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Blackadder (1983)

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The most gripping sitcom since 1380.

Black Adder 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 First World War.

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Cast & Crew

Director
  • Profile picture of Rowan Atkinson
    Captain Edmund Blackadder Rowan Atkinson
  • Profile picture of Tony Robinson
    Private S. Baldrick Tony Robinson
  • Profile picture of Hugh Laurie
    Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh Hugh Laurie
  • Profile picture of Tim McInnerny
    Captain Kevin Darling Tim McInnerny
  • Profile picture of Stephen Fry
    General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett Stephen Fry
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Blackadder IV: Goes Forth

1989

6 episodes

Season 4 of Blackadder premiered on September 28, 1989

Blackadder, Baldrick and George, in a trench in Flanders during World War I, attempt to escape from the trenches to avoid certain death under the misguided command of General Melchett.

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  • sitcom
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