Blackadder(1983-1989)

The most gripping sitcom since 1380.

80

  • Comedy

Overview

Black Adder 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 First World War.

Cast

  • Rowan Atkinson

    Rowan Atkinson

    Edmund Blackadder

  • Tony Robinson

    Tony Robinson

    Baldrick

  • Tim McInnerny

    Tim McInnerny

    Lord Percy

  • Hugh Laurie

    Hugh Laurie

    The Prince Regent

  • Stephen Fry

    Stephen Fry

    General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett

  • Miranda Richardson

    Miranda Richardson

    Queen Elizabeth I

  • Tony Aitken

    Tony Aitken

    Minstrel

  • Patrick Allen

    Patrick Allen

    Narrator

  • Robert East

    Robert East

    Harry Prince of Wales

  • Brian Blessed

    Brian Blessed

    King Richard IV

  • Elspet Gray

    Elspet Gray

    The Queen

  • Patsy Byrne

    Patsy Byrne

    Nursie

  • Helen Atkinson-Wood

    Helen Atkinson-Wood

    Mrs. Miggins

  • Stephen Frost

    Stephen Frost

    Soft, a Guard

  • Rik Mayall

    Rik Mayall

    Squadron Commander Lord Flasheart

  • Gabrielle Glaister

    Gabrielle Glaister

    Driver Parkhurst

  • Bill Wallis

    Bill Wallis

    Brigadier Smith

  • Lee Cornes

    Lee Cornes

    Shelley

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Status

Ended

Seasons

4

Episodes

24

Last Air Date

Nov 2, 1989

Network

BBC One

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