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Blackadder Season 1 · Episode 1

The Foretelling

15th June 1983 34 mins Season 1 Episode 1

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.

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Season 1 · Episode 2

Born to Be King

With his father away at The Crusades, Edmund comes up with a plan to prove his brother is illegitimate, thus making him Prince Regent.
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Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Atkinson
Captain Edmund Blackadder
Tony Robinson
Tony Robinson
Private S. Baldrick
Hugh Laurie
Hugh Laurie
Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh
Tim McInnerny
Tim McInnerny
Captain Kevin Darling
Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry
General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett