This was followed by a second series, Blackadder II ( 1986 ) set during the reign of Elizabeth I, a third series Blackadder the Third ( 1987 ) set during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the reign of George III, and finally Blackadder Goes Forth ( 1989 ) in 1917, set in the trenches of the Great War.

Blackadder the Third is set in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a period known as the Regency.

She returned in guest roles in one episode each in Blackadder the Third and Blackadder Goes Forth.

She is well known for her role as Mrs Miggins in Blackadder the Third ( co-written by Ben Elton and Richard Curtis ).

Later series ( Blackadder II, Blackadder the Third, Blackadder Goes Forth ) moved the duo through history and switched the relationship: the Edmund Blackadder of Blackadder II was a brilliant schemer, whereas Baldrick had devolved into a buffoon whose catchphrase was " I have a cunning plan " ( which he rarely had ).

* In the episode " Dish and Dishonesty " of Blackadder the Third, Blackadder tells the Prince, who has been granted money by Parliament, to " take out the drawings for that beach hut at Brighton!

The latter Edmund became the de facto archetype ; nearly all subsequent Blackadders in the series were modelled after Edmund, Lord Blackadder, the exceptions being MacAdder, who appeared as a cameo in the finale of Blackadder the Third, and Ebenezer Blackadder, who initially began as the nicest man in England to the point of naivete but who gradually fell back into the standard persona.

* Mr. E. Blackadder-Regency ( Blackadder the Third )

* MacAdder-Regency-cousin of Blackadder ( Blackadder the Third )

Laurie appeared in the music videos for the 1986 single " Experiment IV " by Kate Bush, and the 1992 single " Walking on Broken Glass " by Annie Lennox, in full Georgian-period costume, a toned-down version of his Prince George character from Blackadder the Third, opposite John Malkovich, similarly reprising his role of the Vicomte Valmont from Dangerous Liaisons.

* A French revolutionary /" ambassador " in the Blackadder The Third episode " Nob And Nobility ".

It is mentioned in the BBC TV Comedy Series Blackadder the Third in the episode where the Prince Regent believes that the Duke of Wellington is after him.

As Blackadder the Third is set during the early 1800s, and the book was first published in 1881, this is an obvious historical anachronism.

The second series was the first to establish the familiar Blackadder character: cunning, shrewd and witty, in sharp contrast to the bumbling Prince Edmund of the first series.

In the series, E. Blackadder Esquire is the butler to the Prince Regent, the Prince of Wales ( the prince is played by Hugh Laurie as a complete fop and idiot ).

Another significant difference is that the character of Prince Edmund presented in the pilot is much closer to the intelligent, conniving Blackadder of the later series than the snivelling, weak buffoon of the original.

Sir Edmund Blackadder and his servant, Baldrick, are the last two men loyal to the defeated King Charles I of England ( played by Stephen Fry, portrayed as a soft-spoken, ineffective, slightly dim character, with the voice and mannerisms of Charles I's namesake, the current Prince of Wales ).

* The first series of the British sitcom Blackadder is set in a comic alternative history where the Princes in the Tower survived and grew to adulthood, Prince Richard assuming the throne as Richard IV upon Richard III's death at Bosworth Field.

The castle is popular with film-makers: Harry Potter ; Blackadder and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves are some of the films shot here.

It has previously been a location used in Becket, Blackadder ; Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and many others.

With the exception of the first Blackadder incarnation, Prince Edmund, each Blackadder is generally witty, charming and intelligent.

Prince Edmund ( Blackadder ) | Prince Edmund, " The Black Adder " ( Series 1 )

Prince Edmund is the first man in the dynasty to refer to himself as ' the Black Adder ' ( although in Blackadder: Back and Forth, a centurion in Roman Britain also possesses a similar name ).

The character shift from Prince Edmund in the first series to Lord Blackadder in the second is credited to the involvement of Ben Elton, who joined as the show's co-writer alongside Richard Curtis.

This Blackadder also appeared in an introductory sequence for Charles, Prince of Wales ' fiftieth birthday Gala Performance, in which he was supposedly organising a birthday show for Charles II ( also Fry ).

Among them were the Blackadder series, written by Ben Elton and Richard Curtis, starring Rowan Atkinson, with Laurie in various roles, but most notably Prince George and Lieutenant George.

* Prince Edmund ( Blackadder ), for a fictitious Duke of Edinburgh

The Prince Regent swaps clothes with Blackadder ( who is his butler ) and says " This reminds of that story-The Prince and the Porpoise ".

Although the character Melchett did not appear in the third series of Blackadder, Stephen Fry appeared in the final episode as The Duke of Wellington, portrayed as a loud, bellowing and bellicose warmonger with a tendency towards casual violence aimed at the serving classes ( in particular the incompetent and buffoonish Prince Regent, who was then disguised as his own butler ).

Blackadder is joined by his batman Private S. Baldrick ( Tony Robinson ) and idealistic Edwardian twit Lieutenant George ( Hugh Laurie ).

The final episode of this series, " Goodbyeee ", is known for being extraordinarily poignant for a comedy – especially the final scene, which sees the main characters ( Blackadder, Baldrick, George, and Darling ) finally going " over the top " and charging off into the fog and smoke of no man's land to presumably die.

It is set on the turn of the millennium, and features Lord Blackadder placing a bet with his friends – modern versions of Queenie ( Miranda Richardson ), Melchett ( Stephen Fry ), George ( Hugh Laurie ) and Darling ( Tim McInnerny ) – that he has built a working time machine.

Caroline is mentioned in the third series of the BBC comedy Blackadder, in which Mr. E. Blackadder dismisses Caroline as a potential wife for George because she " has the worst personality in Germany " ( allegedly " up against some pretty stiff competition ").

* In the episode Major Star of the British sitcom Blackadder, Captain Blackadder parodies the poem " The Soldier ", warning George ' If I should die, think only this of me, ' I'll be back to get you!

** George ( Blackadder ), a fictional caricature of George IV

In 1508 he as elected as Bishop of Galloway, in succession to George Vaus, but before his consecration he was chosen to succeed Robert Blackadder as Archbishop of Glasgow and was consecrated at Stirling on 15 April 1509.

When Lieutenant George is injured and sent to the military infirmary, Captain Blackadder visits him with the ulterior motive of getting his hands on the food sent to George by his family, whom Blackadder refers to as a " collection of inbred mutants ".

When George retorts that his family are not inbred, Blackadder replies, " Come on, somewhere outside Saffron Walden there's an uncle who's seven feet tall with no chin and an Adam's apple that makes him look as though he's constantly trying to swallow a ballcock ", to which George replies, " I have not got any uncles like that!

* Blackadder: " The Black Seal " ( 1983 ), " Chains " ( 1986 ), " Duel and Duality " ( 1987 ) — Along with " Goodbyeee " ( 1989 ), the final episodes of the Blackadder series took a liberty that many series would be unable to take, by killing off the major characters ( apart from in Blackadder the Third when only Prince George died ).

The Ghost of Christmas Past gives Ebenezer Blackadder a glimpse of his ancestor Lord Blackadder at the Court of Queen Elizabeth, and Nursie also makes an appearance.

Although Baldrick and Lt. George listen in rapt admiration, Blackadder makes no effort to conceal his disgust.

1492: Pope Innocent VIII makes the See of Glasgow an Archbishopric-Robert Blackadder is the city's first archbishop

This seems to be a reference to the Blackadder episode Ink and Incapability, where Samuel Johnson ( as played by Robbie Coltrane ) makes the same exclamation at the episode's end, realizing he has left the word " sausage " out of his nascent dictionary.