Prince Edmund, Duke of York, is unhappy about the task he has been given, which is to arrange the festivities for both the Queen's birthday and the return of the Scottish hero Dougal McAngus to the court.

An Interview with Rowan Atkinson about his time as Blackadder

Rowan Atkinson continues to go over his time on Black Adder

After arriving late for the Battle of Bosworth Field, Edmund kills King Richard III (whom he thinks is stealing his horse) and secures the crown for his father.

With his father away at the Crusades, Edmund comes up with a plan to prove his brother is illegitimate, thus making him Prince Regent.

Edmund is appointed to the post of Archbishop of Canterbury after the king has the last one killed.

The King decides that Edmund should marry a Spanish Princess, who Edmund finds unattractive, in order to secure a treaty between Spain and England which will allow an invasion of France.

Percy and Baldrick are to be burned at the stake with Edmund, when he is accused of being a witch.

After the King takes away Edmund's title of Duke, he recruits the 6 most evil men in the land to take the crown by force.

Blackadder feels a funny attraction for his manservant and decides to marry when he discovers he is a she.

After the Queen appoints Blackadder Lord High Executioner, he finds himself in trouble when the Queen pardons someone he executed ahead of schedule.

After Sir Walter Raleigh takes the Queen's fancy by bringing her a potato, Blackadder decides to become an explorer with the aid of a legless sea captain.

The Queen hampers Blackadder's efforts to raise cash to pay off a debt to a sadistic bishop.

Blackadder's rich and Puritanical aunt and uncle pay him a visit to discuss his inheritance the same night he has a beer drinking contest.

Blackadder and Lord Melchett are kidnapped by a German spy right after the Queen decides she will pay no more ransom to kidnappers.

Blackadder becomes involved in politics by getting Baldrick elected MP, in an effort to stop the new Prime Minister, Pitt the Younger, from striking the Prince off the Civil List.

Blackadder has one weekend to rewrite a dictionary the Prince Regent is sponsoring after Baldrick burns the only copy.

After the Scarlet Pimpernel gets high praises Blackadder makes a bet that he can go to France and rescue aristocrats, too.

The Prince Regent hires a pair of actors to teach him to give better speeches and earn the people's respect after an anarchist tries to blow him up at the theatre.

After Parliament cuts off the Prince's money he decides to marry a rich lady who obtains her money by moonlighting as a notorious highwayman.

The Duke of Wellington has challenged the Prince to a duel for seducing his daughters and the Prince offers Blackadder anything he wants to take his place.

A one-off edition of Blackadder set during the English Civil War, shown as part of the first Comic Relief Red Nose Day. With the English Civil War lost, Sir Edmund, as a known Cavalier, along with his ever-faithful dogsbody Baldrick must find a way to keep the defeated King Charles I alive and simultaneously keep his own head on his shoulders.

Pleasant Ebenezer Blackadder is turned into a cruel and witty miser after seeing visions of his ancestors and descendants.

Blackadder tries painting and cooking as ploys to avoid the scheduled big push out of the trenches.

Edmund is sentenced to death by firing squad for shooting and eating the General's favorite messenger pigeon.

Blackadder grabs yet another opportunity to return to England by organizing a morale-raising music hall show, including Baldrick's Charlie Chaplin impersonation and George's appearance as a lady songstress who captures the General's heart.

Blackadder and the boys join the Royal Air Corps, where they are promptly shot down behind enemy lines.

Blackadder is assigned to find the spy working out of the hospital.

Blackadder tries everything he can think of to get sent back to England when orders come in to go over the top in the first charge against the Germans since 1914.

At a New Millennium Eve party Blackadder and Baldrick test their new time machine and ping pong through history encountering famous characters and changing events rather alarmingly....

Behind the scenes of the Blackadder special 'Back and Forth'

A look back at the making of the entire "Blackadder" series to commemorate the 25th anniversary.

It's 25 years since the first episode featuring the dastardly Blackadder made its debut. Now the iconic cast of the much-loved comedy appear together in a documentary for the first time.

Stephen Fry talks about his time on the show, and his characters.

The writers chat about how the show was created.

Tony Robinson talks about his time on Black Adder and his Baldrick character.

Miranda Richardson is interviewed at the BBC about her time as the Queen on Blackadder as well as the other characters she played.

Hilary Bevan Jones is interviewed.

Hugh Laurie chats about Blackadder and the various roles he played in the series.

The legendary Rik Mayall chats about himself and how he took over the show as Lord Flashheart, in his own unique style.

Miranda, Tony, Patsy and Tim go back to the BBC to look at their old costumes. Do any of them still fit?

Baldrick stars solo for the first time in 40 years when he reprises his role.

Sir Tony Robinson goes on a quest to discover the truth behind the Blackadder origin story. Tony's journey takes him back in time to find out where Blackadder really began, and to uncover the story of the never-before-broadcast Blackadder pilot episode. The climax of the programme will be a special screening of the never-before-broadcast pilot.

Looking back at the making of the entire Blackadder series to commemorate the 40th anniversary, featuring contributions from Blackadder's biggest fans including Jack Whitehall, Darren Harriott, Sarah Hadland, Ardal O'Hanlon and Nina Wadia.