List of Blackadder episodes

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This is an '''episode list''' of the [[British sitcom]] ''[[Blackadder]]''. Dates shown are original airdates on [[BBC One]].

==Series overview==
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| link1 = List of Blackadder episodes#Series 1: The Black Adder (1983)
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| end1 = {{End date|1983|7|20|df=yes}}

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| link2 = List of Blackadder episodes#Series 2: Blackadder II (1986)
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| start2 = {{Start date|1986|1|9|df=yes}}
| end2 = {{End date|1986|2|20|df=yes}}

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| link3 = List of Blackadder episodes#Series 3: Blackadder the Third (1987)
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| start3 = {{Start date|1987|9|17|df=yes}}
| end3 = {{End date|1987|10|22|df=yes}}

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| link4 = List of Blackadder episodes#Series 4: Blackadder Goes Forth (1989)
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| start4 = {{Start date|1989|9|28|df=yes}}
| end4 = {{End date|1989|11|2|df=yes}}

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| end4S = {{Start date|1999|12|31|df=yes}}
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==Episodes==
===Unaired pilot===
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{{Episode list
|Title=[[The Black Adder (pilot episode)|The Black Adder]]
|DirectedBy=[[Geoff Posner]]
|WrittenBy=[[Richard Curtis]] & [[Rowan Atkinson]]
|ShortSummary=The pilot of ''The Black Adder'' was not broadcast, and was subsequently remade as the episode "Born to Be King."
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===Series 1: ''The Black Adder'' (1983)===
{{main|The Black Adder}}
The episodes in this series were originally shown on [[BBC One]] on Wednesday evenings, 21:25 – 22:00. Note: The "Ultimate Edition" DVD retains the broadcast order, which switched the second and fourth episodes as "Born to Be King" was not ready for transmission, despite on-screen dates continuing to identify the true order as "Born to Be King", "The Archbishop", "The Queen of Spain's Beard"<ref name="TBAeps2&4">The True History of the Black Adder, {{ISBN|978-1-8480-9346-1}}, pg125 & pg419-420</ref>

{{:The Black Adder}}


===Series 2: ''Blackadder II'' (1986)===
{{main|Blackadder II}}
The episodes in this series were originally shown on [[BBC One]] on Thursday evenings, 21:30 – 22:00. The episode titles are single word references to the theme of the episode: a wedding, executions, voyages of exploration, [[debt]], drinking [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]], and imprisonment, respectively.

{{:Blackadder II}}


===Series 3: ''Blackadder the Third'' (1987)===
{{main|Blackadder the Third}}
The episodes in this series were originally shown on [[BBC One]] on Thursday evenings, 21:30 – 22:00. The episode titles use [[alliteration]] in parody of the titles of [[Jane Austen|Jane Austen's]] novels ''[[Sense and Sensibility]]'' and ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''.

{{:Blackadder the Third}}


===Series 4: ''Blackadder Goes Forth'' (1989)===
{{main|Blackadder Goes Forth}}
The episodes in this series were originally shown on [[BBC One]] on Thursday evenings, 21:30 – 22:00. The episode titles are, with exception of the final episode, puns on [[military ranks]].

{{:Blackadder Goes Forth}}


===Specials===
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|Title=[[Blackadder: The Cavalier Years]]
|DirectedBy=[[Richard Boden]]
|WrittenBy=[[Richard Curtis]] & [[Ben Elton]]
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|2|5|df=yes}}
|ShortSummary=England is in [[English Civil War|civil war]], and Blackadder is harbouring the most wanted man in the country: [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]].
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|Title=[[Blackadder's Christmas Carol]]
|DirectedBy=Richard Boden
|WrittenBy=Richard Curtis & Ben Elton
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|12|23|df=yes}}
|ShortSummary=A parody of [[Charles Dickens]]' book ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''. As [[Christmas]] approaches, [[Ebenezer Blackadder]] gets a surprising meeting with the [[Ghost of Christmas Present]].
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|EpisodeNumber=3
|Title=[[Blackadder: Back & Forth]]
|DirectedBy=[[Paul Weiland]]
|WrittenBy=Richard Curtis & Ben Elton
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|12|31|df=yes}}
|ShortSummary=As the new [[millennium]] dawns, Blackadder tries to con his friends out of £30,000 with a fake [[time travel|time machine]] which, thanks to Baldrick, unexpectedly works up to a point.
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==Additional appearances==
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|Title=Woman's Hour Invasion
|WrittenBy=[[Richard Curtis]] & [[Ben Elton]]
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|9|28|df=yes}}
|ShortSummary=''[[Woman's Hour]]'' is a show on [[BBC Radio 4]] consisting of reports, interviews and debates aimed at women, and also includes short serials during the last quarter of the show. On one instance of the show, in 1988, Blackadder and Baldrick show up, travel back in time and talk to Shakespeare and others. The purpose of the "invasion" was to raise money for [[Children in Need]].<ref>[http://www.blackadderhall.com/specials/8.html ''The Woman's Hour Invasion'' at Blackadder Hall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414005223/http://www.blackadderhall.com/specials/8.html |date=14 April 2010 }} Retrieved 12 January 2008.</ref>
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{{Episode list
|Title=Children in Need
|WrittenBy=Richard Curtis & Ben Elton
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|Friday 18 November 1988|df=yes}}
|ShortSummary=[[Terry Wogan]] interviews Blackadder and Baldrick, both of which appear and behave as they are in series 3, with Blackadder insulting both Baldrick and Terry Wogan. This special cameo was done during a TV appeal for [[Children in Need]].<ref>J.F. Roberts, The True History of the Black Adder: The Unadulterated Tale of the Creation of a Comedy Legend (Preface publishing, 2000) 253-254.</ref>
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{{Episode list
|Title=Clown Court
|WrittenBy=Richard Curtis
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|df=yes}}
|ShortSummary=''Clown Court'' was an item on [[Noel's Saturday Roadshow]] in which [[Noel Edmonds]] presented blooper compilations in a mock court setting. Tony Robinson appeared as Baldrick, who stands accused of a number of bloopers from the third series, and is sentenced to death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blackadderhall.com/?p=370 |title=Clown Court on Blackadder Hall}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
|Title=Blackadder and the King's Birthday
|WrittenBy=Ben Elton
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|1|12|df=yes}}
|ShortSummary=A short sketch performed at the [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince of Wales']] 50th Birthday Gala. It featured Rowan Atkinson as Lord Blackadder and Stephen Fry as King [[Charles II of England|Charles II]]. Baldrick is mentioned as being Lord Blackadder's servant, but does not appear. The live-on-stage sketch was televised on [[ITV Network|ITV]] (in the UK) on 14 November 1998.<ref>[http://blackadderhall.com/specials/4.html ''The King's Birthday'' at Blackadder Hall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100318023742/http://www.blackadderhall.com/specials/4.html |date=18 March 2010 }}. Retrieved 12 January 2008.</ref>
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{{Episode list
|Title=Blackadder: The Army Years
|WrittenBy=Ben Elton
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|10|19|df=yes}}
|ShortSummary=A short monologue performed at the Dominion Theatre for the [[Royal Variety Performance]] 2000. It features Rowan Atkinson as the modern-day Lord Edmund Blackadder of Her Royal Highness's regiment of Shirkers, offering a proposal to restore England's glory by invading France. The sketch was written and introduced by Ben Elton, who was the compère of the evening.<ref>[http://blackadderhall.com/specials/1.html ''The Army Years'' at Blackadder Hall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329120041/http://www.blackadderhall.com/specials/1.html |date=29 March 2010 }}. Retrieved 12 January 2008.</ref>
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{{Episode list
|Title=The Jubilee Girl
|WrittenBy=Richard Curtis
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|12|29|df=yes}}
|ShortSummary=''The Jubilee Girl'' was a BBC special about the making of the [[Party at the Palace]], a concert held on the grounds of Buckingham Palace for [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]]. The concert had been reluctantly announced on the BBC by Sir Osmond Darling-Blackadder, Keeper of the Royal Lawn Sprinklers, and while he does not appear in connection with the actual concert, he makes a few brief appearances in ''The Jubilee Girl'' to provide a humouristic note.<ref>[http://blackadderhall.com/specials/6.html ''The Royal Gardner'' at Blackadder Hall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708012542/http://blackadderhall.com/specials/6.html |date=8 July 2011 }}. Retrieved 12 January 2008.</ref>
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{{Episode list
|Title=Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|8|df=yes}}
|ShortSummary=A 90-minute documentary produced by Tiger Aspect for UKTV Gold.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blackadderhall.com/blog/?p=71 |title=Blackadder Hall Blog |access-date=13 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718165655/http://www.blackadderhall.com/blog/?p=71 |archive-date=18 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
It featured interviews with most of the major cast members and other contributors, including Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, Miranda Richardson, Tim McInnerny and Tony Robinson and was narrated by comedian [[David Mitchell (comedian)|David Mitchell]]. Rowan Atkinson did not appear except in archival footage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1294977/ |title=IMDB page |access-date=13 December 2010}}</ref> It was followed by another hour with a compilation called 'Most Cunning Moments' where celebrities and invited guests vote on their favourite scenes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1294978/ |title=IMDB page |access-date=13 December 2010}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
|Title=Blackadder Rides Again
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|12|25|df=yes}}
|ShortSummary=A 60-minute documentary produced by Tiger Aspect for the BBC and broadcast on 25 December 2008, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the show. It featured interviews with all of the major cast members and other contributors, including Rowan Atkinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, Miranda Richardson, Tim McInnerny and Tony Robinson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk52/bbc_one.shtml#bbcone_blackadder |title=Press Office – Network TV Programme Information BBC ONE Weeks 52/53 |publisher=BBC |access-date=27 February 2009}}</ref> Rather than relying on 'talking head' interviews and clips from the show, the documentary included several pieces of rare, and even unseen material (behind the scenes clips, cut scenes from Series 1 etc.). It also reunited certain cast and crew members with their costumes, visited cast members on their current ventures, or took them to the original filming locations.
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{{Episode list
|Title=The Banking Crisis
|WrittenBy=Ben Elton
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|9|28|df=yes}}
|ShortSummary=A new Blackadder sketch about the banking crisis, performed at a special charity gala event "We Are Most Amused" in aid of the Prince’s Trust. Sir Edmund Blackadder is the chief executive of the Melchett, Melchett & Darling bank, who brings his gardener Sodoff Baldrick to an enquiry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blackadderhall.com/?p=884 |title=Report on Blackadder Hall}}</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120314075435/http://www.blackadderhall.com/?page_id=5 Blackadder Hall – The Series]
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/episodes

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