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Season: 1 | unknown
Year: 1982 | 1983 | 2004 | 2005


Season 1


Season 1, Episode 0: Original Pilot

1982


Rowan Atkinson ... Prince Edmund
John Savident ... The King
Elspet Gray ... The Queen
Robert Bathurst ... Prince Henry

Tim McInnerny ... Percy
Philip Fox ... Baldrick
Alex Norton ... McAngus
Simon Gipps-Kent ... Rudkin
Oengus MacNamara ... Jesuit
Patrick Allen ... Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Season 1, Episode 1: The Foretelling

15 June 1983
Prince Edmund (Black Adder) arrives late to the Battle of Bosworth Field, accidentally killing King Richard III, thinking he was stealing his horse.
Peter Cook ... Richard III
Brian Blessed ... Richard IV
Peter Benson ... Henry VII
Robert East ... Harry, Prince of Wales

Rowan Atkinson ... Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh

Tim McInnerny ... Percy, Duke of Northumberland
Elspet Gray ... The Queen
Philip Kendall ... Painter
Kathleen St. John ... Goneril
Barbara Miller ... Regan
Gretchen Franklin ... Cordelia
Tony Robinson ... Baldrick
Patrick Allen ... Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jay Bura ... Prince in the Tower (uncredited)
Tan Bura ... Prince in the Tower (uncredited)
Terry Duran ... Guard (uncredited)
David Fieldsend ... King's Knight (uncredited)
Stephen Gressieux ... Lord (uncredited)
Joan Hickson ... Witch (uncredited)

Season 1, Episode 2: Born to Be King

22 June 1983
When Edmund's Scottish lands are given to the King's Supreme Commander, Douglas McAngus, he plots revenge.

Rowan Atkinson ... The Laird of Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles
Brian Blessed ... Richard XII of Scotland
Alex Norton ... McAngus, Duke of Argyll

Tim McInnerny ... Percy, Duke of Northumberland
Elspet Gray ... Gertrude, Queen of Flanders
Robert East ... Harry, Prince of Wales
Tony Robinson ... Baldrick, Bachelor of the Parish of Chigwell
Angus Deayton ... Jumping Jew of Jerusalem
Joolia Cappleman ... Celia, Countess of Cheltenham
Martin Clarke ... Sir Dominick Prique of Stratford
Martin Soan ... 2nd Wooferoonie
Malcolm Hardee ... 3rd Wooferoonie
David Nunn ... Messenger
Patrick Allen ... Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Gideon Kolb ... Jumping Jew (uncredited)

Season 1, Episode 3: The Archbishop

29 June 1983
Someone is assassinating the archbishops of England. Blackadder hopes that Harry will become the next archbishop of Canterbury, since this will make him the only heir of the throne. To his great surprise, the King chooses Blackadder instead...
Paul McDowell ... Herbert, Archbishop of Canterbury
Arthur Hewlett ... Godfrey, Archbishop of Canterbury / William, Bishop of London

Tim McInnerny ... Percy, Bishop of Ramsgate
Joyce Grant ... Mother Superior
Carolyn Colquhoun ... Sister Sara
Robert East ... Harry, Prince of Wales
Elspet Gray ... The Queen
William Russell ... The Duke of Winchester (as Russell Enoch)
Bert Parnaby ... Cain, A Peasant
Roy Evans ... Abel, A Peasant
David Nunn ... Messenger
Bill Wallis ... Sir Justin de Boinod
David Delve ... Sir George de Boeuf
Leslie Sands ... Lord Graveney
Tony Robinson ... Brother Baldrick
Brian Blessed ... King Richard IV

Rowan Atkinson ... Edmund, Archbishop of Canterbury
Patrick Allen ... Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Perry Benson ... Italian Priest (uncredited)
Joan Harsant ... Nun (uncredited)

Season 1, Episode 4: The Queen of Spain's Beard

6 July 1983
To dominate Northern Europe, King Richard arranges a marriage between his son Edmund and the Spanish Infanta.

Rowan Atkinson ... Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh
Brian Blessed ... King Richard IV
Elspet Gray ... The Queen
Robert East ... Harry, Prince of Wales

Tim McInnerny ... Percy
Tony Robinson ... Baldrick

Miriam Margolyes ... Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain

Jim Broadbent ... Don Speekingleesh, An Interpreter
Jane Freeman ... Mrs. Applebottom
John Rapley ... Rev. Lloyd
Howard Lew Lewis ... Mr. Applebottom
Stephen Tate ... Lord Chiswick
Kenn Wells ... 1st Messenger
Richard Mitchley ... 2nd Messenger
David Nunn ... 3rd & 4th Messengers
Willoughby Goddard ... Archbishop
Natasha King ... Princess Leia of Hungary
Harriet Keevil ... Lady on Ramparts
Patrick Allen ... Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Nicola Critcher ... Princess (uncredited)

Season 1, Episode 5: Witchsmeller Pursuivant

13 July 1983
When the plague rages through Europe everyone blames "witches". When Edmund fails a "test" everyone suddenly becomes his enemy.

Rowan Atkinson ... The Great Grumbledook
Frank Finlay ... The Witchsmeller Pursuivant
Elspet Gray ... The Witch Queen

Tim McInnerny ... Percy, A Witch
Tony Robinson ... Baldrick, A Witch
Richard Murdoch ... Ross, A Lord
Valentine Dyall ... Angus, A Lord
Peter Schofield ... Fife, A Lord
Stephen Frost ... Soft, A Guard
Mark Arden ... Anon, A Guard

Perry Benson ... Daft Ned, A Peasant
Bert Parnaby ... Dim Cain, A Peasant
Roy Evans ... Dumb Abel, A Peasant
Forbes Collins ... Dopey Jack, A Peasant
Patrick Duncan ... Officer, An Officer
Barbara Miller ... Jane Firkettle
Natasha King ... Princess Leia
Howard Lew Lewis ... Piers, A Yeoman
Sarah Thomas ... Mrs. Field, A Goodwife
Louise Gold ... Mrs. Tyler, A Goodwife
Brian Blessed ... Richard IV, A King
Robert East ... Harry, Prince of Wales
Patrick Allen ... Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Salo Gardner ... Devil (uncredited)

Season 1, Episode 6: The Black Seal

20 July 1983
When Edmund loses his title of Duke of Edinburgh, he snaps, fires Baldrick and Percy and hires some of the most cruel men in England; Sir Wilfred Death, Three-Fingered Pete, Guy de Glastonbury, Sean the Irish Bastard, Friar Bellows and Jack Large to help him take over the kingdom.
John Carlisle ... Murdered Lord
Bert Parnaby ... Cain, A Blind Beggar
Roy Evans ... Abel, A Blind Beggar
Forbes Collins ... Trusting Father
Des Webb ... Person of Unrestricted Growth
John Barrard ... Retired Morris Dancer
Rik Mayall ... Mad Gerald - Himself (as Mad Gerald)

Perry Benson ... Pigeon Vendor
Paul Brooke ... Friar Bellows
Big Mick ... Jack Large
Roger Sloman ... Three Fingered Pete

Patrick Malahide ... Guy of Glastonbury
John Hallam ... Sir Wilfred Death
Patrick Allen ... The Hawk
Ron Cook ... Sean, The Irish Bastard
Robert East ... Harry, Prince of Wales
Elspet Gray ... The Queen
Brian Blessed ... King Richard IV

Rowan Atkinson ... The Flat Adder
Tony Robinson ... Baldrick

Tim McInnerny ... Percy the Poisoner
Stephen Frost ... Soft, A Guard (uncredited)

Unknown Season


Ami and Amiability

28 September 2004

Private Plane

25 April 2005


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