Blackadder

1983 • BBC

4.9

609 reviews

Rating

Eligible

Season 4 episodes (6)

1 Captain Cook

9/27/89

In the trenches on the front, Edmund vows that he's damned if he's doomed. When General Haig unveils his new strategy to move his drinks cabinet nearer to Berlin, Blackadder volunteers to be Official War Artist.

2 Corporal Punishment

10/4/89

In 13 years of service to King and Country, Edmund has faced danger - from tackling an over spiced curry in Nepal to confronting 200,000 grass-skirted men in Mombassa. But now he is truly in a pickle.

3 Major Star

10/11/89

Bad news reaches the trenches. The October Revolution in Moscow has produced three appalling results: a cease-fire by Russia, an offensive by Germany and a Charlie Chaplin impression by Baldrick.

4 Private Plane

10/18/89

Blackadder joins the Royal Flying Corps in order to escape the trenches. When he crashes behind the enemy lines with Baldrick, Lord Flashheart battles the Red Baron in order to rescue them.

5 General Hospital

10/25/89

Edmund is given three weeks to find a spy in the hospital. He takes this as an opportunity to get on with the lovely Nurse Mary and to spend the better portion of those weeks in bed.

6 Goodbyeee

11/1/89

Edmund and Lt. Barley share a nice rat stroganoff in their tent when word arrives that tomorrow morning the troops are going 'over the top'. Could a feigned bout of insanity put Edmund on the road to Calais?

About this show

Rowan Atkinson stars as the dastardly Edmund Blackadder in this acclaimed historical comedy. From the castles of medieval England to the trenches of World War One, the scheming Blackadder and his smelly servant, Baldrick, seriously lower the tone wherever they go. Many great men have played a part in shaping Britain's noble heritage. But Edmund Blackadder is not one of them. From coward to cad and back again, Blackadder brings his cunning plans and serpentine banter to British history through the ages.

Ratings and reviews

4.9

609 reviews

Lord Paul Richard Butler

December 19, 2015

One of BBC's best comedy shows I bought Blackadder because the price at the moment is great £12.99 why not buy the complete collection series1 - 4 and enjoy Blackadder

Luke Lawley

June 19, 2019

its £20 on iTunes. wait until this is in offer and it will be cheaper than iTunes. "The Black Adder" (season one) underrated in my opinion. all classic.

Tim Wells

April 16, 2017

One of the best TV Sitcoms ever made, with Blackadder II Blackadder Goes Fourth being the best two of the four series. Ranging from War of the Roses to WW1 the collection of four series looks at the 'forgotten' period between Richard III and Henry VII, life in the Elizabethan court, what went on Prince George's palace during George III's life and life in the trenches of World War 1, not to mention a brief visit to Victorian London where Edmund encounters a Christmas spirit.

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