The Black Adder - #1.6 - The Black Seal

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The Black Seal Season 1 - Episode 6


Edmund makes a pact with the six most evil men in the kingdom in a bid to seize power. However, he is thwarted by the arrival of his nemesis, who imprisons him in a dungeon with Mad Gerald. When he eventually gets free, Edmund sets his original plan in motion - but have his co-conspirators stayed loyal?


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Aired On:	Wednesday 20th of July 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 The Hawk John Barrard as Retired Morris Dancer Perry Benson as Pigeon Vendor Paul Brooke as Friar Bellows John Carlisle as Murdered Lord Forbes Collins as Trusting Father Ron Cook as Sean, The Irish Bastard Robert East as Harry, Prince of Wales Roy Evans as Abel, A Peasant Elspet Gray as Gertrude, Queen of Flanders John Hallam as Sir Wilfred Death Patrick Malahide as Guy of Glastonbury Rik Mayall as Mad Gerald Tim McInnerny as Percy, Duke of Northumberland Bert Parnaby as Cain, A Peasant Tony Robinson as Baldrick, Son of Robin the Dung Gatherer Roger Sloman as Three Fingered Pete Mick Walter as Jack Large Des Webb as Person of Unrestricted Growth


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