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Blackadder

Blackadder

S1 · E1

IMDB:

8.0
Blackadder

Released

6/15/1983

Duration

0h 30m

Genre

Comedy

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie

Overview

Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of the First World War.

Episodes

The ForetellingEP 1Available

The Foretelling

34m6.9

After arriving late for the Battle of Bosworth Field, Edmund kills King Richard III (whom he thinks is stealing his horse) and secures the crown for his father.

Born to Be KingEP 2Available

Born to Be King

34m6.4

With his father away at the Crusades, Edmund comes up with a plan to prove his brother is illegitimate, thus making him Prince Regent.

The ArchbishopEP 3Available

The Archbishop

33m6.9

Edmund is appointed to the post of Archbishop of Canterbury after the king has the last one killed.

The Queen of Spain's BeardEP 4Available

The Queen of Spain's Beard

34m7.3

The King decides that Edmund should marry a Spanish Princess, who Edmund finds unattractive, in order to secure a treaty between Spain and England which will allow an invasion of France.

Witchsmeller PursuivantEP 5Available

Witchsmeller Pursuivant

30m6.6

Percy and Baldrick are to be burned at the stake with Edmund, when he is accused of being a witch.

The Black SealEP 6Available

The Black Seal

31m6.9

After the King takes away Edmund's title of Duke, he recruits the 6 most evil men in the land to take the crown by force.

Cast

Rowan Atkinson

Captain Edmund Blackadder

Rowan Atkinson

Tony Robinson

Private S. Baldrick

Tony Robinson

Hugh Laurie

Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh

Hugh Laurie

Tim McInnerny

Captain Kevin Darling

Tim McInnerny

Stephen Fry

General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett

Stephen Fry

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