Season 1

The Black Adder

Season 1

The Black Adder

Air date:1983-06-15
User score:
6.8
Number of episodes:6

Set in 1485, King Richard III has won the Battle of Bosworth Field, only to be unintentionally assassinated, and is succeeded by Richard IV, one of the Princes in the Tower. The series follows the exploits of Richard IV's unfavoured second son Edmund in his various attempts to increase his standing with his father and in the final episode his quest to overthrow him.

List of Episodes

S1E1

6.9

Air date: 1983-06-15

Runtime: 34 min

After arriving late for the Battle of Bosworth Field, Edmund kills King Richard III (whom he thinks is stealing his horse) and secures the crown for his father.

S1E2

6.5

Air date: 1983-06-22

Runtime: 34 min

With his father away at the Crusades, Edmund comes up with a plan to prove his brother is illegitimate, thus making him Prince Regent.

S1E3

6.9

Air date: 1983-06-29

Runtime: 33 min

Edmund is appointed to the post of Archbishop of Canterbury after the king has the last one killed.

S1E4

7.5

Air date: 1983-07-06

Runtime: 34 min

The King decides that Edmund should marry a Spanish Princess, who Edmund finds unattractive, in order to secure a treaty between Spain and England which will allow an invasion of France.