About this programme
1/6. Edmund Blackadder, conniving courtier to Queen Elizabeth I, takes in a spirited lad as his manservant - unaware the fellow is actually a woman out to make her fortune. Classic comedy, starring Rowan Atkinson, Miranda Richardson and Stephen Fry, with a guest appearance by Rik Mayall.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Edmund Blackadder
- Rowan Atkinson
- Lord Percy
- Tim McInnerny
- Baldrick
- Tony Robinson
- Queen Elizabeth
- Miranda Richardson
- Lord Melchett
- Stephen Fry
- Nursie
- Patsy Byrne
- Lord Flashheart
- Rik Mayall
- Kate
- Gabrielle Glaister
- Mr Leech
- John Grillo
- Kate's father
- Edward Jewesbury
- Wise woman
- Barbara Miller
- Young crone
- Sadie Shimmin
Crew
- Director
- Mandie Fletcher
- Producer
- John Lloyd
- Writer
- Richard Curtis
- Writer
- Ben Elton
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