Blackadder
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The medieval beginnings of a dynasty that grew funnier with each series. Peter Cook is the King, and Rowan Atkinson the man who fancies calling himself The Black Vegetable. [May contain strong language and adult humor, viewer discretion is advised]

  • Comedy
  • Year 1983 - 1989
  • 4 Seasons

The medieval beginnings of a dynasty that grew funnier with each series. Peter Cook is the King, and Rowan Atkinson the man who fancies calling himself The Black Vegetable. [May contain strong language and adult humor, viewer discretion is advised]

  1. Year: 1983
  • Blackadder S1 E1

    E1 • The Foretelling

    1. 33min
    2. TV-14
    3. CC
    4. HD

    Edmund accidentally kills King Richard III but, unexpectedly, the tragedy makes him a prince - so Edmund decides he now needs a more striking name for himself.

  • Blackadder S1 E2

    E2 • Born to Be King

    1. 33min
    2. TV-14
    3. CC
    4. HD

    With the king away fighting in the Crusades, the arrival of Lord Dougal McAngus provides Edmund with an opportunity to seize power.

  • Blackadder S1 E3

    E3 • The Archbishop

    1. 32min
    2. TV-14
    3. CC
    4. HD

    Edmund is less than pleased when he's appointed to the dangerous post of Archbishop of Canterbury. Can he avoid the sort of grisly fate that has befallen three previous incumbents?

  • Blackadder S1 E4

    E4 • The Queen of Spain's Beard

    1. 33min
    2. TV-14
    3. CC
    4. HD

    The King wishes to form an alliance between England and Spain, and insists that Edmund marries the Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain. Edmund is unimpressed by her lack of beauty.

  • Blackadder S1 E5

    E5 • Witchsmeller Pursuivant

    1. 30min
    2. TV-PG
    3. CC
    4. HD

    The cruel witchsmeller pursuivant is sent to root out the source of an outbreak of witchcraft - and quickly lays the blame on Edmund, Lord Percy and Baldrick.

  • Blackadder S1 E6

    E6 • The Black Seal

    1. 31min
    2. TV-14
    3. CC
    4. HD

    Edmund makes a pact with the six most evil men in the kingdom in a bid to seize power. But his plans are thrown into disarray by his nemesis, who imprisons him in a dungeon.

  • Cast
  • Rowan Atkinson

    Captain Blackadder

  • Tony Robinson

    Private Baldrick

  • Hugh Laurie

    Lieutenant George

  • Stephen Fry

    General Melchett

  • Tim McInnerny

    Captain Darling

  • Miranda Richardson

    Nurse Mary Fletcher-Brown

  • Bill Wallis

    Brigadier Smith

  • Jeremy Hardy

    Corporal Perkins

  • Stephen Frost

    Corporal Jones

  • Lee Cornes

    Private Fraser

  • Paul Mark Elliott

    Private Robinson

  • Jeremy Gittins

    Private Tipplewick

  • Tim McInnerny

    Captain Kevin Darling

  • Rik Mayall

    Flashheart

  • Adrian Edmondson

    Baron von Richthoven

  • Hugo E Blick

    Lieutenant von Gerhardt

  • Gabrielle Glaister

    Driver Parkhurst

  • Rowan Atkinson

    Blackadders

  • Tony Robinson

    Baldricks

  • Miranda Richardson

    Queen Elizabeth I

  • Stephen Fry

    Lord Melchett/Frondo

  • Hugh Laurie

    Prince Regent/Pigmet

  • Robbie Coltrane

    Spirit of Christmas

  • Miriam Margolyes

    Queen Victoria

  • Crew
  • Richard Boden

    Director