Why It’s A Good Option for Game of Thrones fans: With all the intensity that comes with binging these programs, eventually you are going to want some comic relief and Black Adder, the brilliant cult comedy series set in feudal Britain and co-written by Atkinson (Mr. Bean, himself) and Love, Actually director Richard Curtis with a little inspiration from William Shakespeare, is exactly how Game of Thrones fans need of a good laugh can have their cake and eat it too… that is until the fourth season, which jumps ahead several extra centuries and puts the cast in the middle of World War II.
What It’s About: In the 14th Century, the self-centered, sniveling Duke of Edinburgh (Rowan Atkinson) struggles to usurp the throne from his father and brother through a series of bumbling schemes.