Rowan AtkinsonFilmography

Just for Laughs: Stand Up, Vol. 3 - Launching Pad

Actors: Dane Cook, Jeff Dunham, Dave Chappelle, Rowan Atkinson, Drew Carey

Synopsis: The Montreal International Comedy Festival has long been a breeding ground for hot new talent, launching young, unknown comics into the spotlight, and often into lasting celebrity. This collection offers the early Just For Laughs performances from some of the biggest names in comedy, including Read More

Mr. Bean's Holiday

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Emma de Caunes, Jean Rochefort, Karel Roden, Max Baldry, Willem Dafoe

Synopsis: Mr. Bean -- the stick-legged goofball man-child created by Rowan Atkinson on television in the early '90s, and in the 1997 feature Bean -- undertakes his second cinematic adventure in the comic romp Mr. Bean's Holiday. Growing thoroughly sick of the wet, cold, and clammy London weather, Mr. Bean (Atkinson Read More

Keeping Mum

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Patrick Swayze, Tamsin Egerton

Synopsis: Niall Johnson's comedy Keeping Mum concerns the family of a vicar who are beset by a variety of problems. Reverend Walter Goodfellow (Rowan Atkinson) is a well-meaning but hapless religious figure in his town. His son, Petey, is a wimp, forever terrorized at school. His daughter, Holly, enjoys the Read More

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

Actors: Terry Jones, Stephen Fry, Jonathan Miller, Alan Bennett, Terry Gilliam

Love Actually

Actors: Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Laura Linney, Liam Neeson, Martine McCutcheon, Keira Knightley, Rowan Atkinson, Andrew Lincoln

Synopsis: All of London is in love -- or longing to be -- in Four Weddings and a Funeral writer Richard Curtis' first directorial effort. Billed as "the ultimate romantic comedy," Love Actually involves more than a dozen main characters, each weaving his or her way into another's heart over the course of Read More

Johnny English

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia, Ben Miller, Douglas McFerran

Synopsis: An unhinged parody of James Bond theatrics, Johnny English finds Mr. Bean himself suiting up as the eponymous super spy for a series of wild and silly adventures. A lowly pencil pusher working for the MI7 agency, Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) is suddenly promoted to super spy after Agent One is Read More

Scooby-Doo

Actors: Freddie Prinze, Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini, Rowan Atkinson

Synopsis: The long-running cartoon from William Hanna and Joseph Barbera that began life in 1969 as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? becomes this live-action, tongue-in-cheek comedy-adventure featuring a computer-generated version of the easily frightened, mush-mouthed Great Dane. Freddie Prinze Jr. stars as Read More

Mr. Bean - The Animated Series: Goldfish/Inventor

Crew: Executive Producer

Mr. Bean [Animated Series]

Crew: Executive Producer

Mr. Bean - The Animated Series: Cat-Sitting/The Bottle

Crew: Executive Producer

Mr. Bean - The Animated Series: Nurse!/Dead Cat

Crew: Executive Producer

Mr. Bean - The Animated Series: Super Trolley/Magpie

Crew: Executive Producer

Maybe Baby

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Dawn French, Tom Hollander, Hugh Laurie, Adrian Lester

Synopsis: In this light comedy directed by British writer-comedian Ben Elton, Sam and Lucy Bell (Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson) are an upwardly mobile London couple who are trying desperately to conceive a baby. Along for the ride, which is laden with sperm-count and hormone-injection jokes, is a cast Read More

Rat Race

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Seth Green, Jon Lovitz, Breckin Meyer, Kathy Najimy

Synopsis: A very loose remake of the classic multi-star comedy It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963), this madcap comedy is directed by Jerry Zucker, one third of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker comedy team and director of Ghost (1990). John Cleese stars as an eccentric casino owner who devises a contest pitting Read More

Black Adder Back and Forth

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Miranda Richardson, Tim McInnerny, Hugh Laurie

Synopsis: Rowan Atkinson returns to the role of royal scoundrel Edmund Blackadder in this hilariously skewered romp through British history. On the eve of the New Millennium, the latest incarnations of Blackadder and his eternal flunkey Baldrick step into a time machine, purportedly based on a design by Read More

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death

Actors: Rowan Atkinson

Bean

Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Peter MacNicol, Pamela Reed, Harris Yulin, Burt Reynolds

Synopsis: Comic actor Rowan Atkinson brought his bumbling character Mr. Bean from television to the big screen with this British comedy. Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) is a well-meaning but not especially bright fellow with a gift for making the worst of any situation. Bean is about to be fired from his job as a Read More

The Story of Bean

Actors: Rowan Atkinson

The Thin Blue Line: Alternative Culture

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Serena Evans, David Haig, Mina Anwar, James Dreyfus

Synopsis: Having been captivated by the new age movement, Sgt. Patricia Dawkins decides to go through an elaborate "rebirthing" process -- thereby driving her off-and-on lover, Inspector Raymond Fowler, completely bonkers. In the same spirit, Constable Frank Goody decides to adopt an alternative (to say the Read More

The Thin Blue Line: Come On You Blues

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Serena Evans, David Haig, Mina Anwar, James Dreyfus

Synopsis: Miraculously, the Gasforth soccer team makes it all the way to the semifinals. As a result, Inspector Raymond Fowler trains his staff to prepare for riots in the street. Neither the team nor Fowler could have picked a worse time for their individual "projects"; Mayoress Wickerham has launched a Read More

The Thin Blue Line: Fly On the Wall

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Serena Evans, David Haig, Mina Anwar, James Dreyfus

Synopsis: Havoc reigns supreme when a BBC film crew elects to produce a documentary about the members of the Gasforth police squad. Not only do the filmmakers continually get in the way of due process, but their presence also sparks a vicious war of egos amongst the various inspectors and constables. No one Read More

The Thin Blue Line: Ism, Ism, Ism

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Serena Evans, David Haig, Mina Anwar, James Dreyfus

Synopsis: Inspector Raymond Fowler is in for a whole new set of headaches when Ms. Wickerham, the new Mayoress of Gasforth, decides to begin legislating political correctness. As luck would have it, Wickerham's campaign coincides with the arrival of an illegal immigrant and the EC Commissioner for Human Read More

The Thin Blue Line: Court in the Act

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Serena Evans, David Haig, Mina Anwar, James Dreyfus

Synopsis: The Thin Blue Line launched its second season with the November 14, 1996, episode "Court in the Act." Inspector Raymond Walker of the Gasforth police squad faces a formidable new opponent in the form of the excessively politically correct Mayoress Wickerham (Lucy Robinson). Meanwhile, the rest of Read More

The Thin Blue Line: Green Eyed Monster

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Serena Evans, David Haig, Mina Anwar, James Dreyfus

Synopsis: After ten years of living together, Inspector Raymond Fowler finally proposes to Sgt. Patricia Dawkins. She is thrilled -- until she discovers the true motivations behind Raymond's question-popping. As if this weren't trouble enough, Detective Inspector Grim is more depressed than usual over his Read More

Mr. Bean: The Best Bits of Mr. Bean

Synopsis: The Best Bits of Mr. Bean features an assortment of highlights from the comedy series Mr. Bean. The character, played by Rowan Atkinson, is a throwback to the silent screen work of legends like Chaplin and Keaton. This collection acts as an excellent introduction to the lovably wacky world of Mr. Read More

The Thin Blue Line: Road Rage

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Serena Evans, David Haig, Mina Anwar, James Dreyfus

Synopsis: The citizenry of Gasforth is up in arms over the proposed construction of a new highway bypass. In trying to control the situation, Inspector Raymond Fowler is stymied by the fact that his police squad colleague (and erstwhile sweetheart) Sgt. Patricia Dawkins has joined the protestors. In other Read More

The Thin Blue Line: Honey Trap

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Serena Evans, David Haig, Mina Anwar, James Dreyfus

Synopsis: Inspector Raymond Fowler expects to win a quiz session being staged at his local pub. Raymond's ace in the hole is his police station colleague, WPC Maggie Habib, who happens to be a trivia whiz. Alas, Detective Inspector Grim requires Habib's services as "bait" for an otherwise elusive crook. Read More

The Thin Blue Line: Fire and Terror

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Serena Evans, David Haig, Mina Anwar, James Dreyfus

Synopsis: The Gasworth police squad faces a new onslaught of crises large and small in this episode written by series creator Ben Elton. WPC Maggie Habib develops a crush on a local fireman, only to find out that the object of her affections is more interested in Constable Kevin Goody! At the same time Read More

Mr. Bean: Tee Off, Mr. Bean

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, David Battley, Marilyn Finlay

Synopsis: Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson takes to the golf links in this destructively hilarious 30-minute comedy special. In the opening segment, Bean has a bit of trouble playing mini-golf, ultimately ending up way off the course. Later on, he manages to sink a shot slightly over par (3,427 strokes, to Read More

The Thin Blue Line: The Queen's Birthday Present

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Serena Evans, David Haig, Mina Anwar, James Dreyfus

Synopsis: In the opening episode of the British "ensemble" sitcom The Thin Blue Line, Sgt. Patricia Dawkins of the Gasforth police squad prepares to celebrate her tenth anniversary as the live-in sweetheart of Inspector Raymond Fowler. Alas, Raymond seals the doom of this relationship by his preoccupation Read More

The Thin Blue Line: Kids Today

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Serena Evans, David Haig, Mina Anwar, James Dreyfus

Synopsis: The Gasforth police station is set on its ear by the presence of an abandoned baby. As Sgt. Patricia Dawkins tends to the troublesome infant, her colleague WPC Maggie Habib faces down a sexual harasser -- only to be flummoxed by the gallant efforts of Constable Kevin Goody to "protect" her. As for Read More

The Thin Blue Line: Yuletide Spirit

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Serena Evans, David Haig, Mina Anwar, James Dreyfus

Synopsis: Advertised as a Christmas special when it originally aired on December 26, 1995, "Yuletide Spirit" was actually the final first season episode of the British sitcom The Thin Blue Line. Everyone at the Gasforth police station suffers when a disgruntled Inspector Raymond Fowler loses the starring Read More

The Thin Blue Line: Rag Week

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Serena Evans, David Haig, Mina Anwar, James Dreyfus

Synopsis: Though the traditional British "Rag Week" is hard to explain to American viewers, suffice to say that the annual ceremony involves elaborate pranks and practical jokes. On this particular Rag Week, the police officers at the Gasworth district house steel themselves for the usual onslaught of Read More

The Thin Blue Line: Night Shift

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Serena Evans, David Haig, Mina Anwar, James Dreyfus

Synopsis: The members of the Gasforth police squad face all sorts of mischief when they pull night shift duty. Detective Inspector Grim finds himself working hand and glove with Scotland Yard, incurring the jealousy of Inspector Raymond Fowler. Meanwhile, Raymond's erstwhile lover Sgt. Patricia Dawkins Read More

The Thin Blue Line [TV Series]

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Serena Evans, David Haig, Mina Anwar, James Dreyfus

Synopsis: Rowan Atkinson of Mr. Bean fame was the star of the BBC sitcom The Thin Blue Line. The setting was the tiny British town of Gasforth, where a squad of dedicated, but basically inept police officers held sway. Atkinson was cast as Inspector Raymond Fowler, whose self-absorption was matched by his Read More

Mr. Bean: Goodnight, Mr. Bean

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Suzy Aitchison, Elizabeth Bennett, Penelope Nice

Synopsis: Rowan Atkinson once more stars as the eminently clumsy and clueless Mr. Bean in this 30-minute comedy special. The fun begins with the first of three brief sketches, "The Hospital," in which Bean gets his hand stuck in a teapot, then tries to get instant service at the local outpatient ward. In Read More

The Lion King

Actors: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella

Synopsis: One of the most popular Disney animated musicals, The Lion King presents the story of a lion cub's journey to adulthood and acceptance of his royal destiny. Simba (voiced first by Jonathan Taylor Thomas, then by Matthew Broderick) begins life as an honored prince, son of the powerful King Mufasa Read More

Mr. Bean: Do It Yourself Mr. Bean

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson

Synopsis: That least handy of handymen, the redoubtable Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson), wreaks his usual havoc in this 30-minute BBC comedy special. The action is subdivided into four brief segments: In "New Year's Eve Party," Mr. Bean improvises some (yechh!) tasty snacks for his guests; in "Department Store," Read More

Mr. Bean: Back to School, Mr. Bean

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Suzanne Bertish, Lucy Fleming, David Schneider

Synopsis: Rowan Atkinson once more assumes the guise of the awesomely accident-prone Mr. Bean in this 30-minute comedy special. Bean's adventures in the world of academia are divided into four segments: In "Chemistry Class," our hero concocts a formula that has a colorful effect on his classmates; in "Art Read More

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Actors: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, Simon Callow, James Fleet, John Hannah

Synopsis: This acclaimed British comedy centers on the intermittent romance between a charming (if slightly bumbling) Englishman and a beautiful American woman, who seem to always run into each other at weddings. Indeed, it is at the first of the title's four weddings that Charles (Hugh Grant) and Carrie (Andie McDowell Read More

Mr. Bean: Mind the Baby, Mr. Bean

Actors: Rowan Atkinson

Driven Man

Mr. Bean: Mr. Bean in Room 426

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson

Synopsis: Rowan Atkinson is both the star and co-writer of this 30-minute comedy special. As the magnificently clumsy and thick-eared Mr. Bean, Atkinson trips his way through four brief sketches, all unified by a central "hotel" theme. In "The Bath," Bean tries to wash himself, much to the consternation of Read More

Hot Shots! Part Deux

Actors: Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino, Richard Crenna, Brenda Bakke

Synopsis: Movie references, sight gags, silly puns, and double entendres abound in Hot Shots! Part Deux, Jim Abrahams' sequel to Hot Shots -- only now the object of the skewering is the Stallone Rambo movies instead of Top Gun. Charlie Sheen returns as the lunk-headed Topper Harley, who has retreated to a Read More

Mr. Bean: Mr. Bean Rides Again

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Roger Sloman, Richard Curtis

Synopsis: Rowan Atkinson repeats his familiar role as the terminally stupid, disastrously clumsy Mr. Bean in this 30-minute BBC comedy special. This time around, the action is divided into three brief segments. In "Bus Stop," Bean tries his best to revive a heart attack victim before using an ambulance to Read More

Mr. Bean: Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Mathilda Ziegler

Synopsis: The spectacularly accident-prone Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson embraces the holiday spirit -- and nearly crushes it to death -- in this 30-minute comedy special, comprising three interrelated sketches. In "Christmas Shopping," Bean purchases a balky string of tree lights before making a shambles of a Read More

Bernard and the Genie

Synopsis: This heart-warming made-for-television holiday comedy drama from Great Britain tells the tale of a recently unemployed art dealer whose every Christmas wish comes true after he finds a genie bottled up in a tarnished old lamp. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Mr. Bean: The Trouble with Mr. Bean

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson

Synopsis: First telecast in Britain on January 1, 1992, the 30-minute comedy special The Trouble With Bean once again stars Rowan Atkinson as the brainless, incredibly accident-prone title character. This time, Bean cuts a disastrous swath through three short, interrelated sketches. In the first, our hero Read More

Rowan Atkinson: The Driven Man

Synopsis: Rowan Atkinson's obsession with automobiles is addressed in this comical profile featuring his discussions with therapists, used-car dealers, the police and cab drivers around London. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Rowan Atkinson Live!

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson

Synopsis: British comedian Rowan Atkinson, best known to American audiences for his character Mr. Bean, stars in this collection of comic sketches, performed before a live audience of enthusiastic fans. Highlights include "Someone Called Jones," "Pink Tights and Props," and "The Invisible Man"; Angus Read More

Mr. Bean: Mr. Bean Goes to Town

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson

Synopsis: Once again, the magnificently maladroit and fabulously foolish Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) bumbles his way through a collection of brief comic sketches. In "Television," Bean purchases his first TV, only to experience a spot of reception trouble. In "The Park," our hero tries out his new Polaroid Read More

The Tall Guy

Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Emma Thompson, Rowan Atkinson, Emil Wolk, Geraldine James

Synopsis: Dexter King (Jeff Goldblum) is an actor who spends his nights on-stage in London's West End as a comedic punching bag for obnoxiously self-centered comedian Ron Anderson (Rowan Atkinson). He gets hit in the head with hammers, he trips, and he stands by dumbly as Anderson gets all the laughs. His Read More

The Witches

Actors: Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher, Rowan Atkinson, Bill Paterson

Synopsis: In Nicolas Roeg's adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel The Witches, a young boy is vacationing at the seaside with his grandmother when he discovers that the hotel he is staying at is hosting a convention of witches. Eavesdropping on the witches, he learns that the Grand High Witch (Anjelica Huston) Read More

Mr. Bean [TV Series]

Actors: Rowan Atkinson

Mr. Bean: The Curse of Mr. Bean

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Mathilda Ziegler

Synopsis: Rowan Atkinson stars as the monumentally stupid and klutzy Mr. Bean in this half-hour BBC comedy special. The action is divided into four short, hilarious segments: "The Carpark," wherein Bean has all manner of trouble with his celebrated mini-vehicle; "Swimming Pool," a study in courage -- or Read More

Mr. Bean: Mr. Bean

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson

Synopsis: Rowan Atkinson stars as the incredibly clueless, accident-prone title character in this first of 13 half-hour Mr. Bean specials. The action is divided into three segments: In "The Exam," Mr. Bean hasn't got the answers; in "The Beach," he tries to change his trunks without removing his trousers; Read More

Mr. Bean: The Return of Mr. Bean

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Mathilda Ziegler

Synopsis: In his second half-hour BBC special, the spectacularly clumsy and clueless Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) stumbles and bumbles his way through three brief, interrelated sketches. In "The Department Store," Bean manages to lose his credit card in another fellow's pocket. In "The Restaurant," the food is Read More

Black Adder Goes Forth: Plan C: Major Star

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

Synopsis: Anxious to be transferred far away from the trenches of France, Captain Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) arranges a musical show for the top brass. The plan comes acropper when Baldrick (Tony Robinson) stops the show with a disgusting Charlie Chaplin impression. Making matters even dicier, the Read More

Black Adder Goes Forth: Plan B: Corporal Punishment

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

Synopsis: Again hoping to avoid WWI combat duty, Captain Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) destroys the orders for "Operation Insanity" and eats the messenger pigeon. Alas, the bird was a particular favorite of General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett (Stephen Fry). As a result, Edmund, aka the Read More

Black Adder Goes Forth: Plan A: Captain Cook

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

Synopsis: The fourth series of Blackadder episodes, logically titled Blackadder Goes Forth, commenced on September 28, 1989. Rowan Atkinson was back as the latest in a long line of Blackadders, this one named Captain Edmund. Having joined the Army to meet beautiful and willing damsels, the cowardly Edmund Read More

Black Adder Goes Forth: Plan F: Goodbyeee

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

Synopsis: Faced with the prospect of joining the AEF in the "big push" against the Germans, Captain Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) goes insane -- or at least he pretends to. Only a last-minute phone call to Field Marshall Douglas Haig (Geoffrey Palmer) stands between Edmund and the Kaiser's guns. Will Read More

Black Adder Goes Forth: Plan E: General Hospital

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

Synopsis: Assigned to the British secret service, Blackadder goes undercover at an army hospital to ferret out a German spy. Among the suspects is shapely Nurse Mary (Miranda Richardson), with whom Edmund immediately falls in lust. And what about Brigadier Smith (Bill Wallis), who speaks with a pronounced Read More

Black Adder Goes Forth: Plan D: Private Plane

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

Synopsis: As part of his never-ending efforts to avoid the German ground troops during WWI, Captain Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) signs up with the Royal Air Corps. Crashing behind enemy lines, Edmund is captured by the enemy, forcing Baldrick (Tony Robinson) and Lord Flashheart (Rik Mayall) to race to Read More

Black Adder's Christmas Carol

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Patsy Byrne

Synopsis: The cast and crew of the satirical British comedy series Blackadder reunited for this perverse one-hour spin on Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Rowan Atkinson stars as Ebeneezer Blackadder, a kindly and beloved London businessman. Alas, Ebeneezer is too warm-hearted and generous to suit his greedy Read More

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

Comic Relief Special: Black Adder:The Cavalier Years

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Warren Clarke

Synopsis: The Blackadder gang reteamed to perform this 15-minute sketch on the 1988 @BBC Comic Relief telethon. The year is 1648: King Charles I (Stephen Fry) is sentenced to death by Oliver Cromwell (Warren Clarke). It is up to Charles' loyal subjects (indeed, his only subjects) Sir Edmund Read More

Black Adder the Third: Duel and Duality

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Stephen Fry

Synopsis: The curtain fell on the satirical British sitcom Black Adder the Third with the episode titled "Duel and Duality." Accused of deflowering the two favorite nieces of "famous soldier" the Duke of Wellington (Stephen Fry), the Prince Regent (Hugh Laurie) is challenged to a duel. Ever anxious to curry Read More

Black Adder the Third: Amy and Amiability

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Miranda Richardson

Synopsis: To alleviate the Prince Regent's financial problems, Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) arranges for the Prince (Hugh Laurie) to marry the fabulously wealthy Amy Hardwood (Miranda Richardson). A series of improbable plot twists result in Edmund tying the knot with Amy himself. Worse yet, Amy turns Read More

Black Adder the Third: Nob and Nobility

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Tim McInnerny

Synopsis: Once again, Edmund Blackadder is jealous of his betters; in this case, the object of his envy is the Scarlet Pimpernel. Determined to prove himself as fearless and daring as that "damn'd elusive Pimpernel," Edmund heads to France (a country that makes him violently ill) to rescue aristocrats on Read More

Black Adder the Third: Ink and Incapability

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Robbie Coltrane

Synopsis: The Prince Regent (Hugh Laurie) agrees to act as patron for the "fat dictionary" being written by Dr. Samuel Johnson (Robbie Coltrane). Unfortunately, the boneheaded Baldrick (Tony Richardson) accidentally uses Dr. Johnson's manuscript for firewood. Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) is faced with Read More

Black Adder the Third: Sense and Senility

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Hugh Paddick

Synopsis: Surviving an assassination attempt, the Prince Regent (Hugh Laurie) concludes that he'd be more popular if learned to give decent speeches to the masses. To that end, the Prince hires a pair of noted thespians, Keanrick (Hugh Paddick) and Mossop (Kenneth Connor), to give him elocution lessons. But Read More

Black Adder the Third: Dish and Dishonesty

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Vincent Hanna

Synopsis: The third series of Blackadder episodes (logically telecast in England under the blanket title Black Adder the Third commenced on September 17, 1987, with "Dish and Dishonesty." Inasmuch as the series' time frame has been moved up to the late 18th and early 19th century, star Rowan Atkinson is now Read More

Black Adder II: Beer

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry

Synopsis: Ever anxious to one-up his fellow man, Lord Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) enters a beer-drinking contest. On the same day as the Big Event, who should show up but Edmund's puritanical, teetotalling uncle and aunt, Lord and Lady Whiteadder (Daniel Thorndike, Miriam Margoyles). Adding to Read More

Black Adder II: Potato

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry

Synopsis: Lord Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) seethes with jealousy when Sir Walter Raleigh, freshly returned from the New World, presents Queen Elizabeth (Miranda Richardson) with a potato. Vowing that anything Sir Walter can do, he can do better, Edmund sets out on an exploring expedition of his own. Read More

Black Adder II: Money

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry

Synopsis: Lord Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) is heavily in debt to the Bishop of Bath and Wales (Roland Lacey), a disagreeable sort who eats babies for fun. In his efforts to raise the necessary money, Edmund runs into an unexpected obstacle: his own Queen Elizabeth I (Miranda Richardson). Can our Read More

Black Adder II: Head

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry

Synopsis: Newly appointed the Lord High Executioner, Lord Edmund Blackadder takes his new responsibilities quite seriously. Assigned to remove the head of the "blasphemous" Lord Farrow, Edmund does so with dispatch and élan. Unfortunately, he discovers ex post facto that Lord Farrow has been pardoned Read More

Black Adder II: Chains

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry

Synopsis: The second series of Blackadder episodes ended on February 20, 1986, with "Chains." In response to a series of high-profile political abductions, Queen Elizabeth I (Miranda Richardson) adopts a strict no-ransom policy. Almost as if on cue, Lord Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) and his crony Lord Read More

Black Adder II: Bells

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry

Synopsis: Returning to British TV after a three-year absence, the satirical sitcom The Black Adder once again starred Rowan Atkinson, this time as Lord Edmund Blackadder, illegitimate great-great-grandson of the original series' delightfully scurrilous anti-hero. Blackadder II was ushered in on January 9 Read More

Black Adder: The Foretelling

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray

Synopsis: "The Foretelling" marked the official inauguration of the satirical British comedy series The Black Adder. The year is 1485: Riding out of the nowhere into the now is Edmund (Rowan Atkinson), Duke of Edinburgh -- better known as The Black Adder -- the demented, embittered, and ruthlessly ambitious Read More

Black Adder: The Black Seal

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray

Synopsis: The inaugural season of the British satirical comedy series The Black Adder ended on July 20, 1983, with the episode titled "The Black Seal." Having exhausted all efforts to usurp the throne of England, Edmund (Rowan Atkinson) resorts to drastic measures -- which, characteristically, are Read More

Never Say Never Again

Actors: Sean Connery, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow, Barbara Carrera, Kim Basinger

Synopsis: The title of the 1983 James Bond adventure Never Say Never Again is a self-mocking reference to star Sean Connery's insistence back in 1971 that he would never play Bond again. Reportedly, the huge salary offered Connery was but one consideration that brought him back to the 007 fold; the other Read More

Black Adder: The Witchsmeller Pursuivant

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray

Synopsis: The Black Death has not only decimated half of England, but has also forced King Richard IV (Brian Blessed) into his sick bed. Hoping to curry favor with the populace and become King himself, the duplicitous Edmund declares that the plague is the result of witchcraft, thus he hires the infamous Read More

Black Adder: The Queen of Spain's Beard

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray

Synopsis: It is now the year 1492: Edmund (Rowan Atkinson) is still jockeying to become King of England, while the actual monarch, Richard IV (Brian Blessed), is busily making enemies of everyone in Europe. In order to prevent a war with Spain, Edmund is ordered to marry that country's Princess Maria Read More

Black Adder: The Archbishop

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray

Synopsis: Though he'd much rather be King of England, Edmund (Rowan Atkinson) is willing to accept the lesser post of Archbishop of Canterbury. But there's a catch: the Archbishop is out of favor with King Richard IV (Brian Blessed), thus all of Edmund's predecessors have met with sudden and violent deaths. Read More

Black Adder: Born to Be King

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray

Synopsis: The second episode of The Black Adder's first season, "Born to Be King," was a reworking of the series' unsold pilot episode. Having inadvertently placed Richard IV (Brian Blessed) on the throne of England, the scheming Edmund (Rowan Atkinson) must find some way to discredit the heir apparent Read More

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Pete Townshend, Alan Bennett, John Bird, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Jeff Beck

Synopsis: The highlights of two benefit concerts staged in support of Amnesty International are collected in this British performance film, which features ample helpings of both music and comedy. The members of the Monty Python comedy troupe serve as headliners, performing live variations on some of their Read More

Black Adder: Unaired Pilot

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tim McInnerny, Elspet Gray, John Savident, Robert Bathurst

Synopsis: Written by series star Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis, the pilot episode of the satirical British comedy series The Black Adder (aka Blackadder is substantially the same as the latter episode "Born to Be King," with the scurrilous Prince Edmund (Rowan Atkinson) being charged with the Read More

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Actors: John Cleese, Peter Cook, Eleanor Bron, Pete Townshend, Rowan Atkinson

Synopsis: Some of the biggest and brightest stars in British comedy appear in this performance film, which documents a revue staged by John Cleese of Monty Python as a benefit for the human rights group Amnesty International. In addition to Cleese and fellow Python members Michael Palin and Terry Jones (who Read More