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Status
Ended
Release
1983 - 1989
Seasons / Eps
4 / 24
Streaming availability by country
"The most gripping sitcom since 1380."
Blackadder 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 Great War.
99 Cast Members
Rowan Atkinson
Edmund Blackadder
12 Episodes
Tony Robinson
Baldrick
18 Episodes
Tim McInnerny
Lord Percy
12 Episodes
Hugh Laurie
The Prince Regent
6 Episodes
Stephen Fry
Lord Melchett
6 Episodes
Miranda Richardson
Queen Elizabeth I
6 Episodes
Tony Aitken
Minstrel
6 Episodes
Patrick Allen
Narrator
6 Episodes
Brian Blessed
King Richard IV
6 Episodes
Elspet Gray
The Queen
6 Episodes
Robert East
Harry Prince of Wales
6 Episodes
Patsy Byrne
Nursie
6 Episodes
Helen Atkinson-Wood
Mrs. Miggins
6 Episodes
Stephen Frost
Soft, a Guard
2 Episodes
Rik Mayall
Squadron Commander Lord Flasheart
2 Episodes
Gabrielle Glaister
Driver Parkhurst
2 Episodes
Bill Wallis
Brigadier Smith
1 Episodes
Lee Cornes
Guard 2
1 Episodes
David Nunn
Messenger
3 Episodes
Roy Evans
Abel, a Peasant
1 Episodes
