by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson with additional dialogue by William Shakespeare
The first of six horrible situation tragedies to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the accession of Richard III. From out of the swirling mists of the Dark Ages comes a lone horseman, cursed from youth by a deformed haircut and sporting a particularly evil pair of tights.
Rowan Atkinson is The Black Adder
Also starring Brian Blessed as the King in this, the 15th-century equivalent of the Hitler Diaries.
Featuring Peter Cook as Richard III
"Thoroughly enjoyable" (The Sheriff of Nottingham)