Blackadder

Blackadder (1983, 1986–89, 1999) is a television series which originally aired on BBC1 written by Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, and Rowan Atkinson. It traces members of the Blackadder dynasty and their associates through different periods of history.

The Black Adder:	The Foretelling	Born to be King	The Archbishop	The Queen of Spain's Beard	Witchsmeller Pursuivant	The Black Seal
Blackadder II:	Bells	Head	Potato	Money	Beer	Chains
Blackadder the Third:	Dish and Dishonesty	Ink and Incapability	Nob and Nobility	Sense and Senility	Amy and Amiability	Duel and Duality
Blackadder Goes Forth:	Captain Cook	Corporal Punishment	Major Star	Private Plane	General Hospital	Goodbyeee
Specials:	The Cavalier Years		Christmas Carol		Back & Forth
Cast			External links

Seasons

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

Series 4

Specials

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Blackadder: Back & Forth

Cast

The Black Adder

• Rowan Atkinson - Prince Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh
• Elspet Gray - The Queen
• Tim McInnerny - Percy
• Patrick Allen - Narrator
• Brian Blessed - King Richard IV
• Tony Robinson - Baldrick
• Robert East - Prince Harry, Prince of Wales

Blackadder II

• Rowan Atkinson - Lord Edmund Blackadder
• Tim McInnerny - Lord Percy
• Tony Robinson - Baldrick
• Miranda Richardson - Queen Elizabeth I
• Stephen Fry - Lord Melchett
• Patsy Byrne - Nursie
• Tony Aitken - Minstrel
• Rik Mayall - Lord Flashheart
• Hugh Laurie - Prince Ludwig
• Tom Baker - Capt. Rum

Blackadder the Third

• Rowan Atkinson - Edmund Blackadder, Esq
• Tony Robinson - Baldrick
• Hugh Laurie - The Prince Regent
• Helen Atkinson-Wood - Mrs. Miggins
• Stephen Fry - Duke of Wellington
• Tim McInnerny - The Scarlet Pimpernel
• Miranda Richardson - Amy Harwood

Blackadder Goes Forth

• Rowan Atkinson - Captain Edmund Blackadder
• Tony Robinson - Private Baldrick
• Hugh Laurie - Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh
• Stephen Fry - General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett
• Tim McInnerny - Captain Kevin Darling
• Miranda Richardson - Nurse Mary
• Rik Mayall - Lord Flasheart

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

• Rowan Atkinson - Sir Edmund Blackadder
• Tony Robinson - Baldrick
• Stephen Fry - King Charles I

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

• Rowan Atkinson - Ebenezer Blackadder / Lord Edmund Blackadder / Edmund Blackadder, Esq. / Grand Admiral Blackadder
• Tony Robinson - Baldrick / Baldrick / Sod-Off Baldrick / Baldrick
• Miranda Richardson - Queen Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX
• Stephen Fry - Lord Melchett / Lord Frondo
• Hugh Laurie - George, the Prince Regent / Lord Pigmot
• Robbie Coltrane - Spirit of Christmas
• Miriam Margolyes - Queen Victoria
• Jim Broadbent - Prince Albert
• Patsy Byrne - Nursie

Blackadder Back & Forth

• Rowan Atkinson - Lord Edmund Blackadder / King Edmund III / Centurion Blackaddicus
• Tony Robinson - Sod-Off Baldrick / Baldricus
• Miranda Richardson - Lady Elizabeth / Queen Elizabeth
• Tim McInnerny - Archdeacon Darling / Duc de Darling / Duke of Darling
• Hugh Laurie - Viscount George Bufton-Tufton / Consul Georgius
• Stephen Fry - Bishop Melchett / Melchett / General Flavius Melchius / The Duke of Wellington
• Rik Mayall - Robin Hood
• Colin Firth - William Shakespeare
• Kate Moss - Maid Marian / Queen Marian of Sherwood
• Patsy Byrne - Nursie
• Simon Russell Beale - Napoleon
• Jennie Bond - Royal Reporter
• Crispin Harris - Friar Tuck

External links

• BBC Comedy: Black Adder 1485–1917
• Blackadder Hall
• The British Sitcom Guide
• Blackadder - Scripts from all 4 seasons
• Black Adder, The (1983) quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Blackadder II (1986) quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Blackadder the Third (1987) quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Blackadder Goes Forth (1989) quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (1988) quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Blackadder Back & Forth (1999) quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Open Directory Project (ODP): Blackadder
• Powertie: A Blackadder Reference Site
• Blackadder Facts by Zanaq
• Blackadder Quotes and full scripts