The Black Adder
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The Foretelling
Season 1 - Episode 1
 
 
The Foretelling
Edmund accidentally kills King Richard III but, unexpectedly, the tragedy makes him a prince - so Edmund decides he now needs a more striking name for himself. But the mood of celebration is shattered when he realises the identity of the nobleman Lord Percy has agreed to shelter in the castle.
 
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Aired On: Wednesday 15th of June 1983 on BBC One
 
Written by: Rowan Atkinson ( Writer )
Richard Curtis ( Writer )
 
Directed by: Martin Shardlow
 
Starring: Rowan Atkinson as Edmund Blackadder
Patrick Allen as Narrator
Peter Benson as Henry VII
Peter Cook as Richard III
Robert East as Harry, Prince of Wales
Gretchen Franklin as Cordelia
Elspet Gray as Gertrude, Queen of Flanders
Philip Kendall as Painter
Tim McInnerny as Percy, Duke of Northumberland
Barbara Miller as Regan
Tony Robinson as Baldrick, Son of Robin the Dung Gatherer
Kathleen St John as Goneril
 
 
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