Yes, it was 25 years a go today that the BBC broadcast the very first episode of The Black Adder; the rest, they say, is history (albeit a rather skewed and distorted one).<\/p>\n
Nothing else to say other than \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yes, it was 25 years a go today that the BBC broadcast the very first episode of The Black Adder; the rest, they say, is history (albeit a rather skewed and distorted one). 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