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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 ...
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| Rowan Atkinson | ... | Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh / ... 7 episodes, 1982-1983 | |
| Elspet Gray | ... | The Queen / ... 7 episodes, 1982-1983 | |
| Tim McInnerny | ... | Percy / ... 7 episodes, 1982-1983 | |
| Patrick Allen | ... | Narrator / ... 7 episodes, 1982-1983 | |
| Brian Blessed | ... | King Richard IV / ... 6 episodes, 1983 | |
| Tony Robinson | ... | Baldrick / ... 6 episodes, 1983 | |
| Robert East | ... | Harry, Prince of Wales 6 episodes, 1983 | |
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Bert Parnaby | ... | Cain, A Blind Beggar / ... 3 episodes, 1983 |
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Roy Evans | ... | Abel, A Blind Beggar / ... 3 episodes, 1983 |
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David Nunn | ... | Messenger / ... 3 episodes, 1983 |
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Perry Benson | ... | Daft Ned, A Peasant / ... 3 episodes, 1983 |
| Alex Norton | ... | McAngus / ... 2 episodes, 1982-1983 | |
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Forbes Collins | ... | Dopey Jack, A Peasant / ... 2 episodes, 1983 |
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Barbara Miller | ... | Jane Firkettle / ... 2 episodes, 1983 |
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Howard Lew Lewis | ... | Mr. Applebottom / ... 2 episodes, 1983 |
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Natasha King | ... | Princess Leia of Hungary 2 episodes, 1983 |
| Stephen Frost | ... | Soft, A Guard 2 episodes, 1983 | |
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Set in England at the end of the War of the Roses, we soon find out that the history we know is a Tudor fiction. In fact, Henry VII did not actually win the battle of Bosworth Field; he lost and though Richard III died in the battle, his nephew King Richard IV (who certainly was not smothered while still a boy in the Tower of London) reigned on for some years. The story focuses on Richard IV's younger son Prince Edmund, a sniveling coward who calls himself the 'Black Adder'. Assisted by his grungy servant and the moronic Lord Percy, Edmund plots his rise to greatness. Written by Reid Gagle
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EnglishRelease Date:
20 June 1982 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK See more »Company Credits
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According to Rowan Atkinson, he had no idea how to play Blackadder right up to the point where the cameras were rolling for the first time; he didn't even know what voice to use for the character. See more »Goofs
Blackadder is throughout the series referred to as the Duke of Edinburgh, a title that was first bestowed by King George I in 1726, on his grandson, Prince Frederick Lewis, in the Peerage of Great Britain. In the 1480s, the King of England had no jurisdiction over Scotland, where Edinburgh is. Giving Edmund an anachronistic, geographically useless title is a joke, as explained in the DVD special features. See more »Quotes
Percy, Duke of Northumberland: Oh Edmund, can it be true that I hold in my hand a nugget of purest Green?See more »
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A ballad in mock praise of Blackadder plays over the closing credits. See more »
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(Entire series) I first saw Blackadder on PBS (in the US) in the late 1980's. I was hooked from the start. All episodes, throughout the first 3 series, are without a doubt the most clever programs ever written for television. The structure of the 4 original series (excluding Back & Forth) is brilliant - Edmund believes he is destined to be king of England; with each successive generation, though, his family drifts another stage further away from the crown, but ironically, with each generation the main character (Blackadder) is more intelligent, and had the family remained close to the crown he no doubt would have found a way to become king. My favorite series overall is Blackadder III, though this may be a result of my literary background and the use of literary themes in this series. I dare you to not laugh uncontrollably at "Sense and Senility".