Synopsis & Context
Blackadder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of The Great War.
Season Management
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- Blackadder
- Release
- June 15, 1983
- Screen Time
- 4 seasons · 32min/ep
- Rating
- TV-PG
- Direction
- Richard Curtis, Rowan Atkinson, Ben Elton
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Production Status
- Ended
Personas & Cast
Rowan Atkinson
Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh / Edmund Blackadder / Captain Edmund Blackadder
24 eps.
Tony Robinson
Private S. Baldrick / Baldrick
24 eps.
Tim McInnerny
Captain Kevin Darling / Lord Percy / Lord Topper
19 eps.
Hugh Laurie
Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh / The Prince Regent / Simon Partridge / Prince Ludwig
14 eps.
Stephen Fry
The Duke of Wellington / General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett / Lord Melchett
13 eps.
Miranda Richardson
Nurse Mary / Queen Elizabeth I / Amy Hardwood, the elusive shadow
8 eps.
Brian Blessed
King Richard IV
6 eps.
Elspet Gray
The Queen
6 eps.
Robert East
Harry Prince of Wales
6 eps.
Patsy Byrne
Nursie
6 eps.
Helen Atkinson-Wood
Mrs. Miggins
6 eps.
Tony Aitken
Mad Beggar / Minstrel
6 eps.
