Name: Blackadder
Released: 1983-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Stephen Fry, Miranda Richardson, Rowan Atkinson

TV Show · Comedy · Classics

Capt. Edmund Blackadder (played yet again by Rowan Atkinson) is dodging bullets in the trenches during World War I in this incarnation of the `Blackadder' series. Blackadder is aided in his attempts to stay alive by his batman, Private Baldrick, and the idealistic Lieutenant George, as they wait for a planned `big push' against the Germans on the Western Front.

1983 · 33m

Starring Stephen Fry, Miranda Richardson, Rowan Atkinson

Director Rowan Atkinson, Richard Curtis

EPISODE 1

The Foretelling

First series of the classic historical comedy about the venomous but luckless Black Adder.
EPISODE 2

Born to Be King

Treachery, murder and morris dancing break out when a stranger arrives at court.
EPISODE 3

The Archbishop

Edmund schemes to get his rival appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.
EPISODE 4

The Queen of Spain's Beard

Edmund is afforded the chance to make a move on one of Europe's most eligible princesses.
EPISODE 5

Witchsmeller Pursuivant

Witchcraft is suspected of causing the king to fall ill, and only one man can root it out.
EPISODE 6

The Black Seal

Edmund rides forth to seek out the seven most evil men in the land.