The Black Adder

Genre: Comedy

Premiere: 1982

IMDB Rating: 8.4/10

Sessons: 1

Full Episodes: 7

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Full Show Summary

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.

Last Episode, 20 July 1983: Season 1, Episode 6: The Black Seal
When Edmund loses his title of Duke of Edinburgh, he snaps, fires Baldrick and Percy and hires some of the most cruel men in England; Sir Wilfred Death, Three-Fingered Pete, Guy de Glastonbury, Sean the Irish Bastard, Friar Bellows and Jack Large to help him take over the kingdom.

Episode Guide
Cast

Date Aired	The Black Adder Episodes
Season 1
1982	Season 1, Episode 0: Original Pilot
15 June 1983	Season 1, Episode 1: The Foretelling
22 June 1983	Season 1, Episode 2: Born to Be King
29 June 1983	Season 1, Episode 3: The Archbishop
6 July 1983	Season 1, Episode 4: The Queen of Spain's Beard
13 July 1983	Season 1, Episode 5: The Witchsmeller Pursuivant
20 July 1983	Season 1, Episode 6: The Black Seal