
Blackadder
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
- Episode 1: 1. BellsJanuary 9, 1986 · 30 minBlackadder feels a funny attraction for his manservant and decides to marry when he discovers he is a she.
- Episode 2: 2. HeadJanuary 16, 1986 · 27 minAfter the Queen appoints Blackadder Lord High Executioner, he finds himself in trouble when the Queen pardons someone he executed ahead of schedule.
- Episode 3: 3. PotatoJanuary 23, 1986 · 30 minAfter Sir Walter Raleigh takes the Queen's fancy by bringing her a potato, Blackadder decides to become an explorer with the aid of a legless sea captain.
- Episode 4: 4. MoneyFebruary 5, 1986 · 30 minThe Queen hampers Blackadder's efforts to raise cash to pay off a debt to a sadistic bishop.
- Episode 5: 5. BeerFebruary 13, 1986 · 29 minBlackadder's rich and Puritanical aunt and uncle pay him a visit to discuss his inheritance the same night he has a beer-drinking contest.
- Episode 6: 6. ChainsFebruary 20, 1986 · 29 minBlackadder and Lord Melchett are kidnapped by a German spy right after the Queen decides she will pay no more ransom to kidnappers.
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Credits
- Rowan AtkinsonEdmund, Duke of Edinburgh · 24 episodes · Creator
- Tony RobinsonPrivate S. Baldrick · 24 episodes
- Tim McInnernyLord Percy · 19 episodes
- Hugh LaurieLieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh · 14 episodes
- Stephen FryThe Duke of Wellington · 13 episodes
- Miranda RichardsonNurse Mary · 8 episodes
- Richard CurtisCreator
- Ben EltonAnarchist · 1 episode · Creator
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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