About this programme
2/6. Edmund is put on trial for killing and eating General Melchett's carrier pigeon. The only thing standing between him and death by firing squad is his defence counsel - who unfortunately turns out to be George. Rowan Atkinson stars in Ben Elton and Richard Curtis's comedy, with Tony Robinson and Stephen Fry.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Captain Edmund Blackadder
- Rowan Atkinson
- Private S Baldrick
- Tony Robinson
- General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett
- Stephen Fry
- Lieutenant George Colthurst St Barleigh
- Hugh Laurie
- Captain Kevin Darling
- Tim McInnerny
- Corporal Perkins
- Jeremy Hardy
- Corporal Jones
- Stephen Frost
- Private Fraser
- Lee Cornes
- Private Robinson
- Paul Mark Elliott
- Private Tipplewick
- Jeremy Gittins
Crew
- Director
- Richard Boden
- Writer
- Ben Elton
- Writer
- Richard Curtis
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