
Black Adder The Third, Episode 2 - Ink And Incapability
When Baldrick appears to have used the sole copy of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary as fuel in the Prince's fireplace, Blackadder fears for his life at the hands of Samuel and his enraged, opium-fiend friends. He immediately sets about trying to write a new one...
Further details
Dr. Samuel Johnson asks the Prince for support of his new enterprise, the Dictionary. When that work accidentally gets used for firewood, Edmund must re-write it before Dr. Johnson finds out.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 24th September 1987
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Regular cast | |
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Rowan Atkinson | Mr. Edmund Blackadder, Esquire |
Tony Robinson | Baldrick |
Hugh Laurie | Prince Regent |
Helen Atkinson-Wood | Mrs. Miggins |
Guest cast | |
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Robbie Coltrane | Dr. Samuel Johnson |
Lee Cornes | Shelley |
Steve Steen | Byron |
Jim Sweeney | Coleridge |
Writing team | |
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Richard Curtis | Writer |
Ben Elton | Writer |
Production team | |
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Mandie Fletcher | Director |
John Lloyd | Producer |

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