Hugh Laurie is great; both in Black Adder and in Jeeves and Wooster, based on the P.G. Wodehouse stories. Stephen Fry is also another talented comic who also appears in both the Black Adder series and he played the butler Jeeves in Jeeves and Wooster.
Whoops - posted before I skimmed the rest of the discussion - it would appear folk have seen Blackadder. Another reminder, though - the marathon on the 24th. I'm setting my VCR - the only one I've seen in toto is Blackadder II.
Glad for the info, and glad to see another Hugh Laurie fan...