Blackadder: The Archbishop

The Archbishop of Canterbury is at odds with the King; but then , as luck would have it, he meets with an accident! Now, he needs to be replaced by someone who is malleable and easily controlled. Rumour has it that the King is considering appointing his own son, but which one?

Episode Info

Episode number: 1x3
Airdate: Wednesday June 29th, 1983

Director: Martin Shardlow
Writer: Richard Curtis (1), Rowan Atkinson

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Guest Stars

Bert Parnaby As Cain, A Peasant Recurring	Bill Wallis (5) As Sir Justin de Boinod Recurring
David Nunn As Messenger Recurring	Roy Evans As Abel, A Peasant Recurring
Arthur Hewlett As Godfrey, Archbishop of Canterbury/William, Bishop of London	Carolyn Colquhoun As Sister Sara
David Delve As Sir George de Boeuf	Joyce Grant As Mother Superior
Leslie Sands As Lord Graveney	Paul McDowell As Herbert, Archbishop of Canterbury
Russell Enoch As The Duke of Winchester

Main Cast

Rowan Atkinson As Prince Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh / Lord Edmund Blackadder / Edmund Blackadder, Esq. / Captain Edmund Blackadder	Tony Robinson As Baldrick, son of Robin the Dung Gatherer / Baldrick / S. Baldrick / Private S. Baldrick
Tim McInnerny As Lord Percy Percy, Duke of Northumberland / Lord Percy Percy, heir to the Duchy of Northumberland / Captain Kevin Darling	Brian Blessed As King Richard IV of England
Robert East As Harry, Prince of Wales	Elspet Gray As Queen Gertrude of Flanders
Patrick Allen (1) As Narrator (uncredited)

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Episode Quotes

Prince Edmund: Tell me, Brother Baldrick, exactly what did God do to the Sodomites?
Baldrick: I dunno, my Lord. But I can't imagine it was worse than what they used to do to each other.

(Prince Edmund has just secured land for the crown)
Richard IV: My son!
Prince Edmund: Father!
Richard IV: (kneels down) Father.
Prince Edmund: (blessing him) My son.

Edmund: Right! Now, let's get down to business, shall we?
Percy: Business, my Lord?
Edmund: Yes, Baldrick has been looking at some of the ways we can actually make a bit of money on this job.
Baldrick: Well, basically there appear to be four major profit areas: curses, pardons, relics, and selling the sexual favours of nuns.
Edmund: Selling the sexual favours of nuns?
Baldrick: Yeah.
Edmund:You mean some people actually pay for them?
Baldrick: Well, foreign businessmen, other nuns, you know.