Blackadder

Blackadder

1983 · TV · Latest ep Nov 2, 1989

32 min per episode English Scripted Ended

585 votes

Comedy

Blackadder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of The Great War.

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Cast, directors & writers

Rowan Atkinson

Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh, Captain Edmund Blackadder, Edmund Blackadder · Writer

Tony Robinson

Private S. Baldrick, Baldrick

Brian Blessed

King Richard IV

Elspet Gray

The Queen

Robert East

Harry Prince of Wales

Patsy Byrne

Nursie

Helen Atkinson-Wood

Mrs. Miggins

Frank Finlay

The Witchsmeller Pursuivant

Patrick Malahide

Guy of Glastonbury

Alex Norton

McAngus, Duke of Argyll

Paul Brooke

Friar Bellows

Peter Cook

Richard III

Jim Broadbent

Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter

Tim McInnerny

Lord Topper, Captain Kevin Darling, Lord Percy

Hugh Laurie

The Prince Regent, Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh, Prince Ludwig

Stephen Fry

General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett, The Duke of Wellington, Lord Melchett

Tony Aitken

Mad Beggar, Minstrel

Patrick Allen

Narrator, The Hawk

Miriam Margolyes

Lady Whiteadder, Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain

Miranda Richardson

Queen Elizabeth I, Amy Hardwood, the elusive shadow, Nurse Mary

Mandie Fletcher

Director

Richard Boden

Director

Martin Shardlow

Director

Richard Curtis

Writer

Ben Elton

Writer

Keywords

england civil war servant world war i prince army queen elizabeth i satire dark comedy middle ages (476-1453)sitcom aggressive 16th century absurd hilarious amused exhilarated cunning plan

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