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Episodes 24

The Foretelling

69%
June 15, 198334m
1x1

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.

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Born to Be King

65%
June 22, 198334m
1x2

With his father away at the Crusades, Edmund comes up with a plan to prove his brother is illegitimate, thus making him Prince Regent.

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The Archbishop

69%
June 29, 198333m
1x3

Edmund is appointed to the post of Archbishop of Canterbury after the king has the last one killed.

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The Queen of Spain's Beard

75%
July 6, 198334m
1x4

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.

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Witchsmeller Pursuivant

64%
July 13, 198330m
1x5

Percy and Baldrick are to be burned at the stake with Edmund, when he is accused of being a witch.

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The Black Seal

69%
Season Finale
July 20, 198331m
1x6

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.

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Bells

72%
January 9, 198630m
2x1

Blackadder feels a funny attraction for his manservant and decides to marry when he discovers he is a she.

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Head

75%
January 16, 198627m
2x2

After the Queen appoints Blackadder Lord High Executioner, he finds himself in trouble when the Queen pardons someone he executed ahead of schedule.

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Potato

75%
January 23, 198630m
2x3

After Sir Walter Raleigh takes the Queen's fancy by bringing her a potato, Blackadder decides to become an explorer with the aid of a legless sea captain.

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Money

66%
February 5, 198630m
2x4

The Queen hampers Blackadder's efforts to raise cash to pay off a debt to a sadistic bishop.

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Beer

70%
February 13, 198629m
2x5

Blackadder's rich and Puritanical aunt and uncle pay him a visit to discuss his inheritance the same night he has a beer drinking contest.

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Chains

75%
Season Finale
February 20, 198629m
2x6

Blackadder and Lord Melchett are kidnapped by a German spy right after the Queen decides she will pay no more ransom to kidnappers.

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Dish and Dishonesty

69%
September 17, 198729m
3x1

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.

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Ink and Incapability

74%
September 24, 198729m
3x2

Blackadder has one weekend to rewrite a dictionary the Prince Regent is sponsoring after Baldrick burns the only copy.

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Nob and Nobility

75%
October 1, 198730m
3x3

After the Scarlet Pimpernel gets high praises Blackadder makes a bet that he can go to France and rescue aristocrats, too.

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Sense and Senility

72%
October 8, 198727m
3x4

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.

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Amy and Amiability

71%
October 15, 198730m
3x5

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.

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Duel and Duality

75%
Season Finale
October 22, 198730m
3x6

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.

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Blackadder's Christmas Carol

77%
December 23, 198843m
0x2

Pleasant Ebenezer Blackadder is turned into a cruel and witty miser after seeing visions of his ancestors and descendants.

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Plan A: Captain Cook

74%
September 28, 198929m
4x1

Blackadder tries painting and cooking as ploys to avoid the scheduled big push out of the trenches.

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Plan B: Corporal Punishment

81%
October 5, 198929m
4x2

Edmund is sentenced to death by firing squad for shooting and eating the General's favorite messenger pigeon.

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Plan C: Major Star

76%
October 12, 198929m
4x3

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.

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Plan D: Private Plane

79%
October 19, 198929m
4x4

Blackadder and the boys join the Royal Air Corps, where they are promptly shot down behind enemy lines.

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Plan E: General Hospital

76%
October 26, 198928m
4x5

Blackadder is assigned to find the spy working out of the hospital.

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Plan F: Goodbyeee

83%
Season Finale
November 2, 198930m
4x6

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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