Fellow Blackadder lover here. Agree that the first season was not that great compared to the subsequent seasons. The big change was a smaller budget (indoor sho

Fellow Blackadder lover here. Agree that the first season was not that great compared to the subsequent seasons. The big change was a smaller budget (indoor shoots only) and bringing in Ben Elton as a writer. Also of course the Blackadder character was revamped from village idiot to Machiavellian antihero. It's a shame that most people recognise Rowan Atkinson for only the former kind of role.