Black Adder is excellent. Tony Robinson who played Baldrick moved on to producer and presenter in several historical documentary series. The longest series was Time Team, where he presented and participated in archaeological digs all across Britain. It lasted for 20 years. Presently in Britain, his newest series titled “Britain’s Great Cathedrals is airing.” It’s a shame that more British programs like this never make it to the U.S. The only way you can get them is to download them from torrent sites.
Youtube has a lot of them also.
Ah hah! Whenever "Time Team" was on I knew I recognized him but couldn't place where.
By the way, as a history buff I loved the premise of Time Team but it seemed that ever one I watched they had like one day to dig and were always "this close" to finding something important but ran out of daylight. "We did, however, find this button. It appears to be from a period 400 years later than we were seeking but isn't it interesting how things developed here?" Always left me a little disappointed.