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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Black Adder The Third, Episode 1 - Dish And Dishonesty

Blackadder. Image shows left to right: Mr. Edmund Blackadder, Esquire (Rowan Atkinson), Mrs Miggins (Helen Atkinson-Wood)
The House of Commons, now led by William Pitt the Younger, sets out to bankrupt the Prince Regent. Blackadder has a plan to stop them, but it'll involve a rigged by-election and new MP - there's only one man for the job...

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Further details

The new Prime Minister, Pitt the Younger (age not quite yet 14), plans to bankrupt the Prince. As usual, Blackadder takes his master's side (and in this case his wallet as well).

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 17th September 1987
Time
9:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

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Tuesday 14th June 2011 11:00pm Gold
Wednesday 15th June 2011 1:20am Gold
Tuesday 19th July 2011 10:00pm Gold
Wednesday 20th July 2011 12:00am Gold
Wednesday 9th November 2011 8:40pm Gold
Wednesday 9th November 2011 11:20pm Gold
Sunday 25th December 2011 8:00pm BBC2
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Cast & crew

Cast
Rowan Atkinson Mr. Edmund Blackadder, Esquire
Tony Robinson Baldrick
Hugh Laurie Prince Regent
Helen Atkinson-Wood Mrs Miggins
Guest cast
Vincent Hanna Mr Vincent Hanna, his own great great great grandfather (Reporter)
Denis Lill Sir Talbot Buxomly
Simon Osborne Pitt the Younger
Geoffrey McGivern (as Geoff McGivern) Ivor Biggun
Dominic Martelli Pitt the Even Younger
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

Video

Prince George

Pitt the Younger arrives at the palace to confront the Prince.

Featuring: Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Edmund Blackadder, Esquire), Hugh Laurie (Prince Regent) & Simon Osborne (Pitt the Younger).

Press

When Blackadder turned election farce into comedy

"At last we can return to sanity. The mad hysteria is at an end. After the chaos of a general election, we can return to normal." So says Edmund Blackadder at the start of 'Dish and Dishonesty' - the very first episode of Blackadder The Third.

Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 5th June 2017

In praise of Blackadder the Third

It has now been a full quarter-century since the screening of Blackadder The Third. Under normal circumstances, the anniversary of the third series of anything would not be a cause for comment. Yet Blackadder is not a normal programme and the third series alone must rank as one of the best sitcoms of the Eighties in its own right.

Chris Hallam, , 21st April 2016

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