The Blackadder

In this period sitcom, the first of the Blackadder sagas, following the death of Richard III, the little known Richard IV, father of the weasally Edmund the Blackadder, takes the throne. Edmund Blackadder in this incarnation was not the quick witted type we came to know and love but was a cowardly, sniveling loser and both Baldrick and Percy were more intelligent in this series. This series flopped badly and because it was very expensive to make there were to be no more episodes, but thanks to a bit of reworking the series came back three years later as the all conquering Blackadder II.

Production Details

UK / BBC Two / 6x30 Minute Episodes / Broadcast 15 June - 20 July 1983 Wednesdays at 9.25pm

Writers: Rowan Atkinson, Richard Curtis

Music: Howard Goodall

Producer: John Lloyd

Main Cast

Rowan Atkinson as Edmund

Tony Robinson as Baldrick

Tim Mcinnerny as Percy

Brian Blessed as Richard IV

Elspet Gray as Queen

Kip Ford

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Kip Ford is Editorial Director at TV Reference. His encyclopedic knowledge spans every era of television history, with particular expertise in British and American drama, crime, and the golden age of network TV.

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