baldrick is the name of several fictional characters featured in the long-running bbc historic comedy television series "blackadder". each one serves as edmund blackadder's servant and sidekick and acts as a foil to the lead character. each series of "blackadder" is set in a different period in british history, and each baldrick character (as with the character of edmund) is a descendant of the baldrick from the preceding series. just as blackadder exists in many incarnations throughout the ages, so does baldrick; whenever there is a blackadder there is a baldrick serving him. they are all portrayed by sir tony robinson (although in the unaired pilot episode he was played by philip fox).