List of Blackadder episodes
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This is an episode list of the British sitcom Blackadder. The original release date listed for each episode is its original airdate on BBC1.
Series overview
Episodes
Pilot
Series 1: The Black Adder (1983)
The episodes in this series were originally shown on BBC1 on Wednesdays, 21:25 – 22:00. Note: The "Ultimate Edition" DVD retains the broadcast order, which switched the second and fourth episodes as "Born to Be King" was not ready for transmission, despite on-screen dates continuing to identify the true order as "Born to Be King", "The Archbishop", and "The Queen of Spain's Beard".
Series 2: Blackadder II (1986)
The episodes in this series were originally shown on BBC1 on Thursdays, 21:30 – 22:00. The episode titles are single word references to the theme of the episode: a wedding, executions, voyages of exploration, debt, drinking alcohol, and imprisonment, respectively.
Series 3: Blackadder the Third (1987)
The episodes in this series were originally shown on BBC1 on Thursdays, 21:30 – 22:00. The episode titles use alliteration in parody of the titles of Jane Austen's novels Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice.
Series 4: Blackadder Goes Forth (1989)
The episodes in this series were originally shown on BBC1 on Thursdays, 21:30 – 22:00. The episode titles are, with exception of the final episode, puns on military ranks.
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