Blackadder

About Blackadder

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.

Blackadder is a comedy series made for BBC One. Rowan Atkinson appears as Captain Edmund Blackadder, Tony Robinson as Private S. Baldrick, Hugh Laurie as Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh, and Tim McInnerny as Captain Kevin Darling.

Its 4 seasons and 24 episodes aired between June 1983 and November 1989. That is around 6 episodes a season.

Shelv files it under aggressive, exhilarated, prince, and 16th century. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and BritBox. It scores 8.0 out of 10 from 587 TMDB voters and it carries a TV-PG rating.

Fawlty Towers, El Chavo del Ocho, and Only Fools and Horses make useful companions to Blackadder, all filed under absurd and amused.