Home > Comedy > Blackadder >

Season 1

Watch on Prime Video

Blackadder Season 1

June. 15,1983

TV-PG

| Comedy War & Politics

Blackadder

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.

Watch Now

Watch on Prime Video

With 30 Day Free Trial!

Stream Now

Blackadder

1983 / TV-PG

Watch on Prime Video

Watch on HULU

Watch on Britbox

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.

Watch Trailer

Watch full TV online Watch Now

Cast

Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson

Producted By

BBC

Genres

Comedy War & Politics

Watch on Prime Video

With 30 Day Free Trial!

Stream Now

Blackadder Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Episode 6 - The Black Seal

First Aired: July. 20,1983

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.

Episode 5 - Witchsmeller Pursuivant

First Aired: July. 13,1983

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

Episode 4 - The Queen of Spain's Beard

First Aired: July. 06,1983

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.

Episode 3 - The Archbishop

First Aired: June. 29,1983

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

Episode 2 - Born to Be King

First Aired: June. 22,1983

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

Episode 1 - The Foretelling

First Aired: June. 15,1983

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.

Blackadder Season 1

Blackadder

Watch Trailer

Blackadder Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Free Trial Channels

Seasons

Similar titles