# 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 | The Cavalier Years | Christmas Carol | Christmas Carol | Back & Forth | Back & Forth |
| Cast | Cast | Cast | External links | 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