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 Back & Forth

Blackadder. Image shows left to right: Lord Edmund Blackadder V (Rowan Atkinson), Baldrick (Tony Robinson). Credit: Tiger Aspect Productions
It's New Year's Eve 1999 and Lord Edmund Blackadder V is holding a dinner party for his four closest friends.

Further details

When a practical joke goes wrong and a 'time machine' constructed by Baldrick actually works, Edmund finds himself face-to-face with such historical luminaries as Elizabeth I, Robin Hood, William Shakespeare, and even a dinosaur.

Notes

This special episode was commissioned to be shown as a visitor attraction at The Millennium Dome, in a cinema venue run/sponsored by Sky. It was broadcast on Sky One in October, and received its first terrestrial broadcast on BBC One, on Sunday 21st April 2002 - for this a laughter track was added. (It had been due to air on Easter Sunday, at the end of March, but was postponed following the death of the Queen Mother.)

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 1st October 2000
Time
9pm
Channel
Sky One
Length
45 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Sunday 6th March 2011 11:00pm Gold
Wednesday 20th April 2011 9:15pm Gold
Wednesday 28th December 2011 8:50am Gold
Wednesday 28th December 2011 3:50pm Gold
Friday 16th March 2012 9:05pm Gold
Friday 16th March 2012 11:50pm Gold
Sunday 27th May 2012 8:30pm Gold
Monday 28th May 2012 3:35pm Gold
Saturday 14th July 2012 1:35pm Gold
Saturday 14th July 2012 8:15pm Gold
Friday 14th September 2012 9:00pm Gold
Saturday 15th September 2012 12:55am Gold
Thursday 1st November 2012 12:40am Gold
Thursday 1st November 2012 1:20pm Gold
Sunday 18th November 2012 11:00pm Gold
Monday 19th November 2012 2:15am Gold
Sunday 30th December 2012 1:15am Gold
Thursday 3rd January 2013 9:00pm Gold
Tuesday 9th April 2013 10:20pm Gold
Wednesday 10th April 2013 1:55am Gold
Friday 14th June 2013 11:00pm Gold
Saturday 13th July 2013 12:55am Gold
Tuesday 16th July 2013 5:10pm Gold
Saturday 31st August 2013 11:15pm Gold
Sunday 1st September 2013 1:50am Gold
Tuesday 23rd December 2014 4:00pm Gold
Friday 26th December 2014 5:15pm Gold
Saturday 7th March 2015 9:30am Gold
Monday 25th May 2015 1:00pm Gold
Monday 25th May 2015 5:55pm Gold
Friday 6th November 2015 9:15pm Gold
Monday 28th December 2015 9:00pm Dave
Thursday 21st January 2016 8:40pm Gold
Friday 22nd January 2016 1:20am Gold
Friday 22nd January 2016 1:55pm Gold
Saturday 6th February 2016 11:15am Gold
Wednesday 19th April 2017 10:05pm Yesterday
Thursday 20th April 2017 12:00pm Yesterday
Friday 22nd December 2023 5:45pm BBC2

Cast & crew

Cast
Tony Robinson Baldrick
Miranda Richardson Queen Elizabeth I
Stephen Fry Lord Melchett
Patsy Byrne Nursie
Guest cast
Rowan Atkinson Lord Edmund Blackadder V
Stephen Fry The Duke of Wellington
Stephen Fry All Melchetts
Hugh Laurie All Georges
Tim McInnerny All Darlings
Miranda Richardson All Elizabeths
Colin Firth William Shakespeare
Rik Mayall Robin Hood
Kate Moss Maid Marian
Crispin Harris Friar Tuck
Simon Russell Beale Napoleon
Jennie Bond Royal Reporter (Voice)
Writing team
Richard Curtis Writer
Ben Elton Writer
Production team
Paul Weiland Director
Sophie Clarke-Jervoise Producer
Peter Bennett-Jones Executive Producer
Geoffrey Perkins Executive Producer
Guy Bensley Editor
Howard Goodall Composer
Andrew Howe-Davies Production Designer

Press

A look back at Blackadder Back & Forth

As a reunion, and a Christmas special, I always thought that Blackadder Back & Forth was brilliant. Ultimately though, I can understand why people didn't want Blackadder's legacy damaged.

Rhianna Evans, Super Ink, 17th September 2019

Why Blackadder writers reinvented him after series one

35 years ago, it's fair to say that the now-beloved sitcom was a very different beast to begin with.

Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 13th June 2018

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