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. Captain CookSeptember 28, 1989 · 29 minBlackadder tries painting and cooking as ploys to avoid the scheduled big push out of the trenches.
- Episode 2: 2. Corporal PunishmentOctober 5, 1989 · 29 minEdmund is sentenced to death by firing squad for shooting and eating the General's favourite carrier pigeon.
- Episode 3: 3. Major StarOctober 12, 1989 · 29 minBlackadder grabs yet another opportunity to return to England by organising a morale-raising music hall show, including Baldrick's Charlie Chaplin impersonation and George's appearance as a lady songstress who captures the General's heart.
- Episode 4: 4. Private PlaneOctober 19, 1989 · 29 minBlackadder and the boys join the Royal Air Corps, where they are promptly shot down behind enemy lines.
- Episode 5: 5. General HospitalOctober 26, 1989 · 28 minBlackadder is assigned to find the spy working out of the hospital.
- Episode 6: 6. GoodbyeeeNovember 2, 1989 · 30 minBlackadder tries everything he can think of to get sent back to England when orders come in to go over the top in the first charge against the Germans since 1914.
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Credits
- Rowan AtkinsonEdmund, Duke of Edinburgh · 24 episodes · Creator
- Tony RobinsonPrivate S. Baldrick · 24 episodes
- Tim McInnernyLord Topper · 19 episodes
- Hugh LaurieSimon Partridge · 14 episodes
- Stephen FryLord Melchett · 13 episodes
- Miranda RichardsonQueen Elizabeth I · 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
