline of Brunswick and the marriage was an unmitigated disaster.
- The balcony scene is adapted from a scene in the play Cyrano de Bergerac, in which Christian de Neuvillette uses Cyrano's words to court the beautiful Roxanne.
Caroline of Brunswick Duchess Caroline of Brunswick (17 May 1768 – 7 August 1821) as Queen Caroline was the Queen Consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom from 29 January 1820 to her death. ...
George IV (George Augustus Frederick) (12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 29 January 1820. ...
Cyrano de Bergerac is a play by Edmond Rostand based on the life of the real Cyrano de Bergerac. ...
See also List of Blackadder episodes This is an episode list of the British sitcom Blackadder. ...
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