Blackadder
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1983 - 2000
- 26 episodes (4 series)
The Blackadder dynasty has run through English history since time immemorial, seemingly always hampered by a Baldrick, and often a Percy and Melchett. Stars Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry and more.
- 1988 Specials, Christmas Special repeated tomorrow at 3:05am on BBC4
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Black Adder The Third, Episode 2 - Ink And Incapability
When Baldrick appears to have used the sole copy of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary as fuel in the Prince's fireplace, Blackadder fears for his life at the hands of Samuel and his enraged, opium-fiend friends. He immediately sets about trying to write a new one...
Further details
Dr. Samuel Johnson asks the Prince for support of his new enterprise, the Dictionary. When that work accidentally gets used for firewood, Edmund must re-write it before Dr. Johnson finds out.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 24th September 1987
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Rowan Atkinson | Mr. Edmund Blackadder, Esquire |
| Tony Robinson | Baldrick |
| Hugh Laurie | Prince Regent |
| Helen Atkinson-Wood | Mrs Miggins |
| Robbie Coltrane | Dr. Samuel Johnson |
| Lee Cornes | Shelley |
| Steve Steen | Byron |
| Jim Sweeney | Coleridge |
| Richard Curtis | Writer |
| Ben Elton | Writer |
| Mandie Fletcher | Director |
| John Lloyd | Producer |
| Chris Wadsworth | Editor |
| Antony Thorpe | Production Designer |
| Howard Goodall | Composer |