Release OrderRecommended
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- 1 The Black Adder Six episodes, June 15 to July 20, 1983.
- 2 Blackadder II Six episodes, January 9 to February 20, 1986.
- 3 Blackadder the Third Six episodes, September 17 to October 22, 1987.
- 4 Blackadder: The Cavalier Years 15-minute Comic Relief special, aired February 5, 1988.
- 5 Blackadder's Christmas Carol Aired December 23, 1988.
- 6 Blackadder Goes Forth Six episodes, September 28 to November 2, 1989.
- 7 Blackadder: Back and Forth Premiered in the Millennium Dome on December 31, 1999.
Chronological Order
0 / 7 watchedThe same entries sorted by their historical setting. Only the specials move.
- 1 The Black Adder Set in 1485, in the fictional reign of Richard IV.
- 2 Blackadder II Set in Elizabethan England under Queen Elizabeth I.
- 3 Blackadder: The Cavalier Years Set in November 1648, during the English Civil War.
- 4 Blackadder the Third Set in the Regency era, serving the Prince Regent.
- 5 Blackadder's Christmas Carol Set in Victorian England in 1850.
- 6 Blackadder Goes Forth Set on the Western Front in 1917.
- 7 Blackadder: Back and Forth Set on New Year's Eve 1999, with trips across history.
About Blackadder
Rowan Atkinson plays a different Edmund Blackadder in each of four series, from a medieval prince in The Black Adder (1983) to a First World War captain in Blackadder Goes Forth (1989), with Tony Robinson as Baldrick throughout.
The 1988 specials The Cavalier Years and Blackadder's Christmas Carol sit between the third and fourth series in release order, and the time-travel film Blackadder: Back and Forth closed the run in 1999.
Good to know
Talk of a fifth series has come up for years, but Richard Curtis ruled out a return in October 2018 and Ben Elton gave a downbeat update in December 2024, so this guide treats the run as complete. The unaired 1982 pilot was shown publicly for the first time in June 2023 as part of the Gold documentary Blackadder: The Lost Pilot.
