Blackadder (1982-1983)
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- TV-PG
- 30min
- Comedy
- TV Series
In the Middle Ages, Prince Edmund the Black Adder constantly schemes and endeavors to seize the crown from his father and brother.
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Series Cast Summary
| Rowan Atkinson | ... |
Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh
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(7 episodes, 1982-1983)
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| Elspet Gray | ... |
The Queen
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(7 episodes, 1982-1983)
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| Tim McInnerny | ... |
Percy
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(7 episodes, 1982-1983)
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| Brian Blessed | ... |
King Richard IV
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(6 episodes, 1983)
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| Tony Robinson | ... |
Baldrick
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(6 episodes, 1983)
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| Robert East | ... |
Harry, Prince of Wales
(6 episodes, 1983)
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| Patrick Allen | ... |
Narrator
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(6 episodes, 1983)
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Bert Parnaby | ... |
Cain, A Blind Beggar
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(3 episodes, 1983)
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Roy Evans | ... |
Abel, A Blind Beggar
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(3 episodes, 1983)
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David Nunn | ... |
Messenger
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(4 episodes, 1983)
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Perry Benson | ... |
Daft Ned, A Peasant
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(3 episodes, 1983)
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| Alex Norton | ... |
McAngus
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(2 episodes, 1982-1983)
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Forbes Collins | ... |
Dopey Jack, A Peasant
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(2 episodes, 1983)
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Barbara Miller | ... |
Jane Firkettle
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(2 episodes, 1983)
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Howard Lew Lewis | ... |
Mr. Applebottom
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(2 episodes, 1983)
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Natasha King | ... |
Princess Leia of Hungary
(3 episodes, 1983)
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| Stephen Frost | ... |
Soft, A Guard
(2 episodes, 1983)
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| Peter Cook | ... |
Richard III
(1 episode, 1983)
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John Carlisle | ... |
Murdered Lord
(1 episode, 1983)
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Paul McDowell | ... |
Herbert, Archbishop of Canterbury
(1 episode, 1983)
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| John Savident | ... |
The King
(1 episode, 1982)
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| Frank Finlay | ... |
The Witchsmeller Pursuivant
(1 episode, 1983)
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| Arthur Hewlett | ... |
Godfrey, Archbishop of Canterbury
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(1 episode, 1983)
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| Peter Benson | ... |
Henry VII
(1 episode, 1983)
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| Robert Bathurst | ... |
Prince Henry
(1 episode, 1982)
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Joyce Grant | ... |
Mother Superior
(1 episode, 1983)
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Carolyn Colquhoun | ... |
Sister Sara
(1 episode, 1983)
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Des Webb | ... |
Person of Unrestricted Growth
(1 episode, 1983)
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| Philip Fox | ... |
Baldrick
(1 episode, 1982)
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| Richard Murdoch | ... |
Ross, A Lord
(1 episode, 1983)
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| John Barrard | ... |
Retired Morris Dancer
(1 episode, 1983)
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| Miriam Margolyes | ... |
Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain
(1 episode, 1983)
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| Rik Mayall | ... |
Self - Mad Gerald
(1 episode, 1983)
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| Valentine Dyall | ... |
Angus, A Lord
(1 episode, 1983)
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Simon Gipps-Kent | ... |
Rudkin
(1 episode, 1982)
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| Jim Broadbent | ... |
Don Speekingleesh, An Interpreter
(1 episode, 1983)
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| William Russell | ... |
The Duke of Winchester
(1 episode, 1983)
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| Angus Deayton | ... |
Jumping Jew of Jerusalem
(1 episode, 1983)
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Peter Schofield | ... |
Fife, A Lord
(1 episode, 1983)
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Philip Kendall | ... |
Painter
(1 episode, 1983)
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| Oengus MacNamara | ... |
Jesuit
(1 episode, 1982)
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| Paul Brooke | ... |
Friar Bellows
(1 episode, 1983)
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| Jane Freeman | ... |
Mrs. Applebottom
(1 episode, 1983)
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Joolia Cappleman | ... |
Celia, Countess of Cheltenham
(1 episode, 1983)
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Kathleen St. John | ... |
Goneril
(1 episode, 1983)
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Mark Arden | ... |
Anon, A Guard
(1 episode, 1983)
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Mick Walter | ... |
Jack Large
(1 episode, 1983)
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John Rapley | ... |
Rev. Lloyd
(1 episode, 1983)
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Martin Clarke | ... |
Sir Dominick Prique of Stratford
(1 episode, 1983)
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Roger Sloman | ... |
Three Fingered Pete
(1 episode, 1983)
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Production Companies
Distributors
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1983) (United Kingdom) (tv) (original airing)
- ARTE (1995) (France) (tv) (French subtitles)
- Adult Swim (2002) (United States) (tv)
- BBC Video (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- BBC Video (United States) (DVD)
- ETV 2 (2020) (Estonia) (tv)
- Universal Music (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
- Video Audio Project (VAP) (1998) (Japan) (VHS)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
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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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Blackadder is based on Edmund, the antagonist of William Shakespeare's play "King Lear": a scheming illegitimate son of a king who plots to take the crown for himself. 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 » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in The Story of Bean (1997). See more » |
| Crazy Credits | There is a statement in the closing credits: "With additional dialogue by William Shakespeare." 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 little man. See more » |