
Blackadder (1983)
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Richard Curtis — Writer
Episodes 24
The Foretelling
After arriving late for the Battle of Bosworth Field, Edmund kills King Richard III (whom he thinks is stealing his horse) and secures the crown for his father.
Read MoreBorn to Be King
With his father away at the Crusades, Edmund comes up with a plan to prove his brother is illegitimate, thus making him Prince Regent.
Read MoreThe Archbishop
Edmund is appointed to the post of Archbishop of Canterbury after the king has the last one killed.
Read MoreThe Queen of Spain's Beard
The King decides that Edmund should marry a Spanish Princess, who Edmund finds unattractive, in order to secure a treaty between Spain and England which will allow an invasion of France.
Read MoreWitchsmeller Pursuivant
Percy and Baldrick are to be burned at the stake with Edmund, when he is accused of being a witch.
Read MoreThe Black Seal
After the King takes away Edmund's title of Duke, he recruits the 6 most evil men in the land to take the crown by force.
Read MoreDish and Dishonesty
Blackadder becomes involved in politics by getting Baldrick elected MP, in an effort to stop the new Prime Minister, Pitt the Younger, from striking the Prince off the Civil List.
Read MoreInk and Incapability
Blackadder has one weekend to rewrite a dictionary the Prince Regent is sponsoring after Baldrick burns the only copy.
Read MoreNob and Nobility
After the Scarlet Pimpernel gets high praises Blackadder makes a bet that he can go to France and rescue aristocrats, too.
Read MoreSense and Senility
The Prince Regent hires a pair of actors to teach him to give better speeches and earn the people's respect after an anarchist tries to blow him up at the theatre.
Read MoreAmy and Amiability
After Parliament cuts off the Prince's money he decides to marry a rich lady who obtains her money by moonlighting as a notorious highwayman.
Read MoreDuel and Duality
The Duke of Wellington has challenged the Prince to a duel for seducing his daughters and the Prince offers Blackadder anything he wants to take his place.
Read MoreBlackadder's Christmas Carol
Pleasant Ebenezer Blackadder is turned into a cruel and witty miser after seeing visions of his ancestors and descendants.
Read MorePlan A: Captain Cook
Blackadder tries painting and cooking as ploys to avoid the scheduled big push out of the trenches.
Read MorePlan B: Corporal Punishment
Edmund is sentenced to death by firing squad for shooting and eating the General's favorite messenger pigeon.
Read MorePlan C: Major Star
Blackadder grabs yet another opportunity to return to England by organizing a morale-raising music hall show, including Baldrick's Charlie Chaplin impersonation and George's appearance as a lady songstress who captures the General's heart.
Read MorePlan D: Private Plane
Blackadder and the boys join the Royal Air Corps, where they are promptly shot down behind enemy lines.
Read MorePlan E: General Hospital
Blackadder is assigned to find the spy working out of the hospital.
Read MorePlan F: Goodbyeee
Blackadder tries everything he can think of to get sent back to England when orders come in to go over the top in the first charge against the Germans since 1914.
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