The Queen of Spain’s Beard
Joe Siegler
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The Queen of Spain’s Beard
This Episode: Season 1, Episode 4
Black Adder Overall: Episode 4
Airdate: 6 Jul 1983
Written by Rowan Atkinson & Richard Curtis
Directed by Martin Shardlow
Notes
- The castle scenes were filmed at the real life location “Alnwick Castle“. The same castle appeared in Downton Abbey as Brancaster Castle.
- Princess Infanta was played by Miriam Margolyes, who was in Doctor Who as the voice of “The Meep” in the episode “The Star Beast“.
- Don Speekingleesh is played by Jim Broadbent, who was in the non canon Doctor Who story “The Curse of the Fatal Death” as one of the Doctors that Rowan Atkinson’s Doctor regenerates into.
- It is established that Edmund Blackadder is a virgin in this episode.
- Some repeats of this episode and an earlier DVD release swapped this episode with the second for some reason.
Closing Credits Lyrics
The sound of hoofbeats cross the glade
Good folk lock up your son and daughter
Beware the deadly flashing blade
Unless you want to end up shorter
Black Adder Black Adder
He rides a pitch black steed
Black Adder Black Adder
He’s very bad indeed
Black his gloves of finest mole
Black his codpiece made of metal
His horse is blacker than a vole
His pot is blacker than his kettle
Black Adder Black Adder
With many a cunning plan
Black Adder Black Adder
You horrid little man
Links
[ Wikipedia | Blackadder Wiki | IMDB | BBC Website | BBC Alternate | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK Blu-Ray ]The Black Adder Ep 4 - "The Queen of Spain's Beard" - 29 Jun 1983 1/2 #BlackAdder I enjoyed this one. In order to gain a treaty, the King has decided to marry off Edmund to a princess to seal the deal. Thing is Edmund tries to get out of it because while the woman is sexually voracious, she's also
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) November 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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The Black Adder Ep 4 - "The Queen of Spain's Beard" - 29 Jun 1983 2/2 #BlackAdder not what he would find attractive. That's where the comedy comes from - him trying to get out of it in various ways, including making people think he's gay. This ep has a more traditional feel to it than the others.
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) November 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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