Editing Blackadder (section)

====Main cast====
*[[Rowan Atkinson]] as [[Edmund Blackadder]], the series' protagonist. In ''The Black Adder'' he is [[Edmund Blackadder#Prince Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh (Late Medieval England)|Prince Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh]], nicknamed "The Black Adder". In ''Blackadder II'' he is [[Edmund Blackadder#Edmund, Lord Blackadder (Elizabethan England)|Edmund, Lord Blackadder]], a nobleman in the court of [[Queenie (Blackadder)#Blackadder II|Queen Elizabeth I]]. In ''Blackadder the Third'' he is [[Edmund Blackadder#Edmund Blackadder Esq. (Regency Britain)|Edmund Blackadder Esq.]], servant to the [[George IV of the United Kingdom|Prince Regent]]. In ''Blackadder's Christmas Carol'' he is [[Edmund Blackadder#Ebenezer Blackadder|Ebenezer Blackadder]], the Victorian proprietor of a "moustache shop". In ''Blackadder Goes Forth'' he is [[Edmund Blackadder#Captain Edmund Blackadder (World War I)|Captain Edmund Blackadder]], serving in [[World War I]]. In ''Blackadder: Back & Forth'' he is [[Edmund Blackadder#Lord Edmund Blackadder / King Edmund III (Turn-of-the-Millennium)|Lord Edmund Blackadder]], a modern-day representative of the Blackadder dynasty.
*[[Tony Robinson]] as [[Baldrick|S. Baldrick]], Blackadder's servant, or [[Batman (military)|batman/orderly]] in ''Blackadder Goes Forth'', who appears in all four series and all the specials.
*[[Tim McInnerny]] as [[Lord Percy Percy]], Blackadder's dimwitted sidekick in ''The Black Adder'' and ''Blackadder II'' - initially the Duke of Northumberland in the former, then heir to the same title in the latter - and as Captain [[Kevin Darling]], Blackadder's antagonistic rival, in ''Blackadder Goes Forth''. He also appeared as [[The Scarlet Pimpernel]] (alias Lord Topper and [[Le Comte de Frou Frou]]) in the ''Blackadder the Third'' episode "Nob and Nobility", and reprised his role as Darling in ''Back & Forth''.
*[[Stephen Fry]] as Melchett in ''Blackadder II'' and ''Blackadder Goes Forth''. In ''Blackadder II'' he is [[List of Blackadder characters#Melchett|Lord Melchett]], the sycophantic adviser to [[Queenie (Blackadder)|Queen Elizabeth I]]. Fry also played this incarnation of Melchet in ''Blackadder's Christmas Carol''. In ''Blackadder Goes Forth'' he is [[General Melchett]], a blustering buffoon and presumed descendant. Fry also appeared as [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]], the Duke of Wellington, in "Duel and Duality", the final episode of ''Blackadder the Third'', and as various characters in ''Back & Forth''.
*[[Hugh Laurie]] as [[George (Blackadder)|George]], first the [[George IV of the United Kingdom|Prince Regent]] in ''Blackadder the Third'', and later Lieutenant George in ''Blackadder Goes Forth''. Laurie also played the Prince Regent in ''Blackadder's Christmas Carol''. Prior to becoming a regular cast member, Laurie also appeared in two episodes of ''Blackadder II''; first as Simon "Farters Parters" Partridge or "Mr. Ostrich" in the episode "[[Beer (Blackadder)|Beer]]", and then as Prince Ludwig the Indestructible in "[[Chains (Blackadder)|Chains]]", the final episode of ''Blackadder II''. He reprised his role as George in ''Back & Forth''.
*[[Miranda Richardson]] was only a regular cast member for ''Blackadder II'', in which she played [[Queenie (Blackadder)#Blackadder II|Queen Elizabeth I]], reprising the role in ''Blackadder's Christmas Carol'' and ''Back & Forth'', alongside additional characters. However, she also played significant one-off roles as [[Amy Hardwood]] (a.k.a. The Shadow) in "[[Amy and Amiability (Blackadder)|Amy and Amiability]]" from ''Blackadder the Third'', and Mary Fletcher-Brown, a dutiful nurse in "[[General Hospital (Blackadder)|General Hospital]]" from ''Blackadder Goes Forth''.