Blackadder: The Black Adder

TV-PG

1983

Created by Richard Curtis, Rowan Atkinson
57%
87%
6 episodes
Comedy

Through four series and a few specials, Edmund Blackadder and his greasy sidekick Baldrick conjure up cunning plans as Edmund... More

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.

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Blackadder: The Black Adder episodes

The Foretelling

After arriving late for the Battle of Bosworth Field, Edmund... More kills King Richard III (whom he thinks is stealing his horse) and secures the crown for his father.

Born to Be King

With his father away at the Crusades, Edmund comes up... More with a plan to prove his brother is illegitimate, thus making him Prince Regent.

The Archbishop

Edmund is appointed to the post of Archbishop of Canterbury... More after the king has the last one killed.

The Queen of Spain's Beard

The King decides that Edmund should marry a Spanish Princess,... More who Edmund finds unattractive, in order to secure a treaty between Spain and England which will allow an invasion of France.