Black Adder I (1983)
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| Rowan Atkinson is deliciously twisted as the comic villain, Edmund Blackadder, in the premiere series of Britain's enormously popular comedy series. Set during the really dark part of the Dark Ages, it chronicles the wickedly funny misadventures of the terminally treacherous Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh, in the most gripping sitcom since 1380! The Foretelling Born To Be King The Archbishop The Queen Of Spain's Beard Witchsmeller Pursuivant The Black Seal |
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Editor's Note
The beginning of a long history of slime and swine in the shaping of Great Britain's heritage. Set during the Dark Ages, these are the comic misadventures of the terminally treacherous comic villain, Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh, alias the Black Adder (Rowan Atkinson). The first part includes three episodes,"The Foretelling," "Born to Be King" and "The Archbishop." The Black Adder continues his irreverent antics in the second part with three more episodes, "The Queen of Spain's Beard," "Witchsmeller Pursuivant," and "The Black Seal."
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Elspet Gray |
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Rowan Atkinson |
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Rik Mayall |
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Tim McInnerny |
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Brian Blessed |
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Tony Robinson |
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Peter Cook |
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Martin Shardlow - Director |
