It's new years eve 1999 and Lord Blackadder confides to his friends that he has built a time machine and, accepting a challenge from those assembled he agrees to go back into the past, collecting famous artifacts from the various periods. A thinly veiled excuse to play with all the eras that the original Blackadder series didn't get a chance to cover, Back and Forth is a one off edition and if your a fan it's got to be worth a gander. find out more...

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...

Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
High production values and a fine ensemble cast: HBO knows how to do TV.

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