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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:
Blackadder See more »Filming Locations:
BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK See more »Company Credits
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Throughout the series, the Messenger mimics the hand gestures of the person to whom he is speaking. 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
Opening tune singer: The sound of hoof beats 'cross the glade / Good folk, lock up your son and daughter / Beware the deadly flashing blade / Unless you want to end up shorter / Black Adder, Black Adder, he rides a pitch black steed / Black Adder, Black Adder, he's very bad indeed / Black: his gloves of finest mole / Black: his codpiece made of metal / His horse is blacker than a vole / His pot is blacker than his kettle / Black Adder, Black Adder, with many a cunning plan / Black Adder, Black Adder, you horrid ...See more »
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This gem of a mini-series (the first of four) is perhaps my all time favorite comedy show, next to "Fawlty Towers". IMHO the following three get consecutively worse, with "Blackadder II" also being very good and the last two pretty dull. Forget Mr. Bean, this is Rowan Atkinson doing what he does best: verbal, intelligent comedy!