Blackadder. Mr. Edmund Blackadder, Esquire (Rowan Atkinson)
Blackadder

Blackadder

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1983 - 2000
  • 26 episodes (4 series)

The Blackadder dynasty has run through English history since time immemorial, seemingly always hampered by a Baldrick, and often a Percy and Melchett. Stars Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry and more.

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Blackadder II, Episode 4 - Money

Blackadder. Image shows left to right: Lord Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson), Arthur the Sailor (John Pierce Jones), Baldrick (Tony Robinson). Credit: BBC
Blackadder is facing money troubles - or, as he puts it, 'cashflow problems' - that are far from helped when the notorious baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells arrives to call in a thousand-pound debt.

Further details

The Bishop of Bath & Wells arrives to collect on a debt that Edmund owes. The clergy of Elizabethan England could be ruthless in their methods of chastising their flock, which explains the red hot poker the Bishop is brandishing.

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 6th February 1986
Time
9:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

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Tuesday 7th June 2011 11:00pm Gold
Wednesday 8th June 2011 12:55am Gold
Sunday 16th October 2011 8:20pm Gold
Thursday 3rd November 2011 11:20pm Gold
Friday 4th November 2011 8:40pm Gold
Sunday 29th January 2012 10:20pm Gold
Thursday 2nd February 2012 10:40pm Gold
Friday 3rd February 2012 6:40pm Gold
Saturday 18th February 2012 2:15pm Gold
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Friday 20th April 2012 1:00am Gold
Tuesday 4th September 2012 9:40pm Gold
Wednesday 5th September 2012 1:05am Gold
Sunday 7th October 2012 11:00pm Gold
Monday 8th October 2012 2:05am Gold
Tuesday 5th February 2013 8:20pm Gold
Tuesday 5th February 2013 11:40pm Gold
Wednesday 12th June 2013 9:00pm Gold
Sunday 16th June 2013 10:00pm BBC2
Thursday 25th July 2013 8:40pm Gold
Friday 26th July 2013 4:40pm Gold
Wednesday 18th September 2013 10:20pm Gold
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Wednesday 30th April 2014 10:15pm Gold
Thursday 1st May 2014 7:40pm Gold
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Thursday 11th June 2015 8:20pm Gold
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Sunday 15th November 2015 9:00pm Dave
Monday 16th November 2015 7:00pm Dave
Monday 11th January 2016 8:40pm Gold
Tuesday 12th January 2016 2:00pm Gold
Monday 21st March 2016 11:20pm Yesterday
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Friday 21st October 2016 9:40pm Gold
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Thursday 21st March 2019 10:00pm BBC4
Tuesday 9th April 2019 10:55pm Gold
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Sunday 21st April 2019 1:00am BBC4
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Monday 1st July 2019 12:30am BBC4
Thursday 18th July 2019 9:40pm Gold
Friday 19th July 2019 7:00pm Gold
Wednesday 31st July 2019 12:00am BBC4
Saturday 7th September 2019 10:30pm Gold
Sunday 8th September 2019 5:15pm Gold
Thursday 12th September 2019 11:00pm BBC4
Wednesday 22nd April 2020 11:00pm Yesterday
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Wednesday 2nd September 2020 10:40pm Gold
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Saturday 5th December 2020 9:30pm BBC1
Friday 8th January 2021 12:20pm Gold
Friday 8th January 2021 6:20pm Gold
Monday 15th February 2021 9:30pm Gold
Tuesday 16th February 2021 1:00am Gold
Tuesday 16th February 2021 1:00pm Gold
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Wednesday 14th June 2023 9:40pm Gold
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Cast & crew

Cast
Rowan Atkinson Lord Edmund Blackadder
Tony Robinson Baldrick
Tim McInnerny Percy
Miranda Richardson Queen Elizabeth I
Stephen Fry Lord Melchett
Patsy Byrne Nursie
Guest cast
Ronald Lacey Bishop of Bath & Wells
Cassie Stuart Mollie
Lesley Nicol Mrs. Pants
John Pierce Jones Arthur the Sailor
Tony Aitken Mad Beggar
Philip Pope Leonardo Acropolis
Piers Ibbotson Messenger
Barry Craine Mr. Pants
Writing team
Richard Curtis Writer
Ben Elton Writer
Production team
Mandie Fletcher Director
John Lloyd Producer
Chris Wadsworth Editor
Antony Thorpe Production Designer
Howard Goodall Composer

Press

So Dominic Watt's research team at York University claim to have discovered 30 lost English words, amongs which is "slug-a-bed" (Opinion, 15 September)? Would this be the same "lost" word used in Blackadder II, wherein the titular character played by Rowan Atkinson rouses the Bishop of Bath and Wells from his drugged slumber with "Wakey, wakey, Bish. You clerics really are slug-a-beds"?

Mark Boyle, The Guardian, 9th September 2017

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