Blackadder: Season 1

The Black Adder 1983
TV-PG

  • 1983-06-14T13:30:00Z on BBC One
  • 32m
  • 3h 16m (6 episodes)
  • Australia
  • English
  • Comedy
Set in 1485, King Richard III has won the Battle of Bosworth Field, only to be unintentionally assassinated, and is succeeded by Richard IV, one of the Princes in the Tower. The series follows the exploits of Richard IV's unfavoured second son Edmund in his various attempts to increase his standing with his father and in the final episode his quest to overthrow him.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

1983-06-14T13:30:00Z

1x01 The Foretelling

Series Premiere

1x01 The Foretelling

  • 1983-06-14T13:30:00Z34m

After arriving late for the Battle of Bosworth Field, Edmund kills King Richard III (whom he thinks is stealing his horse) and secures the crown for his father.

1983-06-21T13:30:00Z

1x02 Born to Be King

1x02 Born to Be King

  • 1983-06-21T13:30:00Z34m

With his father away at the Crusades, Edmund comes up with a plan to prove his brother is illegitimate, thus making him Prince Regent.

1983-06-28T13:30:00Z

1x03 The Archbishop

1x03 The Archbishop

  • 1983-06-28T13:30:00Z33m

Edmund is appointed to the post of Archbishop of Canterbury after the king has the last one killed.

The King decides that Edmund should marry a Spanish Princess, who Edmund finds unattractive, in order to secure a treaty between Spain and England which will allow an invasion of France.

1983-07-12T13:30:00Z

1x05 Witchsmeller Pursuivant

Percy and Baldrick are to be burned at the stake with Edmund, when he is accused of being a witch.

Season Finale

1983-07-19T13:30:00Z

1x06 The Black Seal

Season Finale

1x06 The Black Seal

  • 1983-07-19T13:30:00Z31m

After the King takes away Edmund's title of Duke, he recruits the 6 most evil men in the land to take the crown by force.

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