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Lill", "nm": 510317, "roles": [ { "char": "Sir Talbot Buxomly, a member of Parliament", "ch": 93830, "as Mr. Denis Lill": true } ] }, { "name": "Simon Osborne", "nm": 1198451, "roles": [ { "char": "Pitt the Younger, the Prime Minister", "ch": 25128, "as Mr. Simon Osborne": true } ] }, { "name": "Geoffrey McGivern", "nm": 569416, "roles": [ { "char": "Ivor Biggun, a candidate", "ch": 93831, "as Mr.Geoff McGivern": true } ] }, { "name": "Dominic Martelli", "nm": 551621, "roles": [ { "char": "Pitt the even Younger, a tiny whig", "ch": 93832, "as Master Dominic Martelli": true } ] }, { "name": "William Puttock", "nm": 701303, "roles": [ { "char": "Pitt, The Even Younger", "ch": 25128 } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E02", "title": "Ink and Incapability", "tt": 526724, "air_date": "1987-09-24", "description": "Baldrick burns the only copy of Samuel Johnson's dictionary, and Blackadder has only one weekend to rewrite it.", "cast": [ { "name": "Rowan Atkinson", "nm": 100, "roles": [ { "char": "Edmund 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842132, "roles": [ { "char": "Coleridge, romantic junkie poet", "ch": 37233, "as Mr. Jim Sweeney": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E03", "title": "Nob and Nobility", "tt": 526725, "air_date": "1987-10-01", "description": "Blackadder seeks to prove he's just as capable of rescuing people from France as The Scarlet Pimpernel.", "cast": [ { "name": "Rowan Atkinson", "nm": 100, "roles": [ { "char": "Edmund Blackadder, butler to the Prince", "ch": 27412, "as Mr. Rowan Atkinson": true } ] }, { "name": "Tony Robinson", "nm": 733153, "roles": [ { "char": "Baldrick, a dogsbody", "ch": 28388, "as Mr. Tony Robinson": true } ] }, { "name": "Hugh Laurie", "nm": 491402, "roles": [ { "char": "The Prince Regent, their master", "ch": 42158, "as Mr. Hugh Laurie": true } ] }, { "name": "Helen Atkinson-Wood", "nm": 40814, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Miggins, a coffee shoppekeeper", "ch": 51567, "as Miss Helen Atkinson-Wood": true } ] }, { "name": "Tim McInnerny", "nm": 570570, "roles": [ { "char": "Lord Topper, fop", "ch": 53660, "as Mr. Tim McInnerny": true } ] }, { "name": "Nigel Planer", "nm": 686539, "roles": [ { "char": "Lord Smedley, fop", "as Mr. Nigel Planer": true } ] }, { "name": "Chris Barrie", "nm": 57368, "roles": [ { "char": "Ambassador, a fearsome revolutionary", "as Mr. Chris Barrie": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E04", "title": "Sense and Senility", "tt": 526726, "air_date": "1987-10-08", "description": "Following a failed assassination attempt, the Prince Regent hires two actors to tutor him in public speaking.", "cast": [ { "name": "Rowan Atkinson", "nm": 100, "roles": [ { "char": "Edmund Blackadder, butler to the Prince", "ch": 27412, "as Mr. Rowan Atkinson": true } ] }, { "name": "Tony Robinson", "nm": 733153, "roles": [ { "char": "Baldrick, a dogsbody", "ch": 28388, "as Mr. Tony Robinson": true } ] }, { "name": "Hugh Laurie", "nm": 491402, "roles": [ { "char": "The Prince Regent, their master", "ch": 42158, "as Mr. Hugh Laurie": true } ] }, { "name": "Hugh Paddick", "nm": 655606, "roles": [ { "char": "Keanrick, thespian", "as Mr. Hugh Paddick": true } ] }, { "name": "Kenneth Connor", "nm": 175427, "roles": [ { "char": "Mossop, thespian", "as Mr. Kenneth Connor": true } ] }, { "name": "Helen Atkinson-Wood", "nm": 40814, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Miggins, a coffee shoppekeeper", "ch": 51567, "as Miss Helen Atkinson-Wood": true } ] }, { "name": "Ben Elton", "nm": 255780, "roles": [ { "char": "Anarchist", "as Mr. Ben Elton": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E05", "title": "Amy and Amiability", "tt": 526721, "air_date": "1987-10-15", "description": "When Blackadder discovers that the Prince Regent is completely broke, he devises a plan to restore his fortunes through marriage.", "cast": [ { "name": "Rowan Atkinson", "nm": 100, "roles": [ { "char": "Edmund Blackadder, butler to the Prince", "ch": 27412, "as Mr. Rowan Atkinson": true } ] }, { "name": "Tony Robinson", "nm": 733153, "roles": [ { "char": "Baldrick, a dogsbody", "ch": 28388, "as Mr. Tony Robinson": true } ] }, { "name": "Hugh Laurie", "nm": 491402, "roles": [ { "char": "The Prince Regent, their master", "ch": 42158, "as Mr. Hugh Laurie": true } ] }, { "name": "Helen Atkinson-Wood", "nm": 40814, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Miggins, a coffee shoppekeeper", "ch": 51567, "as Miss Helen Atkinson-Wood": true } ] }, { "name": "Miranda Richardson", "nm": 1669, "roles": [ { "char": "Amy Hardwood, the elusive Shadow", "ch": 87673, "as Miss Miranda Richardson": true } ] }, { "name": "Warren Clarke", "nm": 165049, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Hardwood, her father", "ch": 87674, "as Mr. Warren Clarke": true } ] }, { "name": "Barbara Horne", "nm": 394998, "roles": [ { "char": "Sally Cheapside, a young lady of doubtful virtue", "ch": 87675, "as Miss Barbara Horne": true } ] }, { "name": "Roger Avon", "nm": 43280, "roles": [ { "char": "The Duke of Cheapside, her father", "ch": 87676, "as Mr. Roger Avon": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E06", "title": "Duel and Duality", "tt": 526723, "air_date": "1987-10-22", "description": "Blackadder's militant cousin McAdder arrives in London as the Prince Regent seduces some relatives of the fiery Duke of Wellington.", "cast": [ { "name": "Rowan Atkinson", "nm": 100, "roles": [ { "char": "Edmund Blackadder, butler to the Prince", "ch": 27412, "as Mr. Rowan Atkinson": true }, { "char": "McAdder", "as Mr. Rowan Atkinson": true } ] }, { "name": "Tony Robinson", "nm": 733153, "roles": [ { "char": "Baldrick, dogsbody", "ch": 28388, "as Mr. Tony Robinson": true } ] }, { "name": "Hugh Laurie", "nm": 491402, "roles": [ { "char": "The Prince Regent, their master", "ch": 42158, "as Mr. Hugh Laurie": true } ] }, { "name": "Helen Atkinson-Wood", "nm": 40814, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Miggins, a coffee shoppekeeper", "ch": 51567, "as Miss Helen Atkinson-Wood": true } ] }, { "name": "Stephen Fry", "nm": 410, "roles": [ { "char": "The Duke of Wellington, a famous soldier", "ch": 28220, "as Mr. Stephen Fry": true } ] }, { "name": "Gertan Klauber", "nm": 458378, "roles": [ { "char": "King George III, a mad Monarch", "ch": 22479, "as Mr. Gertan Klauber": true } ] } ] }
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