Blackadder (1983)
Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of the First World War.
- Richard Curtis
- Ben Elton
- Rowan Atkinson
Stars:
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Episode 1 - Dish and Dishonesty
Release Date: 1987-09-17Blackadder becomes involved in politics by getting Baldrick elected MP, in an effort to stop the new Prime Minister, Pitt the Younger, from striking the Prince off the Civil List.
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Episode 2 - Ink and Incapability
Release Date: 1987-09-24Blackadder has one weekend to rewrite a dictionary the Prince Regent is sponsoring after Baldrick burns the only copy.
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Episode 3 - Nob and Nobility
Release Date: 1987-10-01After the Scarlet Pimpernel gets high praises Blackadder makes a bet that he can go to France and rescue aristocrats, too.
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Episode 4 - Sense and Senility
Release Date: 1987-10-08The Prince Regent hires a pair of actors to teach him to give better speeches and earn the people's respect after an anarchist tries to blow him up at the theatre.
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Episode 5 - Amy and Amiability
Release Date: 1987-10-15After Parliament cuts off the Prince's money he decides to marry a rich lady who obtains her money by moonlighting as a notorious highwayman.
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Episode 6 - Duel and Duality
Release Date: 1987-10-22The Duke of Wellington has challenged the Prince to a duel for seducing his daughters and the Prince offers Blackadder anything he wants to take his place.