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The Black Adder (1983)

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Rowan Atkinson Rowan Atkinson
 Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh / ... 7 episodes, 1983-2009
Elspet Gray Elspet Gray
 The Queen / ... 7 episodes, 1983-2009
Tim McInnerny Tim McInnerny
 Percy / ... 7 episodes, 1983-2009
Patrick Allen Patrick Allen
 Narrator / ... 1 episode, 1983-2009
Brian Blessed Brian Blessed
 King Richard IV / ... 6 episodes, 1983
Tony Robinson Tony Robinson
 Baldrick / ... 6 episodes, 1983
Robert East Robert East
 Harry, Prince of Wales 5 episodes, 1983
Roy Evans Roy Evans
 Abel, A Blind Beggar / ... 3 episodes, 1983


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Hilarious

16 years, 11 months ago at May 14 21:41
I watched this so long ago, and I remember I loved it. It was my first encounter with Rowan Atkinson, and I have to say this guy is freakin funny! I'd love to watch it again.
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Description: Set in England at the end of the War of the Roses, we soon find out that the history we know is a Tudor fiction. In fact, Henry VII did not actually win the battle of Bosworth Field; he lost and though Richard III died in the battle, his nephew King Richard IV (who certainly was not smothered while still a boy in the Tower of London) reigned on for some years. The story focuses on Richard IV's younger son Prince Edmund, a sniveling coward who calls himself the 'Black Adder'. Assisted by his grungy servant Baldrick and the moronic Lord Percy, Edmund plots his rise to greatness. (IMDB) ... (more)
Release date: 15 June 1983
UPC: 794051155924
Tags: Comedy (25), British (17), Historical (5), Sitcom (5), Black Adder (5), History (4), England (4), Rowan Atkinson (4), Shakespeare (4), Medieval (4), Period (3), 1983 (3), Duel (3), Character Name In Title (3), Decapitation (3), Foreign (2), 1980's (2), Marriage (2), 1980s (2), Nun (2)
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