Blackadder

Blackadder is the name that encompassed four series of a BBC1 historical sitcom, along with several one-off installments.

All episodes starred Rowan Atkinson as antihero Edmund Blackadder and Tony Robinson as Blackadder’s dogsbody, Baldrick.

Each series was set in a different historical period with the two protagonists accompanied by different characters, though several reappear in one series or another, for example Melchett and Lord Flashheart.

The first series was written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, while subsequent episodes were written by Curtis and Ben Elton. The shows were produced by John Lloyd.

In 2000 the fourth series, Blackadder Goes Forth, ranked at 16 in the “100 Greatest British Television Programmes”, a list created by the British Film Institute. Also in the 2004 TV poll to find “Britain’s Best Sitcom”, Blackadder was voted the second-best British sitcom of all time, topped by Only Fools and Horses.

BLACKADDER INTRO

Black Adder Episodes

0 Pilot
1 The Foretelling
2 Born to Be King
3 The Archbishop
4 The Queen of Spain’s Beard
5 Witchsmeller Pursuivant
6 The Black Seal
7 Bells
8 Head
9 Potato
10 Money
11 Beer
12 Chains
13 Dish and Dishonesty
14 Ink and Incapability
15 Nob and Nobility
16 Sense and Senility
17 Amy and Amiability
18 Duel and Duality
19 A Christmas Carol
20 The Cavalier Years
21 Plan A: Captain Cook
22 Plan B: Corporal Punishment
23 Plan C: Major Star
24 Plan D: Private Plane
25 Plan E: General Hospital
26 Plan F: Goodbyeee
27 Back & Forth