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Blackadder
The most gripping sitcom since 1380.
8.0 542
4 seasons
Comedy
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.
Seasons
Cast

Rowan Atkinson
Edmund Blackadder, Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh, Captain Edmund Blackadder

Tony Robinson
Baldrick, Private S. Baldrick

Tim McInnerny
Lord Percy, Captain Kevin Darling, Lord Topper

Hugh Laurie
Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh, The Prince Regent, Simon Partridge, Prince Ludwig

Stephen Fry
General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett, Lord Melchett, The Duke of Wellington

Miranda Richardson
Queen Elizabeth I, Nurse Mary, Amy Hardwood, the elusive shadow

Tony Aitken
Minstrel, Mad Beggar

Patrick Allen
Narrator, The Hawk

Brian Blessed
King Richard IV

Elspet Gray
The Queen

Robert East
Harry Prince of Wales

Patsy Byrne
Nursie

Helen Atkinson-Wood
Mrs. Miggins

Stephen Frost
Soft, a Guard, Corporal James

Rik Mayall
Squadron Commander Lord Flasheart, Mad Gerald

Gabrielle Glaister
Driver Parkhurst, Kate / Bob

Bill Wallis
Brigadier Smith, Sir Justin de Boinod, Gaoler Ploppy

Lee Cornes
Private Fraser, Shelley, Guard 2
D
David Nunn
Messenger
R
Roy Evans
Abel, a Peasant, Abel, a Bilind Beggar, Dumb Abel, a Peasant
B
Bert Parnaby
Cain, a Peasant, Cain, a Blind Beggar, Dim Cain, a Peasant

Miriam Margolyes
Lady Whiteadder, Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain
B
Barbara Miller
Wise Woman, Regan
P
Patrick Duncan
Earl Farrow, Officer, an Officer
M
Mark Arden
Anon, a Guard, Guard 1

Perry Benson
Pigeon Vendor, Daft Ned, a Peasant

Forbes Collins
Trusting Father, Dopey Jack, a Peasant

Frank Finlay
The Witchsmeller Pursuivant

Patrick Malahide
Guy of Glastonbury

Alex Norton
McAngus, Duke of Argyll

Paul Brooke
Friar Bellows

Peter Cook
Richard III

Jim Broadbent
Don Speekingleesh, an Interpreter

Ron Cook
Sean, the Irish

Tom Baker
Captain Rum

Ronald Lacey
Bishop of Bath & Wells

Simon Jones
Sir Walter Raleigh

Lesley Nicol
Mrs. Pants

Robbie Coltrane
Dr. Samuel Johnson

Nigel Planer
Lord Smedley

Hugh Paddick
Keanrick

Kenneth Connor
Mossup

Ben Elton
Anarchist

Warren Clarke
Mr. Hardwood
B
Barbara Horne
Sally Cheapside

Roger Avon
The Duke of Cheapside

Jeremy Hardy
Corporal Perkins

Jeremy Gittins
Private Tipplewick

Adrian Edmondson
Baron von Richtoven

Hugo Blick
Lieutenant von Gerhardt

Geoffrey Palmer
Field Marshal Haig

John Grillo
Dr. Leech

Edward Jewesbury
Kate's Father

Sadie Shimmin
Young Crone

Holly De Jong
Lady Farrow
L
Linda Polan
Mrs. Ploppy

Barry Craine
Mr. Pants

Cassie Stuart
Molly
J
John Pierce Jones
Arthur the Sailor
P
Philip Pope
Leonardo Acropolis
P
Piers Ibbotson
Messenger
R
Roger Blake
Geoffrey Piddle

William Hootkins
Monk
D
Daniel Thorndike
Lord Whiteadder
M
Max Harvey
Torturer
V
Vincent Hanna
Mr. Vincent Hanna

Denis Lill
Sir Talbot Buxomly
S
Simon Osborne
Pitt the Younger
D
Dominic Martelli
Pitt the Even Younger

Geoffrey McGivern
Ivor Biggun

Steve Steen
Byron

Chris Barrie
Ambassador, a fearsome revolutionary

Gertan Klauber
King George III

Paul Mark Elliott
Private Robinson

Peter Benson
Henry VII
K
Kathleen St John
Goneril

Gretchen Franklin
Cordelia

Angus Deayton
Jumping Jew of Jerusalem
J
Joolia Cappleman
Celia, Countess of Cheltenham
M
Martin Clarke
Sir Dominick Prique of Stratford

Arthur Hewlett
Godfrey, Archbishop of Canterbury / William, Bishop of London
P
Paul McDowell
Herbert, Archbishop of Canterbury
C
Carolyn Colquhoun
Sister Sara
J
Joyce Grant
Mother Superior
D
David Delve
Sir George de Boeuf

Leslie Sands
Lord Graveney

Jane Freeman
Mrs. Applebottom

Howard Lew Lewis
Mr. Applebottom
J
John Rapley
Rev. Lloyd
S
Stephen Tate
Lord Chiswick

Richard Murdoch
Ross, a Lord

Valentine Dyall
Angus, a Lord
P
Peter Schofield
Fife, a Lord

John Hallam
Sir Wilfred Death

Roger Sloman
Three Fingered Pete
J
John Barrard
Retired Morris Dancer

Des Webb
Person of Unrestricted Growth

John Carlisle
Murdered Lord

William Russell
The Duke of Winchester
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