Blackadder

1983–1989 · Ended · 4 seasons · 24 episodes · Comedy · United Kingdom

Creator Richard Curtis, Rowan Atkinson · Channel BBC One · Starring Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny

The most gripping sitcom since 1380.

Blackadder 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 Great War.
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Episodes

6 episodes · June 1983 – July 1983
  1. Episode 1: 1. The ForetellingJune 15, 1983 · 34 min
    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.
  2. Episode 2: 2. Born to Be KingJune 22, 1983 · 34 min
    With his father away at The Crusades, Edmund comes up with a plan to prove his brother is illegitimate, thus making him Prince Regent.
  3. Episode 3: 3. The ArchbishopJune 29, 1983 · 33 min
    Edmund is appointed to the post of Archbishop of Canterbury after the King has the last one killed.
  4. Episode 4: 4. The Queen of Spain's BeardJuly 6, 1983 · 34 min
    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.
  5. Episode 5: 5. Witchsmeller PursuivantJuly 13, 1983 · 30 min
    Percy and Baldrick are to be burned at the stake with Edmund, when he is accused of being a witch.
  6. Episode 6: 6. The Black SealJuly 20, 1983 · 31 min
    After the King takes away Edmund's title of Duke, he recruits the six most evil men in the land to take the crown by force.

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Film and series details

EPISODE LENGTH
32 minutes
FIRST AIRED
June 15, 1983
LAST AIRED
November 2, 1989
PRODUCTION COMPANY
BBC

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