Oct 25, 2014

On This Day - Oct. 25

1415 CE - The army of King Henry V of England defeats the French at the Battle of Agincourt near modern-day Azincourt, during the Hundred Years' War




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In the News




Quote of the Day
"If all men by nature desire to know, then they desire most of all the greatest knowledge of science". --Duns Scotus




Song of the Day
Artist - Oingo Boingo




Film of the Day
Director - Alan Parker




Wiki of the Day
Blackadder is the name that encompasses four series of a BBC 1 period British sitcom, along with several one-off installments. All television episodes starred Rowan Atkinson, as the anti-hero Edmund Blackadder, and Tony Robinson as Blackadder's dogsbodyBaldrick. Each series was set in a different historical period, with the two protagonists accompanied by different characters, though several reappear in one series or another, for example Melchett (Stephen Fry) and Lord Flashheart (Rik Mayall).
The first series titled The Black Adder was written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, while subsequent episodes were written by Curtis and Ben Elton. The shows were produced by John Lloyd. In 2000, the fourth series, Blackadder Goes Forth, ranked at 16 in the "100 Greatest British Television Programmes", a list created by the British Film Institute. Also in the 2004 TV poll to find "Britain's Best Sitcom", Blackadder was voted the second-best British sitcom of all time, topped by Only Fools and Horses. It was also ranked as the 20th-best TV show of all time by Empire magazine.[1]


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