This
episode was remade (with a new cast) as Born to Be King . With his
father away at the Crusades, Edmund comes up with a plan to prove his
brother is illegitimate, thus making him Prince Regent.
Cast:
Rowan
Atkinson as The Black Adder John Savident as King Robert Bathurst as
Prince Henry Philip Fox as Baldrick Alex Norton as McAngus Simon
Gipps-Kent (as Rudkin Oengus Macnamara as Jesuit Tim McInnerny as Percy
Crew:
Written by
Richard Curtis & Rowan Atkinson, Music score composed by Howard
Goodall, Producer - John Lloyd, Director - Geoffrey Posner
Season One: The Black Adder
England
1485. Set during the really dark part of the Dark Ages, the first
season chronicles the wickedly funny misadventures of the terminally
treacherous Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh (alias The Black Adder). At his
side is the never faithful scalawag Baldrick, played by Tony Robinson.
The Black Adder's slimy reign of terror is about to begin in the most
gripping sitcom since 1380.
Cast:
Rowan
Atkinson as The Black Adder, with Tony Robinson as Baldrick, Brian
Blessed as Richard IV, Tim McInnerny as Percy, Elspet Gray as Queen and
Robert East as Prince Harry.
Crew:
Written by
Richard Curtis & Rowan Atkinson, Music score composed by Howard
Goodall, Producer - John Lloyd, Director - Martin Shardlow
The
Foretelling (1485) - BBC 1: 15th June 1983 From out of the swirling mists
of the Dark Ages comes a lone horseman cursed from youth by the
deformed haircut and sporting a particularly evil pair of tights.Edmund
accidentally kills King Richard III, making his father King while he
hides Henry Tudor in his room.
Special Guest: Peter Cook as Richard
III
Born
to be King (1486) - BBC 1: 6th July 1983 Treachery, murder and
Morris-dancing break out in all their full horror when an orange-faced
stranger arrives at court.With King Richard off to the crusades, Edmund
comes across evidence that casts doubt on Prince Harry's stature as
next in line to the throne.
Special Guest: Alex Norton as
McAngus, Duke of Argyll
The
Archbishop (1487) - BBC 1: 29th June 1983 The landscape is littered with
dead Archbishops of Canterbury. Edmund's cunning plan is to get his
deadliest rival appointed to the vacancy... Edmund is made the
Archbishop, which has not been a very safe office to hold, especially
when the King doesn't agree with the church.
Special Guest: Bill Wallis as Sir
Justin de Boinod
The
Queen of Spain's beard (1492) - BBC 1: 22nd June 1983 The King's international
treachery gives the hideous Edmund a chance to press his clammy body
against one of Europe 's most eligible princesses. In order to prevent
a war with Spain , Edmund must marry a Spanish Princess.
Special Guest: Miriam Margolyes as
Princess Maria & Jim Broadbent as Don Speekingleesh
Witchsmeller
Persuivant (1495) - BBC 1: 13th July 1983 The King is a bit under the
weather with the Black Death. Witchcraft is diagnosed by the Black
Adder and only one man can root it out. Edmund gets accused of being a
witch by a witchsmeller.
Special Guest: Frank Finlay as the witchsmeller
The Black Seal (1498) - BBC 1: 20th
July 1983
In a final gesture of defiance Edmund rides forth to seek out the Seven
Most Evil Men in the land and return with them to seize the throne.
Season Two:
Blackadder II
England 1558-1603. The nasty genes of
the Blackadder dynasty bubble back to the surface of history as Lord
Edmund swaggers around town with a big head and a small beard in search
of grace and favor from the stark, raving mad Queen Bess. Accompanied
by a small rabble of riff-raff, the black-hearted Baldrick and the
pea-brained Percy, the dastardly Lord Blackadder tarnishes the
reputation of England 's Golden Age.
Cast:
Rowan Atkinson as Lord Blackadder, with Tony Robinson
as Baldrick, Tim McInnerny as Percy, Miranda Richardson as Queenie,
Stephen Fry as Lord Melchett and Patsy Byrne as Nursie.
Crew:
Written by - Richard Curtis
and Ben Elton, , Music score composed by Howard Goodall Producer - John
Lloyd, Director - Mandie Fletcher
Episode
1: Bells - BBC 1: 9th January 1986 Served by a dungball in a dress
and accompanied by a bird-brained dimwit he can't shake off, Edmund,
bastard great, great grandson of the repulsive original, is reasonably
normal - until he met Bob.. Edmund falls in love with his new
man-servant (Gabrielle Glaister), who is really a girl in disguise.
Lord Flashheart turns up to spoil the wedding.
Also
Starring: Kate / Bob - Gabrielle
Glaister Lord Flasheart - Rik
Mayall
Episode
2: Head - BBC 1: 16th January 1986 Edmund, a newly-appointed
Minister in charge of Religious Genocide and Lord High Executioner,
finds himself in a spot of bother when he completely ruins Lord
Farrow's weekend by cutting off his head. Edmund is appointed Head
Executioner and accidently executes the wrong man, which causes a
slight problem when his wife is given permission by the Queen to see
him.
Episode
3: Potato - BBC 1: 23rd January 1986 Blackadder sets off unwillingly
to seek out new potatoes and to boldly go where Sir Rather-a-Wally
Raleigh has already gone before.. Sir Walter Raleigh (Simon Jones)
returns from exploring the New World . Edmund decides to do some
exploring to impress the Queen with the aid of Captain Rum.
Also
Starring:
Captain Rum - Tom Baker
Sir Walter Raleigh - Simon Jones
Episode
4: Money - BBC 1: 6th February 1986 Trouble is in store for Edmund
when the baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells drops by unexpectedly and
tries to shove a red hot poker up places where a cottan bud would be
kinder. The Bishop of Bath & Wells arrives to collect on a debt
that Edmund owes.
Also
Starring: Bishop of Bath &
Wells - Ronald Lacey
Episode
5: Beer - BBC 1: 13th February 1986 An embarrassing incident with a
turnip, an ostrich feather and a fanatically putitan aunt lead to a
right royal to-do in the Blackadder household. Edmund has his Aunt and
Uncle Whiteadder over for dinner, as well as hosting a drinking party
at the same time.
Also
Starring: Lady Whiteadder - Miriam
Margoyles Simon Partridge - Hugh
Laurie
Episode
6: Chains - BBC 1: 20th February 1986 Edmund is slightly
inconvenienced when a fat-headed German chamberpot boxes him up in a
chestful of iron spikes and leaves him to play charades with a crazed
Spanish interrogator. Edmund and Melchett are kidnapped by a German who
plans to overthrow England 's Queen.
Also
Starring: Prince Ludwig - Hugh
Laurie
Season Three:
Blackadder the Third
England
1768-1815. A time of great wealth, power and discovery - though not for
Edmund Blackadder Esq. The fortunes of the previously aristocratic
Blackadder family have slumped and Edmund is now butler and gentlemen's
gentlemen to the mini-brained Prince Regent.
Cast:
Rowan
Atkinson as Blackadder, with Tony Robinson as Baldrick and Hugh Laurie
as the Prince Regent.
Crew:
Written
by - Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, , Music score composed by Howard
Goodall, Producer - John Lloyd, Director - Mandie Fletcher
Episode
1: Dish & Dishonesty - BBC 1: on 17th September 1987 Blackadder takes on the task of
saving his master from bankruptcy. Unfortunately, attempts at
interfering in the democratic process don't quite go according to plan
as Baldrick is accidentally elevated to the House of Lords. Parliament
is about to cut off the Prince Regent's support and Edmund takes action
to save him.
Episode
2: Ink & Incapability - BBC 1: on 24th September 1987 When "thick as a whale omlette"
Prince George is approached by Doctor Johnson with a view to
patronising his new dictionary, Blackadder is, at first unimpressed.
But as Johson's enthusiasm for a novel by a certain "Getrude Perkins"
becomes clear, the royal butler's attitude changes. However, he hasn't
bargained for the monumentally brainless Baldrick. Dr. Samual Johnson
asks the Prince for support of his dictionary. which accidentally gets
used for firewood. Edmund must rewrite it before Dr. Johnson finds out.
Also
Starring: Dr. Samuel Johnson -
Robbie Coltrane
Episode
3: Nob & Nobility - BBC 1: on 1st October 1987 With Francophilia and Scarlet
Pimpernalia sweeping England following Blackadder's intense dislike for
anything Gallic seems somewhat out of place. But the lure of pecuniary
advantage can do strange things to a man's principles. Meanwhile the
Prince Regent his terrible trouble getting his trousers on. The Scarlet
Pimpernel is the talk of London , much to Edmunds chagrin. He is
captured by French revolutionaries and held captive.
Also
Starring: Lord Topper, fop - Mr.
Tim McInnerny Lord Smedley, fop - Mr.
Nigel Planer Ambassasor, a fearsome
revolutionary - Mr. Chris Barrie
Episode
4: Sense & Senility - BBC 1: on 8th October 1987 With anarchists lurking
everywhere, Blackadder suggests that it might be opportune for his
master to make a speech sympathetic to the proletariat. But when they
hire two actors to give Prince George some oratorical training, the
"mouse-brained" Baldrick apparently discovers an extravagant plot to
murder the Prince, who is wearing some very large trousers indeed. The
Prince Regent enlists the aid of two actors to help him write a speech.
But are the actors really anarchists?
Also
Starring:
Keanrick, thespian - Mr. Hugh Paddick
Mossop, thespian - Mr. Kenneth Connor
Anarchist - Mr. Ben Elton
Episode
5: Amy & Amiability - BBC 1: on 15th October 1987 Penury stalks the corridors of
the Royal Palace , and the only answer is a marriage of financial
convenience for the Prince Regent. Unfortunately that idea backfires
and Blackadder is forced into a highwayman's life with dogsbody,
Baldrick as his trusty steed. The Prince is low on cash and Edmund sets
out to find a suitable dowry for the Prince Regent to marry. Amy
Hardwood looks to be the answer.
Also
Starring: Amy Hardwood - Miranda
Richardson
Episode
6: Duel & Duality - BBC 1: on 22nd October 1987 Aftaer a night of debauchery
with the Duke of Wellington's two nieces, the Prince Regent is
challenged to a duel by the big-nosed general. During a momentary lapse
in semi-coherence, Baldrick thinks of a plan. The Prince Regent "soils"
two of the Duke of Wellington's nieces and is challenged to a duel.
Edmund volunteers to fight for the Prince and attempts to get his
cousin, McAdder to fill in for him.
Also
Starring: The Duke of Wellington -
Stephen Fry
The
Cavalier Years
(broadcast as part of Comic Relief - BBC1 - 9th of January 1988)
As the
only two loyalists to King Charles (sounding a lot like Prince
Charles), it is up to Blackadder and Baldrick to come up with a plan to
save the King from Oliver Cromwell's death sentence.
Cast:
Rowan
Atkinson , Tony Robinson & Stephen Fry
Crew:
Written
by - Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, Music score composed by Howard
Goodall, John Lloyd, Director - Richard Boden
Blackadder's Christmas Carrol
Dickens'
classic tale of kindness, t ruth and virtue completely mucked up and
ruined by having a member of the Blackadder family involved. Also
Baldrick, of course, the man you can rely on to turn a Chirstmas dinner
into a dog's dinner, as long as the dog isn't particularly fussy.
Stuffed with deeply horrid people (many of whom are gigantically fat)
and groaning with cartloads of seasonal bottom jokes, it manages to
squeeze in not only a Victorian Black Adder but also his famous
Elizabethan, Regency and Space Age relatives into a huge pie of
entertainment that will satisfy all but the most discriminating viewers.
Cast:
Rowan Atkinson , Tony Robinson , Hugh Laurie , Stephen Fry , Miranda
Richardson and Patsy Byrne with Robbie Coltrane (Spirit of
Christmas) Jim Broadbent (Prince Albert) Miriam Margolyes (Queen
Victoria) Denis Lill (Beadle) Pauline Melville (Mrs. Scatchit) Philip
Pope (Lord Nelson) Nicola Bryant (Millicent)
Crew:
Written
by - Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, Music score composed by Howard
Goodall, John Lloyd, Director - Richard Boden
Season
Four: Blackadder Goes Forth
The
Western Front 1917. There's disorder in the ranks when that numb-headed
ninny Captain Blackadder stumbles onto the battlefields of World War
One and discovers that people are trying to kill him. When he's not
dodging bullets - not to mention idiots - Blackadder makes a general
nuisance of himself. The British may be able to defeat the Germans, but
it's unlikely they'll ever survive a comic assault by Blackadder.
Cast: Rowan Atkinson as
Captain Edmund Blackadder, with Tony Robinson as Private Baldrick,
Stephen Fry as General Sir Anthony Hogmanay Melchett, Hugh Laurie as
Lieutenant The Honorable George Colthurst Saint Barleigh and Tim
McInnerny as Captain Kevin Darling.
Crew:
Written by - Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, , Music score composed by
Howard Goodall, Producer - John Lloyd, Director - Richard Boden
Episode
1 (Plan A): Captain Cook - BBC 1: on 28th September 1989 When General Haig unveils his
new strategy to move his drinks cabinet six inches closer to Berlin,
Blackadder volunteers to be Official War Artist. General Melchett is
looking for an artist for a special assignment.
Episode
2 (Plan B): Corporal Punishment - BBC 1: on 5th October 1989 Orders for Operation Insanity
arrive and Blackadder breaches regulations by eating the messenger. Can
the Flanders Pigeon Murderer avoid the firing squad? In avoiding orders
from Geneepisdes ral Melchett, Edmund eats a messenger pigeon, which
turns out to be a court-martial offense.
Episode
3 (Plan C): Major Star - BBC 1: on 12th October 1989
The Russian Revolution produced two more appalling results: an
offensive by Germany and a really offensive Charlie Chaplin impression
by Baldrick. In order to boost the troop's morale, Edmund organizes a
show with hopes of taking the revue to London .
Also
Starring:
Driver Parkhurst - Gabrielle Glaister
Episode 4 (Plan
D): Private Plane - BBC 1: on 19th October 1989 German machine guns in front,
British firing squads behind - the only way out is tiddly-up-up. Edmund
joins the Air Corp and crashes behind the enemy lines with Baldrick.
Lord Flashheart battles Baron von Richthoven (Adrian Edmondson) to
rescue him.
Also Starring:
Squadron Commander Lord Flasheart - Rik Mayall Baron
von Richtoven - Adrian Edmunson
Episode
5 (Plan E): General Hospital - BBC 1: on 26th October 1989 The secret of the Great Plan is
out. Ordered to find a spy in hospital, Blackadder spots a man with a
strong German accent, a beautiful nurse and a chance for three weeks in
bed. Edmund is assigned to find a spy in a hospital, which has a
beautiful nurse and a man with a strong German accent called "Smith".
Also
Starring: Nurse Mary - Miranda
Richardson Brigadier Smith - Bill
Wallis
Episode
6 (Plan F): Goodbyeee - BBC 1: on 2nd November 1989 Millions have died but the
troops have advanced no further than an asthmatic ant with some heavy
shopping. Now at last the final big push looms... The big push is
coming, so Edmund goes mad. Will a last minute call to Field Marshal
Haig save him?
Also
Starring: Field Marshall Dougie
Haig - Geoffrey Palmer
Blackadder:
Back & Forth Premiered 31-Dec-1999 at the Millennium
Dome in London . First shown on Sky One 1-Oct-2000
It's
New Year's Eve 1999, and Blackadder makes a bold claim to his
contemporaries. He claims Baldrick has built a time machine with which
Blackadder will get historical evidence. What no one knows is that
Baldrick really has invented a time machine, with one slight flaw. That
sends Blackadder and Baldrick on a millennium's worth of adventure.
Cast:
Rowan Atkinson , Tony Robinson , Hugh Laurie , Stephen Fry , Miranda
Richardson and Patsy Byrne with Robbie Coltrane (Spirit of
Christmas) Jim Broadbent (Prince Albert) Miriam Margolyes
Crew: Written by Richard Curtis & Ben
Elton, Music score composed by Howard Goodall, Director - Paul Weiland
