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.
Episode menu
Black Adder The Third, Episode 1 - Dish And Dishonesty
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
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
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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 |
Thursday 12th January 2012 | 10:40pm | Gold |
Friday 13th January 2012 | 6:40pm | Gold |
Sunday 19th February 2012 | 8:00am | Gold |
Wednesday 25th April 2012 | 10:20pm | Gold |
Thursday 26th April 2012 | 1:00am | Gold |
Thursday 6th September 2012 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Friday 7th September 2012 | 12:30am | Gold |
Sunday 14th October 2012 | 10:40pm | Gold |
Monday 15th October 2012 | 1:20am | Gold |
Friday 8th February 2013 | 8:20pm | Gold |
Friday 8th February 2013 | 11:40pm | Gold |
Tuesday 26th February 2013 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Wednesday 27th February 2013 | 1:00am | Gold |
Monday 10th June 2013 | 9:45pm | Gold |
Sunday 14th July 2013 | 10:00pm | BBC2 |
Sunday 14th July 2013 | 11:00pm | BBC2 Wales |
Wednesday 31st July 2013 | 8:40pm | Gold |
Thursday 1st August 2013 | 4:40pm | Gold |
Wednesday 2nd October 2013 | 10:20pm | Gold |
Thursday 3rd October 2013 | 7:40pm | Gold |
Wednesday 29th January 2014 | 9:40pm | Gold |
Saturday 5th April 2014 | 8:00pm | Gold |
Sunday 6th April 2014 | 4:00pm | Gold |
Wednesday 14th May 2014 | 9:40pm | Gold |
Thursday 15th May 2014 | 7:00pm | Gold |
Monday 4th August 2014 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Tuesday 5th August 2014 | 7:00pm | Gold |
Saturday 6th September 2014 | 2:55pm | Gold |
Monday 22nd September 2014 | 8:40pm | Gold |
Tuesday 23rd September 2014 | 12:40am | Gold |
Tuesday 13th January 2015 | 11:00pm | Gold |
Wednesday 14th January 2015 | 8:20pm | Gold |
Friday 17th April 2015 | 7:00pm | Gold |
Saturday 18th April 2015 | 10:10am | Gold |
Sunday 14th June 2015 | 12:00am | Dave |
Sunday 14th June 2015 | 9:00pm | Dave |
Saturday 20th June 2015 | 8:10am | Gold |
Monday 22nd June 2015 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Tuesday 23rd June 2015 | 5:40pm | Gold |
Thursday 24th September 2015 | 10:40pm | Gold |
Friday 25th September 2015 | 8:00pm | Gold |
Sunday 25th October 2015 | 9:40pm | Dave |
Monday 26th October 2015 | 7:40pm | Dave |
Wednesday 13th January 2016 | 8:00pm | Gold |
Thursday 14th January 2016 | 1:20pm | Gold |
Saturday 19th March 2016 | 5:00pm | Dave |
Sunday 20th March 2016 | 2:00pm | Dave |
Tuesday 10th May 2016 | 10:00pm | Yesterday |
Wednesday 11th May 2016 | 8:40pm | Yesterday |
Friday 28th October 2016 | 9:40pm | Gold |
Wednesday 14th December 2016 | 10:00pm | Yesterday |
Thursday 15th December 2016 | 8:00pm | Yesterday |
Tuesday 11th April 2017 | 10:25pm | Yesterday |
Wednesday 12th April 2017 | 12:20pm | Yesterday |
Tuesday 11th July 2017 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Tuesday 25th July 2017 | 10:40pm | Yesterday |
Wednesday 26th July 2017 | 3:40pm | Yesterday |
Wednesday 25th October 2017 | 10:40pm | Yesterday |
Thursday 26th October 2017 | 4:40pm | Yesterday |
Thursday 26th October 2017 | 10:40pm | Yesterday |
Saturday 18th November 2017 | 7:00pm | Gold |
Friday 9th March 2018 | 12:10am | Yesterday |
Friday 9th March 2018 | 10:20pm | Yesterday |
Monday 7th May 2018 | 10:40am | Gold |
Monday 7th May 2018 | 6:10pm | Gold |
Tuesday 23rd April 2019 | 11:50pm | Gold |
Wednesday 24th April 2019 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Tuesday 23rd July 2019 | 9:40pm | Gold |
Wednesday 24th July 2019 | 7:00pm | Gold |
Wednesday 7th August 2019 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Thursday 8th August 2019 | 5:40pm | Gold |
Wednesday 29th April 2020 | 11:00pm | Yesterday |
Thursday 30th April 2020 | 9:00pm | Yesterday |
Friday 4th September 2020 | 11:20pm | Gold |
Saturday 5th September 2020 | 2:20am | Gold |
Wednesday 13th January 2021 | 11:40am | Gold |
Wednesday 13th January 2021 | 6:20pm | Gold |
Wednesday 17th February 2021 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Thursday 18th February 2021 | 12:15am | Gold |
Thursday 18th February 2021 | 12:20pm | Gold |
Monday 24th May 2021 | 10:40pm | Gold |
Tuesday 25th May 2021 | 3:20am | Gold |
Tuesday 15th June 2021 | 12:00pm | Gold |
Tuesday 15th June 2021 | 4:00pm | Gold |
Tuesday 15th June 2021 | 10:40pm | Gold |
Friday 9th July 2021 | 11:50am | Gold |
Friday 9th July 2021 | 4:00pm | Gold |
Tuesday 3rd August 2021 | 12:00pm | Gold |
Tuesday 3rd August 2021 | 4:00pm | Gold |
Friday 12th November 2021 | 11:20am | Gold |
Friday 12th November 2021 | 4:00pm | Gold |
Sunday 29th January 2023 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Monday 27th February 2023 | 8:00pm | Gold |
Monday 19th June 2023 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Tuesday 20th June 2023 | 1:20am | Gold |
Saturday 24th June 2023 | 1:35am | Gold |
Saturday 24th June 2023 | 11:40pm | Gold |
Thursday 21st September 2023 | 7:00pm | Gold |
Friday 22nd September 2023 | 1:40pm | Gold |
Friday 22nd September 2023 | 6:20pm | Gold |
Saturday 4th November 2023 | 10:35pm | Gold |
Sunday 5th November 2023 | 1:25am | Gold |
Cast & crew
Rowan Atkinson | Mr. Edmund Blackadder, Esquire |
Tony Robinson | Baldrick |
Hugh Laurie | Prince Regent |
Helen Atkinson-Wood | Mrs Miggins |
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 |
Richard Curtis | Writer |
Ben Elton | Writer |
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 2017In 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