Box set: Black Adder The Complete Collection

Blackadder III

(1987)

Comedy

/ Color / 176 mins

501450317420

In Collection
#877

8.3

Plot

Through four series and a few specials, Edmund Blackadder and his greasy sidekick Baldrick conjure up cunning plans as Edmund tries to take advantage of desperate times. These "situation tragedies" had obvious parallels from the Dark Ages to Elizabethan times, the rule of mad George III, and The Great War. Some character names from the first series are open to debate as they are shown in fancy script on screen, usually against unhelpful backgrounds.

Cast

	Rowan Atkinson	Edmund Blackadder
	Tony Robinson	Baldrick
	Stephen Fry	Melchett
	Miranda Richardson	Queen Elizabeth I
	Brian Blessed	Richard IV
	Tim McInnerny	Captain Kevin Darling, Percy
	Elspet Gray	The Queen
	Patsy Byrne	Nursie
	Hugh Laurie	George Colhurst St. Barleigh, The Prince Regent
	Robert East	Harry "Prince of Wales"
	Helen Atkinson-Wood	Mrs. Miggins

Episodes

Disc 01

Dish and Dishonesty

30 mins 17/09/1987

Blackadder becomes involved in politics by getting Baldrick elected MP, in an effort to stop the new Prime Minister, Pitt the Younger, from striking the Prince off the Civil List.

Director: Mandie Fletcher

Writer: Richard Curtis / Ben Elton

Guest starring: Vincent Hanna, Simon Osborne, Geoffrey McGivern, Dominic Martelli

Ink and Incapability

30 mins 24/09/1987

Blackadder has one weekend to rewrite a dictionary the Prince Regent is sponsoring after Baldrick burns the only copy.

Director: Mandie Fletcher

Writer: Richard Curtis / Ben Elton

Guest starring: Robbie Coltrane, Lee Cornes, Steve Steen, Jim Sweeney

Nob and Nobility

30 mins 01/10/1987

After the Scarlet Pimpernel gets high praises Blackadder makes a bet that he can go to France and rescue aristocrats, too.

Director: Mandie Fletcher

Writer: Richard Curtis / Ben Elton

Guest starring: Tim McInnerny, Nigel Planer

Sense and Senility

30 mins 08/10/1987

The Prince Regent hires a pair of actors to teach him to give better speeches and earn the people's respect after an anarchist tries to blow him up at the theatre.

Director: Mandie Fletcher

Writer: Richard Curtis / Ben Elton

Guest starring: Hugh Paddick, Kenneth Connor, Ben Elton

Amy and Amiability

30 mins 15/10/1987

After Parliament cuts off the Prince's money he decides to marry a rich lady who obtains her money by moonlighting as a notorious highwayman.

Director: Mandie Fletcher

Writer: Richard Curtis / Ben Elton

Guest starring: Warren Clarke, Barbara Thorne, Roger Avon, Miranda Richardson

Duel and Duality

30 mins 22/10/1987

The Duke of Wellington has challenged the Prince to a duel for seducing his daughters and the Prince offers Blackadder anything he wants to take his place.

Director: Mandie Fletcher

Writer: Richard Curtis / Ben Elton

Guest starring: Stephen Fry, Gertan Klauber

Edition Details

Series	Black Adder
Release Date	2005
Packaging	Custom Case
No. of Disks/Tapes	1

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