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Episodes: All (7)

Season: 1
Year: 1982  |  1983

Season 1

Season 1, Episode 0: Original Pilot

Original Air Date—1982

Season 1, Episode 1: The Foretelling

Original Air Date—15 June 1983
Prince Edmund (Black Adder) arrives late to the Battle of Bosworth Field, accidentally killing King Richard III, thinking he was stealing his horse.

Season 1, Episode 2: Born to Be King

Original Air Date—22 June 1983
When Edmund's Scottish lands are given to the King's Supreme Commander, Douglas McAngus, he plots revenge.

Season 1, Episode 3: The Archbishop

Original Air Date—29 June 1983
Someone is assassinating the archbishops of England. Blackadder hopes that Harry will become the next archbishop of Canterbury, since this will make him the only heir of the throne. To his great surprise, the King chooses Blackadder instead...

Season 1, Episode 4: The Queen of Spain's Beard

Original Air Date—6 July 1983
To dominate Northern Europe, King Richard arranges a marriage between his son Edmund and the Spanish Infanta.

Season 1, Episode 5: The Witchsmeller Pursuivant

Original Air Date—13 July 1983
When the plague rages through Europe everyone blames "witches". When Edmund fails a "test" everyone suddenly becomes his enemy.

Season 1, Episode 6: The Black Seal

Original Air Date—20 July 1983
When Edmund loses his title of Duke of Edinburgh, he snaps, fires Baldrick and Percy and hires some of the most cruel men in England; Sir Wilfred Death, Three-Fingered Pete, Guy de Glastonbury, Sean the Irish Bastard, Friar Bellows and Jack Large to help him take over the kingdom.

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