Directed by:
Mandie FletcherComposer:
Howard GoodallCast:
Rowan Atkinson, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Miriam Margolyes, Rik Mayall, Tom Baker, William Hootkins (more)Episodes(6)
Plots(1)
In the Tudor court of Elizabeth I, Lord Edmund Blackadder strives to win Her Majesty's favour while attempting to avoid a grisly fate should he offend her. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Rowan Atkinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/033/165033086_b18a2e.jpg)
Rowan Atkinson
UK
Best series:
Mr Bean (1990) (series)
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987) (series)
Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979) (series)
![Tim McInnerny](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272622_fa824f.jpg)
Tim McInnerny
UK
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
Blackadder (1983) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
![Tony Robinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455627_77c354.jpg)
Tony Robinson
UK
Best series:
Blackadder (1983) (series)
The Young Ones (1982) (series)
Hotel Babylon (2006) (series)
![Miranda Richardson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/759/165759966_675a10.png)
Miranda Richardson
UK
Best series:
Blackadder (1983) (series)
And Then There Were None (2015) (series) - actor, a.f.
Good Omens (2019) (series)
![Stephen Fry](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/217/165217894_880f7f.jpg)
Stephen Fry
UK
Best series:
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987) (series)
Jeeves and Wooster (1990) (series)
It's a Sin (2021) (series)
![Hugh Laurie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/157/162157167_4debaa.png)
Hugh Laurie
UK
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
Friends (1994) (series)
House M.D. (2004) (series)
![Miriam Margolyes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271110_8ccac2.jpg)
Miriam Margolyes
UK
Best series:
Blackadder (1983) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
![Rik Mayall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/523/161523270_17601e.jpg)
Rik Mayall
UK
Best series:
Blackadder (1983) (series)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992) (series)
![Tom Baker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812422_aa32e6.jpg)
Tom Baker
UK
Best series:
Blackadder (1983) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series) - actor, a.f.
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
![William Hootkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505340_ebf81c.jpg)
William Hootkins
USA
Best series:
Blackadder (1983) (series)
Chancer (1990) (series)
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1994) (series)
![Lesley Nicol](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/510/160510969_b43e83.jpg)
Lesley Nicol
UK
Best series:
The Boys (2019) (series)
Mr Bates vs. The Post Office (2024) (series)
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
Holly De Jong
USA
Best series:
Blackadder (1983) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Bill (1984) (series)
![Sadie Shimmin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/824/159824906_fd850d.jpg)
Sadie Shimmin
Best series:
Silk (2011) (series)
Blackadder (1983) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
![Simon Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/780/160780287_f06f1c.jpg)
Simon Jones
UK
Best series:
Blackadder (1983) (series)
Oz (1997) (series)
Une lutte exemplaire (2017) (series)
![Patsy Byrne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/523/161523456_46e313.jpg)
Patsy Byrne
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
I, Claudius (1976) (series)
Blackadder (1983) (series)
![Gabrielle Glaister](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/363/161363751_ec9601.jpg)
Gabrielle Glaister
UK
Best series:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Blackadder (1983) (series) - actor, a.f.
Unforgotten (2015) (series)
![John Grillo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/523/161523316_973d05.jpg)
John Grillo
UK
Best series:
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987) (series)
Blackadder (1983) (series)
Cracker (1993) (series)
![Edward Jewesbury](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/523/161523455_1f523c.jpg)
Edward Jewesbury
UK
Best series:
Yes, Minister (1980) (series)
I, Claudius (1976) (series)
Blackadder (1983) (series)
![Tony Aitken](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/712/158712061_8d56f9.jpg)
Tony Aitken
UK
Best series:
Blackadder (1983) (series)
Keeping Up Appearances (1990) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Bill Wallis
UK
Best series:
Yes, Prime Minister (1986) (series)
House of Cards (1990) (series)
Blackadder (1983) (series)