Top rated Blackadder episodes
by ryvesj | created - 31 Aug 2016 | updated - 31 Aug 2016 | PublicA list of all Blackadder episodes ranked on their IMDB user rating
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1. Blackadder Back & Forth (1999)
33 min | Short, Comedy, History
At a New Millennium Eve party, Blackadder and Baldrick test their new time machine and ping pong through history encountering famous characters and changing events rather alarmingly.
Director: Paul Weiland | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
Votes: 15,792
2. Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (1988 TV Short)
15 min | Short, Comedy, History
Sir Edmund Blackadder must protect, and later rescue, King Charles I from the Roundheads.
Director: Mandie Fletcher | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Warren Clarke
Votes: 6,023
3. Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988 TV Movie)
43 min | Comedy, History
After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.
Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry
Votes: 13,959
4.
Blackadder II (1986)
Episode:
Bells
(1986)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Blackadder develops feelings for a woman posing as his male servant.
Director: Mandie Fletcher | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Miranda Richardson
Votes: 1,238
5.
Blackadder Goes Forth (1989)
Episode:
Goodbyeee
(1989)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War
Blackadder pretends that he's insane to avoid certain death carrying out the General's order for the "big push".
Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
Votes: 1,817
6.
Blackadder Goes Forth (1989)
Episode:
Private Plane
(1989)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, War
Blackadder and his friends join the Air Corps, wrongly believing it will be less dangerous than being in the trenches.
Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
Votes: 1,133
7.
Blackadder Goes Forth (1989)
Episode:
General Hospital
(1989)
TV-PG | 28 min | Comedy, War
The General asks Blackadder to find a spy in the hospital; one of the patients has a thick German accent and an interest in all things military.
Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
Votes: 1,090
8.
Blackadder Goes Forth (1989)
Episode:
Major Star
(1989)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, War
Blackadder sees an opportunity to escape the trenches by organizing a variety show as entertainment for the troops.
Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
Votes: 1,048
9.
Blackadder Goes Forth (1989)
Episode:
Corporal Punishment
(1989)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War
Blackadder hatches a cunning plan to avoid starvation and ignore his orders by eating a carrier pigeon.
Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
Votes: 1,182
10.
Blackadder Goes Forth (1989)
Episode:
Captain Cook
(1989)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War
Captain Blackadder spots an opportunity to get away from the trenches when General Melchett announces a painting competition for the cover of "King and Country" magazine.
Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
Votes: 1,086
11.
Blackadder the Third (1987)
Episode:
Nob and Nobility
(1987)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Blackadder seeks to prove he's just as capable of rescuing people from France as The Scarlet Pimpernel.
Director: Mandie Fletcher | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Helen Atkinson Wood
Votes: 985
12.
Blackadder the Third (1987)
Episode:
Amy and Amiability
(1987)
TV-PG | 27 min | Comedy
When Blackadder discovers that the Prince Regent is completely broke, he devises a plan to restore his fortunes through marriage.
Director: Mandie Fletcher | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Helen Atkinson Wood
Votes: 954
13.
Blackadder the Third (1987)
Episode:
Sense and Senility
(1987)
TV-PG | 27 min | Comedy
Following a failed assassination attempt, the Prince Regent hires two actors to tutor him in public speaking.
Director: Mandie Fletcher | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Hugh Paddick
Votes: 984
14.
Blackadder the Third (1987)
Episode:
Dish and Dishonesty
(1987)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Blackadder enters politics in an attempt to avoid Pitt the Younger from striking the Prince off the Civil List.
Director: Mandie Fletcher | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Helen Atkinson Wood
Votes: 1,066
15.
Blackadder the Third (1987)
Episode:
Ink and Incapability
(1987)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy
Baldrick burns the only copy of Samuel Johnson's dictionary, and Blackadder has only one weekend to rewrite it.
Director: Mandie Fletcher | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Robbie Coltrane
Votes: 1,093
16.
Blackadder the Third (1987)
Episode:
Duel and Duality
(1987)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy
Blackadder's militant cousin McAdder arrives in London as the Prince Regent seduces some relatives of the fiery Duke of Wellington.
Director: Mandie Fletcher | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Helen Atkinson Wood
Votes: 958
17.
Blackadder II (1986)
Episode:
Chains
(1986)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Blackadder and Melchett are kidnapped by a neurotic German spy just after the Queen announces she is sick of paying ransom to kidnappers.
Director: Mandie Fletcher | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Miranda Richardson
Votes: 1,021
18.
Blackadder II (1986)
Episode:
Beer
(1986)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Blackadder finds himself hosting a drinking competition on the same night he is entertaining his puritanical relatives.
Director: Mandie Fletcher | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Miranda Richardson
Votes: 1,118
19.
Blackadder II (1986)
Episode:
Money
(1986)
TV-PG | 27 min | Comedy
The president of the Bank of the Black Monks calls upon Blackadder in order to collect a £1000 debt.
Director: Mandie Fletcher | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Miranda Richardson
Votes: 1,046
20.
Blackadder II (1986)
Episode:
Head
(1986)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Edmund is "awarded" the post of Lord High Executioner, a position which frequently results in the loss of one's own head.
Director: Mandie Fletcher | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Miranda Richardson
Votes: 1,116
21.
Blackadder II (1986)
Episode:
Potato
(1986)
TV-PG | 27 min | Comedy
Edmund attempts to impress the Queen by embarking on his own voyage of discovery to the New World.
Director: Mandie Fletcher | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Miranda Richardson
Votes: 1,094
22.
Blackadder (1982–1983)
Episode:
The Black Seal
(1983)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Shardlow | Stars: John Carlisle, Bert Parnaby, Roy Evans, Forbes Collins
Votes: 984
23.
Blackadder (1982–1983)
Episode:
Witchsmeller Pursuivant
(1983)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
When the plague rages through Europe everyone blames "witches". When Edmund fails a "test" everyone suddenly becomes his enemy.
Director: Martin Shardlow | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Frank Finlay, Elspet Gray, Tim McInnerny
Votes: 986
24.
Blackadder (1982–1983)
Episode:
The Queen of Spain's Beard
(1983)
TV-PG | 33 min | Comedy
To dominate Northern Europe, King Richard arranges a marriage between his son Edmund and the Spanish Infanta.
Director: Martin Shardlow | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray, Robert East
Votes: 1,067
25.
Blackadder (1982–1983)
Episode:
The Archbishop
(1983)
TV-PG | 31 min | Comedy
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Shardlow | Stars: Paul McDowell, Arthur Hewlett, Tim McInnerny, Joyce Grant
Votes: 1,044
26.
Blackadder (1982–1983)
Episode:
Born to Be King
(1983)
TV-PG | 33 min | Comedy
When Edmund's Scottish lands are given to the King's Supreme Commander, Douglas McAngus, he plots revenge.
Director: Martin Shardlow | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Alex Norton, Tim McInnerny
Votes: 1,088
27.
Blackadder (1982–1983)
Episode:
The Foretelling
(1983)
TV-PG | 35 min | Comedy
Prince Edmund (Black Adder) arrives late to the Battle of Bosworth Field, accidentally killing King Richard III, thinking he was stealing his horse.
Director: Martin Shardlow | Stars: Peter Cook, Brian Blessed, Peter Benson, Robert East
Votes: 1,274
28. Blackadder (1982–1983)
TV-PG | 195 min | Comedy
In the Middle Ages, Prince Edmund the Black Adder constantly schemes and endeavors to seize the crown from his father and brother.
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray, Tim McInnerny
Votes: 41,056
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