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This is an '''episode list''' of the [[British sitcom]] ''[[Blackadder]]''. Dates shown are original airdates on [[BBC1]].

==Series overview==
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| link0S     = List of Blackadder episodes#Pilot
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| link1      = List of Blackadder episodes#Series 1: The Black Adder (1983)
| episodes1  = 6
| start1     = {{Start date|1983|6|15|df=yes}}
| end1       = {{End date|1983|7|20|df=yes}}

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| link2      = List of Blackadder episodes#Series 2: Blackadder II (1986)
| episodes2  = 6
| 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)
| episodes3  = 6
| 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)
| episodes4  = 6
| start4     = {{Start date|1989|9|28|df=yes}}
| end4       = {{End date|1989|11|02|df=yes}}

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| link4S     = List of Blackadder episodes#Specials
| linkT4S    = Specials
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| start4S    = {{Start date|1988|2|5|df=yes}}
| end4S      = {{Start date|1999|12|31|df=yes}}
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==Episodes==
===Pilot===
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{{Episode list
 |Title=[[The Black Adder (Blackadder)|The Black Adder]]
 |DirectedBy=[[Geoff Posner]]
 |WrittenBy=[[Richard Curtis]] & [[Rowan Atkinson]] 
 |ShortSummary=The pilot of ''The Black Adder'' was not broadcast until 2023; the story-line was also used for 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 [[BBC1]] on Wednesdays, 21:25 – 22:00.<ref name="Ba1">{{cite web|title=BBC Programme Index - The Black Adder|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0b66a62d0b1309d9abc0ca807e422b9d|publisher=BBC|accessdate=10 February 2025}}</ref> 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" />

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===Series 2: ''Blackadder II'' (1986)===
{{main|Blackadder II}}
The episodes in this series were originally shown on [[BBC1]] on Thursdays, 21:30 – 22:00.<ref name="BaII">{{cite web|title=BBC Programme Index - Blackadder II|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?filt=b006xxw7#top|publisher=BBC|accessdate=10 February 2025}}</ref> 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.

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===Series 3: ''Blackadder the Third'' (1987)===
{{main|Blackadder the Third}}
The episodes in this series were originally shown on [[BBC1]] on Thursdays, 21:30 – 22:00.<ref name="Ba3">{{cite web|title=BBC Programme Index - Blackadder the Third|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?filt=b00hxsl1#top|publisher=BBC|accessdate=10 February 2025}}</ref> The episode titles use [[alliteration]] in parody of the titles of [[Jane Austen|Jane Austen's]] novels ''[[Sense and Sensibility]]'' and ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''.

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===Series 4: ''Blackadder Goes Forth'' (1989)===
{{main|Blackadder Goes Forth}}
The episodes in this series were originally shown on [[BBC1]] on Thursdays, 21:30 – 22:00.<ref name="Ba4">{{cite web|title=BBC Programme Index - Blackadder Goes Forth|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?filt=b00hxslf#top|publisher=BBC|accessdate=10 February 2025}}</ref> The episode titles are, with exception of the final episode, puns on [[military ranks]].

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===Specials===
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=1
 |Title=[[Blackadder: The Cavalier Years]]
 |DirectedBy=[[Richard Boden]]
 |WrittenBy=[[Richard Curtis]] & [[Ben Elton]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|2|5|df=yes}}<ref name="Batcy">{{cite web|title=BBC Programme Index - A Night of Comic Relief|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/af45bf6d6a83f41688f2dbfd18187ce7|publisher=BBC|accessdate=10 February 2025}}</ref>
 |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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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2
 |Title=[[Blackadder's Christmas Carol]]
 |DirectedBy=Richard Boden
 |WrittenBy=Richard Curtis & Ben Elton
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|12|23|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Programme Index - Blackadder's Christmas Carol|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5c154fde986f67669bf2a780053dfbd7|publisher=BBC|accessdate=10 February 2025}}</ref>
 |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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{{Episode list
 |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==

Blackadder and Baldrick, or one of them, have also appeared frequently as guests in other shows or live shows, often for charity. 

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{{Episode list
 |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|1988|11|18|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=https://www.blackadderhall.com/?page_id=370|title=Baldrick on Clown Court|date=13 October 2011}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
 |Title=Cooking with Baldrick on Blue Peter 
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 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|3|9|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Baldrick shares a recipe on a [[Blue Peter]] special. This short cameo was included on the bluray edition of Blackadder in 2023.
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 |Title=Baldrick on Smellovision (CBBC Comic Relief 1991) 
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 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1991|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Featured in this clip were Tony Robinson as Baldrick, Presenter Andy Peters and a puppet called the Samiad from a 1991 children's show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackadderhall.com/?page_id=373|title=Baldrick on Smellovision|date=18 June 2023}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
 |Title=Blackadder and the King's Birthday
 |WrittenBy=Ben Elton
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|11|14|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=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=https://www.blackadderhall.com/?p=884|title=New Blackadder Sketch Performed|date=29 November 2012}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
 |Title=Red Nose Day 2023
 |WrittenBy=Richard Curtis & Tony Robinson
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|03|17|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Baldrick returns alone to read “Balderella” about himself and Edmund Blackadder (absent) for the 2023 BBC Red Nose Day.
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==Retrospectives and documentaries==
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 |Title=Baldrick's Diary: A Blackadder In The Making
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|12|31|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=A featurette on the shooting of ''Back & Forth'', in the form a video diary narrated by Baldrick. It includes several deleted scenes from the movie. 
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{{Episode list
 |Title=Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|08|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 |website=[[IMDb]] |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 |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=13 December 2010}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
 |Title=Blackadder Rides Again
 |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=Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2023|06|15|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=[[Sir Tony Robinson]] introduces the first UK screening of the long-unaired pilot episode on [[Gold (British TV channel)|Gold]], and discusses its genesis with [[Richard Curtis]], [[Ben Elton]] and [[Howard Goodall]].
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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 Episode Guides]

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