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Blackadder

Tv

1983

7.9

Black Adder 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 First World War.

Overview:

Black Adder 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 First World War.

Tag Line:

The most gripping sitcom since 1380.

Genres:

Comedy

Tags:

england

civil war

servant

world war i

prince

army

queen elizabeth i

satire

dark comedy

middle ages (476-1453)

sitcom

aggressive

absurd

hilarious

amused

exhilarated

cunning plan

Tv Casts

Edmund Blackadder/Captain Edmund Blackadder/Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh

Baldrick/Private S. Baldrick

Lord Percy/Captain Kevin Darling/Lord Topper/Percy, Bishop of Ramsgate

Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh/The Prince Regent/Prince Ludwig/Simon Partridge

Lord Melchett/General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett/The Duke of Wellington

Miranda Richardson

Queen Elizabeth I/Amy Hardwood, the elusive shadow/Nurse Mary

Minstrel/Mad Beggar

Narrator/The Hawk

Harry Prince of Wales/Harry, Prince of Wales

King Richard IV

Helen Atkinson-Wood

Soft, a Guard/Corporal James

Squadron Commander Lord Flasheart/Mad Gerald

Gabrielle Glaister

Driver Parkhurst/Kate / Bob

Sir Justin de Boinod/Gaoler Ploppy/Brigadier Smith

Shelley/Guard 2/Private Fraser

Cain, a Blind Beggar/Dim Cain, a Peasant/Cain, a Peasant

Abel, a Bilind Beggar/Dumb Abel, a Peasant/Abel, a Peasant

Miriam Margolyes

Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain/Lady Whiteadder

Wise Woman/Regan

Officer, an Officer/Earl Farrow

Anon, a Guard/Guard 1

Daft Ned, a Peasant/Pigeon Vendor

Trusting Father/Dopey Jack, a Peasant

The Witchsmeller Pursuivant

Patrick Malahide

Guy of Glastonbury

McAngus, Duke of Argyll

Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter

Sean, the Irish

Bishop of Bath & Wells

Sir Walter Raleigh

Robbie Coltrane

Dr. Samuel Johnson

Sally Cheapside

The Duke of Cheapside

Corporal Perkins

Private Tipplewick

Adrian Edmondson

Baron von Richtoven

Lieutenant von Gerhardt

Geoffrey Palmer

Field Marshal Haig

Edward Jewesbury

John Pierce Jones

Arthur the Sailor

Leonardo Acropolis

Geoffrey Piddle

William Hootkins

Daniel Thorndike

Lord Whiteadder

Mr. Vincent Hanna

Sir Talbot Buxomly

Pitt the Younger

Dominic Martelli

Pitt the Even Younger

Geoffrey McGivern

Ambassador, a fearsome revolutionary

King George III

Paul Mark Elliott

Private Robinson

Kathleen St John

Gretchen Franklin

Jumping Jew of Jerusalem

Joolia Cappleman

Celia, Countess of Cheltenham

Sir Dominick Prique of Stratford

Godfrey, Archbishop of Canterbury / William, Bishop of London

Herbert, Archbishop of Canterbury

Carolyn Colquhoun

Mother Superior

Sir George de Boeuf

Mrs. Applebottom

Howard Lew Lewis

Mr. Applebottom

Richard Murdoch

Valentine Dyall

Peter Schofield

Sir Wilfred Death

Three Fingered Pete

Retired Morris Dancer

Person of Unrestricted Growth

William Russell

The Duke of Winchester