Six BBC TV episodes starring Rowan Atkinson, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Tony Robinson.
BELLS
HEAD
POTATO
MONEY
BEER
CHAINS
England 1558 - 1603. The filthy genes of the Blackadder dynasty bubble to the surface of history's melting pot as Lord Edmund, arrogant peer-about-town, swaggers with a big head and small beard in search of grace and favour from the stark raving mad Queen Bess.
Listen as Lord Blackadder falls in love with a girl named Bob, takes over the job of executioner whilst almost losing his own head, schemes to raise £1,000 to pay off a perverted Bishop, goes on a far-off sea voyage to the remote country of France, and plays charades with a member of the Spanish Inquisition.
Accompanied by a small rabble of beruffed riff-raff - bottom-breath Baldrick and pea-brain Percy - the serpentine Lord Blackadder lowers the whole tone of England's Golden Age.
Written By
Richard Curtis and Ben Elton
SERIES FIRST BROADCAST
BBC1 15 June 1983
SERIES LAST BROADCAST
BBC1 2 November 1989
LAST SPECIAL
BBC1 21 April 2002
Music composed by Howard Goodall
BBC TV Directors Richard Boden and Mandie Fletcher
BBC TV Producer John Lloyd
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Publisher : Simply Audiobooks Publishing
Runtime : 54 minutes
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American
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Categories : Non Fiction
British
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Publisher : Simon & Schuster
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Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
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