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About British television comedy series, 1983–89
Genres comedy, historical, alternate history
Created by Rowan Atkinson, Richard Curtis
Written by Rowan Atkinson, Richard Curtis
Starring Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Miranda Richardson, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson
Music Howard Goodall
Length 4 seasons, 27 episodes, 30 min each
Network BBC One
Country United Kingdom
Links TMDB · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikipedia · Wikidata
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