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Series

Blackadder

1983 · 4 seasons · 24 episodes · Ended · BBC One

Comedy

TMDB 8.0 · 572 votes

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The most gripping sitcom since 1380.

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.

Episodes

  • S01E01The Foretelling1983-06-1534m

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

  • S01E02Born to Be King1983-06-2234m

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

  • S01E03The Archbishop1983-06-2933m

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

  • S01E04The Queen of Spain's Beard1983-07-0634m

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

  • S01E05Witchsmeller Pursuivant1983-07-1330m

    Percy and Baldrick are to be burned at the stake with Edmund, when he is accused of being a witch.

  • S01E06The Black Seal1983-07-2031m

    After the King takes away Edmund's title of Duke, he recruits the six most evil men in the land to take the crown by force.

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