A review by sams84
Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty 1495-1917 by John Lloyd, Ben Elton, Richard Curtis

3.0

Now, don't get me wrong I am a huge fan of this series and ca't help but kill myself laughing whenever I watch them (even when I know what's going to happen), but I just couldn't get into the reading of this at all. I loved the extra scenes and lines that have been kept in comparison to the final cut and I really enjoyed the bonus material (especially the Index of Blackadder's Finest Insults) but I just find without the actual actors portraying these characters something is lost (this could just be my inability to really picture it as I read it, or the speed at which I read, who knows) and I just didn't find it as laugh out loud funny as the TV series itself. Having said that though, if you're one for reading scripts and other such material and/or and avid fan of the show I would certainly recommend you get stuck in.