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Angus, Lord

(Valentine Dyall) ("The Witchsmeller Pursuivant")

Anon

(Mark Arden) A guard at the Royal Palace, along with Soft. ("The Witchsmeller Pursuivant", "The Black Seal")

Applebottom, Tully

(Jane Freeman) A peasant with an apparent inability to stop laughing madly, she very nearly committed bigamy with Prince Edmund. ("The Queen of Spain's Beard")

Applebottom, Thomas

(Howard Lew Lewis) Tully Applebottom's husband. He wasn't terribly happy that Prince Edmund was attempting to marry his wife. ("The Queen of Spain's Beard")

Balladeer, The

(Tony Aitken) A minstrel given to cataloguing Blackadder's many failed adventures. Other than a brief scene in "Bells", the minstrel appeared only in the closing credits to each episode of Blackadder II. (Blackadder II)

Bellows, Friar

(Paul Brooke) A member of The Black Seal and the clergy, Friar Bellows' godliness was somewhat less than complete given his fondness for fornication and murder. ("The Black Seal")

Biggun, Ivor "Jest Ye Not Madam"

Ivor "Jest Ye Not Madam" Biggun (Geoffrey McGivern) was a politician who participated in the Dunny-on-the-Wold by-election in Dish and Dishonesty, standing for the Standing at the Back Dressed Stupidly and Looking Stupid Party (a parody of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party).

Biggun loses the seat to Baldrick, but takes his defeat calmly, claiming: "if you can't laugh, what can you do?". His party's policies included: "the compulsory serving of asparagus at breakfast, free corsets for the under-fives, and the abolition of slavery", the latter of which was apparently added "for a joke".

Bolsom, Brigadier-General Horace

Brigadier General Horace Bolsom (actor unknown) was a candidate for the Dunny-on-the-Wold by-election in Dish and Dishonesty, standing for the Keep Royalty White, Rat Catching and Safe Sewage Residents Party.

Bolsom is the first candidate to be mentioned in the by-election, in which he receives no votes. On hearing this news, he promptly storms out of the building, pushing Mr. E. Blackadder out of his way as he does so.

Burgundy, Philip of, aka "The Hawk/Thrush"

(Patrick Allen) The deadly childhood rival of Prince Edmund, he was known to his enemies as "The Hawk" (or, when a child, "The Thrush"). Philip managed to wrest control of The Black Seal away from Edmund, leading to Edmund's hideously violent but amusing death on a bizarre torture device, the "amusing" part coming from the feathers used to tickle Edmund under "what's left of arms". Philip was poisoned by Baldrick and Percy along with the members of The Black Seal. ("The Black Seal")

Buxomly, Sir Talbot

Sir Talbot Buxomly MP (Denis Lill) was a Member of Parliament for the village of Dunny-on-the-Wold in Suffolk, who was recruited by Mr. E. Blackadder and the Prince Regent in the Blackadder the Third episode Dish and Dishonesty to prevent the Prince Regent from being removed from the Civil List in the House of Commons, but soon died after meeting the Prince, and left his seat open for a by-election in Dunny-on-the-Wold.

According to Mr. E. Blackadder, Sir Talbot's constituency was a rotten borough, but despite his power, only ever attended the Houses of Parliament once, during which time: "he passed water in the Great Hall, and then passed out in the Speaker's Chair". His policies included "flogging servants, shooting poor people, and the extension of slavery to anyone who hasn't got a knighthood". He was said to be a "violent, bigoted, and mindless old fool," which Prince George placed as "a bit overqualified" for the appointment of High Court judge.

Cain & Abel

(Bert Parnaby & Roy Evans) A pair of peasants with a great admiration for a faceful of manure. ("The Archbishop", "The Witchsmeller Pursuivant", "The Black Seal")

Celia, Countess of Cheltenham

(Joolia Cappleman) ("Born to be King")

Chiswick, Lord

Lord Chiswick was a fictional character in the first series of the British sitcom Blackadder. The character was played by Stephen Tate.

Lord Chiswick was a courtier to King Richard IV of England. His most significant function appeared to be keeping the King supplied with fresh horses, although he did occasionally curb his master's fiery temper.

Cordelia

(Gretchen Franklin) One of a triad of three haggard witches, possibly the witches from Macbeth. Named Goneril, Regan and Cordelia after King Lear's daughters, they foretell that Edmund shall become king, despite him referring to them as "hideous crones", "loathsome drabs" and "snaggle-toothed vultures". It is only after he leaves that they realise they've mixed him up with Henry Tudor (i.e the genuine Macbeth). They appear to make this mistake frequently. The witches appeared in the episode, The Foretelling. h

Death, Sir Wilfred

(John Hallam) A member of The Black Seal. ("The Black Seal")

de Boinod, Sir Justin

(Bill Wallis) An English knight of Norman descent freshly returned from the Crusades, he and his drunken colleague Sir George de Boeuf attempted to murder Edmund Plantagenet, Archbishop of Canterbury after misunderstanding the King. Fortunately for Edmund, they failed to fully replicate the murder of Thomas a Becket and Edmund was merely excommunicated. ("The Archbishop")

de Boeuf, Sir George

(David Delve) One of the two knights involved in the failed assassination of Prince Edmund during his tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury. ("The Archbishop")

de Glastonbury, Guy

(Patrick Malahide) A member of The Black Seal. ("The Black Seal")

Dung Gatherer, Robin the

Baldrick's father.

Escalosa, Maria, Infanta of Spain

(Miriam Margoyles) Infanta of Spain, Maria Escalosa was briefly engaged to Prince Edmund following an arranged marriage by the King for his own political gains. Expecting a ravishing Royal princess, Edmund was rather disappointed to discover she didn't quite accord with his mental picture, being short and fat.

Dismayed, Edmund attempts to weasel out of the wedding every way he can, first by pretending to be "like the Earl of Doncaster" (i.e. gay). The Infanta thinks he is merely dressing up as a Spanish man in order to delight her.

Edmund then coerces Baldrick into "deflowering" the Infanta: she is already not a virgin, and the King asserts it doesn't matter anyway, as only one of them needs to be a virgin.

Finally, Edmund realises he can't get married if he's already married. He attempts to marry the first woman he finds, Tully Applebottom, a local peasant. This plan is derailed by "Father of the Bride" Thomas Applebottom interrupting the wedding by pointing out his being in fact the husband of the bride.

The wedding between Edmund and the Infanta goes ahead, Edmund finally grimly resigned to his fate - but he is saved in the last possible moment on political grounds (The Swiss and French made sudden peace with each other at a mountain pass rendezvous, then forged a clandestine alliance with Spain, thus leaving us without friends in Europe unless by chance we make an immediate pact with Hungary!) , and finds himself married to the eight-year-old Princess Leia of Hungary instead.

Field, Mrs

(Sarah Thomas) ("The Witchsmeller Pursuivant")

Fife, Lord

Firkettle, Jane

Fletcher-Brown, Nurse Mary

Nurse Mary Fletcher-Brown, played by Miranda Richardson, appears in the Blackadder Goes Forth episode "General Hospital". Like Amy Hardwood in Blackadder the Third she has a "fluffy bunny act," (her bedside manner), but is really a highly intelligent cynic. Though Prince George was originally disgusted by Amy's stupid act, his descendant Lieutenant George thinks Nurse Mary is "an absolute peach," and appears to be regressing to the nursery under her care.

She had a brief fling with Captain Blackadder, but this time it was he who was leading her on, suspecting her of being a German spy and eventually exposing her (calling her "Nurse Fleischer-Baum"). She was sent to be executed by firing squad, but when Blackadder learns that the real source of information being leaked to the Germans was an unwitting Lieutenant George, he rushes after her, and it is unclear as to whether or not she survives.

Frou Frou, Le Comte de

Le Comte de Frou Frou is appeared in Blackadder the Third. He was presumably a foppish, disgruntled, homesick French aristocrat, played by Tim McInnerny. The character was forced to flee his home country for England, in order to escape the French Revolution. He was later revealed to be a disguise adopted by Prince George's friend Lord Topper, alias one half of the Scarlet Pimpernel.

The name of the character first appeared in an early-1980s Not The Nine O'clock News sketch, where, as the Belgian Chargé d'Affaires, (played by Rowan Atkinson), he attempted to explain to Mel Smith the finer points of Belgian table manners.

Gerald, Mad

(Rik Mayall, although originally credited as "himself") A one-time cellmate of Prince Edmund whilst the latter was waiting to be eaten alive by snails, he had two friends: Mr Rat and, fortunately for Edmund, Mr Key, which Gerald made from his own teeth. Actor Rik Mayall would later return as Lord Flashheart in Blackadder II's "Bells" and in Blackadder Goes Forth's Private Plane as Squadron Commander The Lord Flashheart. ("The Black Seal")

Godfrey, Archbishop of Canterbury

Goneril

(Kathleen St John) One of a triad of three haggard witches, possibly the witches from Macbeth. Named Goneril, Regan and Cordelia after King Lear's daughters, they foretell that Edmund shall become king, despite him referring to them as "hideous crones", "loathsome drabs" and "snaggle-toothed vultures". It is only after he leaves that they realise they've mixed him up with Henry Tudor (i.e the genuine Macbeth). They appear to make this mistake frequently. The witches appeared in the episode, The Foretelling.

Graveney, Lord

(Leslie Sands) ("The Archbishop")

Haig, Field Marshall, Sir Douglas

(Geoffrey Palmer) ("Goodbyeee...") The hard nosed leader of the British Army during the First World War whose best advice for Blackadder to escape the final push was to stick two pencils up his nose and his underpants on his head so that he would be classed as insane and sent home, a plan which Blackadder had already tried... "The phrase rhymes with clucking bell!"

Haig is somewhat similar to Melchett as a war leader. As he is talking to Blackadder on the phone, he is seen to be arranging a group of soldiers in a scale map. He then knocks them down with a stick and casually sweeps them into a waste basket.

Hardwood, Amy

Amy Hardwood appeared in the third series episode "Amy and Amiability", and was played by Miranda Richardson.

Amy was chosen by Mr. E. Blackadder to be the bride of his master, the Prince Regent, due to his belief that her father, an industrialist, was extremely rich. However, upon the discovery that Mr. Hardwood wished his daughter to marry the Prince for his money, Blackadder called it off.

Amy appeared to be an extremely soppy and child-like person, somewhat like Queenie without the ruthlessness. When first introduced, a doll can be seen in her hands. Like Queenie she was proud of her nose, believing it to be "so wee I sometimes think the pixies must have given it to me".

It transpired that this was a front, and she was, in fact, the highly ruthless and practical (although squirrel-phobic) highwayman, the Shadow. Blackadder learned this after taking up highway robbery himself, and believed she was attracted to him. However, their plan to rob the Prince of everything he had, then go to Barbados, was modified by Amy, to involve killing Edmund and going to Barbados on her own. With Baldrick's help, Blackadder turned the tables and Amy was hanged, without anyone learning of Blackadder's involvement.

Herbert, Archbishop of Canterbury

Irish Bastard, Sean the

(Ron Cook) An Irish member of The Black Seal. ("The Black Seal")

Jack, Dopey

Jumping Jews of Jerusalem, The

An unentertaining act hired by Prince Edmund for the St Leonard's Day celebrations at the Royal court due to his inability to book any proper entertainments. The lead Jew was played by Angus Deayton, most famous for presenting the topical news quiz Have I Got News for You. ("Born to be King")

Kate's Father

(Edward Jewesbury) The father of "Bob", or rather Kate. As he had grown too old to support himself and his daughter, he was in favour of the idea of Kate becoming a prostitute. Instead, she decided to go to London, disguise herself as a boy, and seek her fortune. ("Bells")

Large, Jack

(Big Mick) Also known as Unspeakably Violent Jack, the Bull-Buggering Beast-Killer of No Fixed Abode, his fearsome reputation was somewhat undermined by his being somewhat less than five foot tall. Jack was a member of The Black Seal and died after being poisoned by Baldrick and Percy. ("The Black Seal")

Leech, Dr

(John Grillo) A doctor (or quack, according to Blackadder) who, like all doctors of his age, prescribes a course of leeches for practically every complaint. ("Bells")

Leia of Hungary, Princess

Princess Leia of Hungary was a fictional character in the first series of the British sitcom Blackadder. The character was played by Natasha King.

In 1492, at the age of eight, she married the show's central character, Prince Edmund, although she was originally betrothed to his brother, Prince Harry. A last-minute complication had changed matters, and Edmund was married to Leia instead of his original fiance, Maria Escalosa, the Spanish Infanta (played by Miriam Margoyles). Three years later, Leia seemed uncomprehending or unconcerned at the prospect of her husband being burned as a witch. Nothing is known of her life after this point, and as she was only fourteen when Edmund died it seems unlikely that she and Edmund ever had children of their own, suggesting that the Blackadder line was continued illegitimately.

The name and hairstyle of Leia is an obvious reference to the Star Wars character, Princess Leia Organa.

Lloyd, Reverend

(John Rapley) The priest who nearly bigamously married Prince Edmund to Tully Applebottom via rather violent persuasion by Baldrick. Fortunately, Tully Applebottom's husband Thomas made a well-timed interruption of the ceremony, accompanied by a large scythe. ("The Queen of Spain's Beard")

McAngus, Dougal

Dougal McAngus, 4th Duke of Argyll is a fictional character in the first series of the British sitcom Blackadder. The character was played by Alex Norton.

The character appears in the episode "Born to be King". He is Supreme Commander of the King's Army and the Fourth Duke of Argyll. Upon his return from a crusade against the Turks, he is rewarded for his bravery with Prince Edmund's Scottish lands. Enraged, Edmund schemes to have him stabbed on stage during the entertainment.

He changes his mind about the assassination attempt after McAngus shows him documents that McAngus at first suggests show Edmund's brother, Harry, is illegitimate; he claims his father Donald, the 3rd Duke, had a liaison with Queen Gertrude of Flanders nine months before Harry's birth. Unfortunately for Edmund, the documents prove the Queen's adultery took place nine months before Edmund's birth, not Harry's, showing that McAngus knew all along that he was Edmund's possible half-brother and intended to humiliate him but in the unaired episode that this episode was loosely based on, McAngus was just as surprised as Edmund when he found out that it was Edmund and not Harry who was conceived through his mother's affairs. Edmund destroys the evidence and persuades McAngus to inspect a cannon, which then "accidentally" fires.

Miggins, Mrs

Mrs. Miggins is a fictional character from the second and third seasons, played in the latter by Helen Atkinson-Wood. In series two, she is the proprietor of a Pie Shop. She is often mentioned but never seen. Percy claims that she is "Bed-ridden from the nose down". It was also revealed that she planned to celebrate the return of Walter Raleigh by making a commemorative pie in the shape of an enormous pie. Blackadder claims the cost of a 'slap up binge' at Mrs. Miggins' is three pence. She was effectively an unseen running gag.

In series three we meet her descendant, who now owns a coffee shop. Blackadder is a regular visitor here, despite referring to her coffee as brown grit in hot water, and she in return regularly pops in to deliver buns to the royal kitchen. Mrs Miggins' coffee shop tends to move with the times and is generally inhabited by whichever group is 'in' at that moment in time, be it actors, poets, Frenchmen, etc. The customers tend to reflect the theme of the episode. Like her Elizabethan ancestor, Mrs Miggins also sells pies, although in an episode revolving around the French Revolution she briefly stops selling pies and offers Chicken Pimpernel in a Scarlet sauce, Scarlet Chicken in a Pimpernel sauce or huge, suspicious-looking sausages in a Scarlet Pimpernel sauce. The shop is also a favourite visiting spot for celebrities such as famous actors Mossop and Keanrick, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, Samuel Johnson and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Mrs. Miggins displayed a level of affection for Blackadder, although it was often returned with cold-hearted abuse. In one episode she sobs "I'd always hoped that you'd settle down and marry me, and that, together we might await the slither of tiny Adders." To this outpouring of emotion, Blackadder responds "If we were the last three humans on earth, I'd be trying to start a family with Baldrick!". In another scene where she jokingly calls Blackadder "only a little butler", Blackadder laughingly retorts "They do say, Mrs M, that verbal insults hurt more than physical pain.... They are, of course, wrong, as you will soon discover when I stick this toasting fork in your head."

Mrs Miggins left the coffee shop in the final episode of series three to pursue a relationship with Blackadder's mad Scottish cousin MacAdder. She was impressed by his skill with his 'claymore' (which she later discovers is a type of sword) and his ability to make her a set of wooden teeth. Though her fate is not known, MacAdder claimed that she would have to battle his wife Morag in the old highland way - bare-breasted and each carrying an eight-pound baby.

There is one last mention of this character in the final episode of Blackadder Goes Forth. When trying to pass the time before the final 'big push', Lieutenant George suggests singing songs, and refers to one called "Whoops, Mrs. Miggins, You're Sitting On My Artichokes."

Mother Superior

Ned, Daft

Pete, Three-Fingered

(Roger Sloman) A member of The Black Seal. ("The Black Seal")

Piers, Yeoman

Pitt the Even Younger, William

Master William Pitt the Even Younger was the fictional younger brother of William Pitt the Younger who took part in the Dunny-on-the-Wold by-election in Dish and Dishonesty, as a representative of the Whigs.

Pitt the Even Younger was put up as a candidate against Baldrick by his older brother, Pitt the Younger, but the announcement was welcomed with only sarcasm, and Mr. E. Blackadder began to ask the name of the candidate, including names such as: Pitt the Toddler, Pitt the Embryo, and Pitt the Glint in the Milkman's Eye, poking fun at Pitt the Younger's adolescence.

Pitt the Even Younger ultimately lost the by-election, which had been rigged in Baldrick's favour, despite Pitt the Even Younger's smear campaign, bribing of the press and threats against the electorate if he lost the election.

Prique, Sir Dominic of Stratford

(Martin Clarke) The leader of a "Thespianic troupe" who put on the deathless The Death of the Pharaoh during the St Leonard's Day celebrations at the Royal court. ("Born to be King")

Richard III, King

King Richard III of England is a fictional character in the first series of the British sitcom Blackadder. The character was played by Peter Cook and based on the real Richard III of England.

The series' first episode, "The Foretelling", explains that King Richard III was actually a kind, benevolent ruler who doted on his nephews, and that his popular image as a murderous usurper is based on lies spread by his rival, Henry Tudor. In the episode, Richard wins the Battle of Bosworth Field, but he loses his horse. He doesn't have a very good relationship with his great-nephew, Lord Edmund Plantagenet, as he refers to Edmund as a "little turd", "horrid little scabby reptile" and "loathsome little fairy maggott". Later, Edmund accidentally kills him;(Richard takes Edmund's horse, which he thinks is a stray; not recognizing the king, Edmund thinks Richard is stealing it, and cuts his head off). The late King's nephew, Richard, Duke of York, Edmund's father, is then crowned as Richard IV.

During the celebration dinner, Richard's ghost returns to haunt Edmund (parodying Banquo in Macbeth).

Ross, Lord

(Richard Murdoch) ("The Witchsmeller Pursuivant")

Rum, Captain Redbeard

(Tom Baker) A deranged seafarer who claims to have had his legs "sliced clean off by a falling sail, and swept into the sea before very eyes" and possesses "a beard you could lose a badger in".

Rum is quite possibly the worst mariner in history, given that he doesn't seem to feel a crew is required to sail an Elizabethan galleon and doesn't know the way from Tilbury to France let alone the Cape of Good Hope.

Rum is the sole captain with, according to Sir Walter Raleigh, few enough marbles to aid Blackadder in the his trip around the Cape of Good Hope, and hence captains Blackadder's voyage of discovery - a trip that was intended to be little more than to France and back, but somehow ends up in Australia.

Unlike the average seafarer, Rum actually seem to prefer drinking his own urine to water. Percy notes that Rum began doing so before the water ran out...

Rum proposed to Nursie before Blackadder's remarkably successful trip of discovery to Australia, and she accepted. However, due to Rum ending up as a "third-rate sailor, but a first-rate second course" for some hungry natives, Nursie was left only with his beard as a memento - which she wore in remembrance of him.

Smedley, Lord

(Nigel Planer) An extremely annoying friend of George and one half of the Scarlet Pimpernel, the other half being his friend Lord Topper. He is killed by a suicide pill given to him by Blackadder when he is disguised as Madame Guillotine in order to rescue him and Baldrick. ("Nob and Nobility")

Smith, Brigadier Sir Bernard Proudfoot

(Bill Wallis) A patient with thick German accent at the hospital in the fourth series episode "General Hospital." Captain Darling thinks he is the German spy, but he is revealed at the end of the episode to be a British spy who picked up "a teensy-veensy bit" of an accent while working undercover in Germany.

Soft

(Stephen Frost) A guard at the Royal Palace, along with Anon. ("The Witchsmeller Pursuivant", "The Black Seal")

Speekingleesh, Don

(Jim Broadbent) The Infanta Maria Escalosa's incredibly annoying interpreter. Don Speekingleesh accompanied the Infanta at all times whilst in the Royal palace - even when she was making love to Baldrick (in the guise of Prince Edmund). Don Speekingleesh was played by Jim Broadbent. ("The Queen of Spain's Beard")

Topper, Lord

(Tim McInnerny) An extremely irritating friend of George he is offered the chance to go and rescue a French aristocrat by Blackadder but he refuses. He then disguises himself as Le Comte de Frou Frou and is 'rescued' by Blackadder and Baldrick. After being captured by an evil revolutionary (Chris Barrie) and escaping, he reveals himself to be Topper and, coincidently, one half of the Scarlet Pimpernel, the other half being his friend, Lord Smedley, who had already been killed by a suicide pill given to him by Blackadder. When he is about to tell George the truth about his 'rescue', he is also killed the same way as Smedley, Blackadder slipping a suicide pill into his wine. ("Nob and Nobility")

Tyler, Mrs

(Louise Gold) ("The Witchsmeller Pursuivant")

Winchester, the Duke of

(William Russell) ("The Archbishop")

Wise Woman, The

(Barbara Miller) A "deranged druid" (according to Blackadder) who Baldrick habitually used to cure medical complaints. Out of desperation, Blackadder decided to brave the swampy wilderness of Putney and seek her counsel to cure him of his "homosexuality" when he found himself attracted to "Bob". She recommends Blackadder sleep with "him", as that's what she tends to do with people she's attracted to - although she has to drug them first, due to her being "so old and warty". Her subsequent alternative solutions are met with equal disdain; Blackadder vehemently refuses to kill 'Bob', declines the suggestion to kill himself, and treats the solution of killing everybody in the whole world- thus preventing anyone from learning his secret- with disdain. ("Bells")

Witches, The

A triad of three haggard witches, possibly the witches from Macbeth. Named Goneril, Regan and Cordelia after King Lear's daughters, they foretell that Edmund shall become king, despite him referring to them as "hideous crones", "loathsome drabs" and "snaggle-toothed vultures". It is only after he leaves that they realise they've mixed him up with someone else (i.e Henry Tudor, who had passed by moments before). They appear to make this mistake frequently. The witches appeared in the episode, The Foretelling.

Witchsmeller Pursuivant, The

The Witchsmeller Pursuivant
Blackadder character
First appearance	Witchsmeller Pursuivant
Last appearance	Witchsmeller Pursuivant
Portrayed by	Frank Finlay
In-universe information
Occupation	Inquisitor
Nationality	unknown

(Frank Finlay) During the episode Witchsmeller Pursuivant, plague breaks out and reports of strange and unexplained phenomena, such as "two women claiming to have been raped by a fish", abound. The council of Lords recommends that "The Witchsmeller Pursuivant" be sent for, in order to track down and eliminate the presumed cause of the ill omens. After Edmund mocks the Witchsmeller by referring to him as "Old Big-nose", the Witchsmeller tricks Edmund into incriminating himself as a witch. During the ensuing trial, Edmund, Percy and Baldrick are found guilty of witchcraft and sentenced to be burned at the stake.

Young Crone, The

(Sadie Shimmin) A resident of Putney and something of a receptionist for The Wise Woman. ("Bells")

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