Blackadder. Lord Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson). Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation.

Blackadder

Blackadder - Production Details

Blackadder. Captain Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson). Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation.

"The Blackadder dynasty has run through English history since time immemorial, seemingly always hampered by a Baldrick, and often a Percy and Melchett"

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Comedy Details
Comedy Type:TV Sitcom
Alternate Names:The Black Adder; Blackadder II; Black Adder The Third; Blackadder Goes Forth; Blackadder Back & Forth; Blackadder: The Cavalier Years; Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Tagline(s):The most gripping sitcom since 1380
Broadcast:Wed 15th June 1983 - Sun 1st October 2000  (BBC1)
Episode Count:28 (4 series)
Production Companies :British Broadcasting Corporation
Tiger Aspect Productions
Filming Locations:Filmed at BBC Television Centre.
Soundtrack:All original music composed by Howard Goodall. Closing theme to Blackadder Back & Forth sung by Giles Underwood.
Laugh Track:YES, Live Audience
Title Screen
Blackadder. Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation.
Blackadder. Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation.
Blackadder. Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation.
Blackadder. Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation.
Blackadder. Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh (Rowan Atkinson). Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation.
Blackadder. Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation.
Regular Cast
Rowan Atkinson ... Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh (Series 1)
Rowan Atkinson ... Lord Edmund Blackadder (Series 2)
Rowan Atkinson ... Mr. Edmund Blackadder, Esquire (Series 3)
Rowan Atkinson ... Ebenezer Blackadder (Series Special)
Rowan Atkinson ... Captain Edmund Blackadder (Series 4)
Rowan Atkinson ... Lord Edmund Blackadder V (Series Special)
Tony Robinson (I) ... Baldrick
Tim McInnerny ... Percy (Series 1-2)
Brian Blessed ... King Richard IV (Series 1)
Miranda Richardson ... Queen Elizabeth I (Series 2)
Stephen Fry ... Lord Melchett (Series 2)
Hugh Laurie ... Prince Regent (Series 3)
Stephen Fry ... General Melchett (Series 4)
Tim McInnerny ... Captain Kevin Darling (Series 4)
Hugh Laurie ... Lieutenant George Barleigh (Series 4)
Patsy Byrne ... Nursie (Series 2)
Robert East ... Harry, Prince of Wales (Series 1)
Elspet Gray ... The Queen (Series 1)
Helen Atkinson-Wood ... Mrs. Miggins (Series 3)
Writing Team
Richard Curtis ... Writer
Ben Elton ... Writer (Series 2-4)
Rowan Atkinson ... Writer (Series 1)
William Shakespeare (I) ... Writer (Additional Material) (Series 1)
Production Team
Mandie Fletcher ... Director (Series 2-3)
Martin Shardlow ... Director (Series 1)
Richard Boden ... Director (Series 4)
John Lloyd ... Producer
Antony Thorpe ... Production Design (Series 2-3)
Chris Hull ... Production Design (Series 1 & 4)
Howard Goodall ... Composer
Chris Wadsworth ... Editor (Series 2-4)
Mike Jackson ... Editor (Series 1)
Mykola Pawluk ... Editor (Series 1)
Other Cast / Crew
Patrick Allen ... Narrator (Series 1)

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