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Airs Next: BBC-1 at Wednesday 8:00 PM (30 min.)
Status: Ended    Premiered: June 15, 1983    Last Aired: November 2, 1989
Show Category: Comedy
Welcome to the Black Adder guide. Through four series and a few specials, Edmund Blackadder and his greasy sidekick Baldrick conjure up cunning plans as Edmund tries to take advantage of desperate times. These "situation tragedies" had obvious parallels from the Dark Ages to Elizabethan times, the rule of mad George III, and The Great War. Some character names from the first...
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Last episode: Blackadder Back & Forth
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.
Aired: Friday December 31, 1999
27. (A Royal Birthday Celebration) Nov 14, 1998 0 Reviews 9.33
26. Plan F: Goodbyeee Nov 2, 1989 5 Reviews 9.85
25. Plan E: General Hospital Oct 26, 1989 0 Reviews 9.55
24. Plan D: Private Plane Oct 19, 1989 1 Review 9.49

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Cast

 
Stephen Fry - Lord Melchett [ 2 ]/King Charles [ Specials ]/General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett [ 4 ] (photos)
Helen Atkinson-Wood - Mrs. Miggins [ 3 ]
Robert East - Harry, Prince of Wales [ 1 ]
Tim McInnerny - Percy [ 1 & 2 ] /Captain Kevin Darling [ 4 ] (photos)
Patsy Byrne - Nursie
Patrick Allen - Narrator [ 1 ]
Miranda Richardson - Queen Elizabeth I
Hugh Laurie - as The Prince Regent George IV [ Christmas Special, series 3 ]/ Lieutenant the Honorable George Colthurst St. Banleigh [ series (photos)
Tony Robinson - Baldrick
Brian Blessed - Richard IV [ 1 ] (photos)
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Community Reviews (40)

 
9.5
Superb
"Classic"
Can't get much funnier than this!
Continue » Posted May 25, 2008 4:30 am PST
10.0
Perfect
"Classic"
Throughout its four seasons and various specials The story of the Black Adder remains as one of the top(if not the best)British comedies ever written. The performances by all the actors are just superb.
Continue » Posted Oct 26, 2007 1:53 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
"Personal favorite"
I have a cunning plan.....
Continue » Posted Aug 6, 2007 12:51 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
"Guilty pleasure"
There is always a Blackadder in History and our glimpses of Edmund Blackadder are hysterical.
Continue » Posted Aug 5, 2007 8:01 am PST
9.0
Superb
"Bring it back!"
Bloody Fantastic!!
Continue » Posted Aug 4, 2007 10:55 pm PST
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