Blackadder Episode Rating Graph

Jun 1983 - Nov 1989

8.6

Cunning plans and cutting comedy as the Blackadder dynasty plot their way through British history.

Best Episodes of Blackadder

Plan F: Goodbyeee
S4 Ep6
8.6
2nd Nov 1989
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.
Plan B: Corporal Punishment
S4 Ep2
8.2
5th Oct 1989
Edmund is sentenced to death by firing squad for shooting and eating the General's favorite messenger pigeon.
Duel and Duality
S3 Ep6
8.2
22nd Oct 1987
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.
Plan E: General Hospital
S4 Ep5
8.1
26th Oct 1989
Blackadder is assigned to find the spy working out of the hospital.
Plan C: Major Star
S4 Ep3
8.1
12th Oct 1989
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.
Beer
S2 Ep5
8.1
13th Feb 1986
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.
Plan A: Captain Cook
S4 Ep1
8.1
28th Sep 1989
Blackadder tries painting and cooking as ploys to avoid the scheduled big push out of the trenches.

Witchsmeller Pursuivant
S1 Ep5
7.1
13th Jul 1983
Percy and Baldrick are to be burned at the stake with Edmund, when he is accused of being a witch.
The Black Seal
S1 Ep6
7.1
20th Jul 1983
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.
Born to Be King
S1 Ep2
7.3
22nd Jun 1983
With his father away at the Crusades, Edmund comes up with a plan to prove his brother is illegitimate, thus making him Prince Regent.
The Foretelling
S1 Ep1
7.3
15th Jun 1983
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.
The Queen of Spain's Beard
S1 Ep4
7.3
6th Jul 1983
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.
The Archbishop
S1 Ep3
7.5
29th Jun 1983
Edmund is appointed to the post of Archbishop of Canterbury after the king has the last one killed.
Head
S2 Ep2
7.7
16th Jan 1986
After the Queen appoints Blackadder Lord High Executioner, he finds himself in trouble when the Queen pardons someone he executed ahead of schedule.

The Foretelling
S1 Ep1
7.3
15th Jun 1983
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.
Born to Be King
S1 Ep2
7.3
22nd Jun 1983
With his father away at the Crusades, Edmund comes up with a plan to prove his brother is illegitimate, thus making him Prince Regent.
The Archbishop
S1 Ep3
7.5
29th Jun 1983
Edmund is appointed to the post of Archbishop of Canterbury after the king has the last one killed.
The Queen of Spain's Beard
S1 Ep4
7.3
6th Jul 1983
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.
Witchsmeller Pursuivant
S1 Ep5
7.1
13th Jul 1983
Percy and Baldrick are to be burned at the stake with Edmund, when he is accused of being a witch.
The Black Seal
S1 Ep6
7.1
20th Jul 1983
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.

Bells
S2 Ep1
7.9
9th Jan 1986
Blackadder feels a funny attraction for his manservant and decides to marry when he discovers he is a she.
Head
S2 Ep2
7.7
16th Jan 1986
After the Queen appoints Blackadder Lord High Executioner, he finds himself in trouble when the Queen pardons someone he executed ahead of schedule.
Potato
S2 Ep3
7.8
23rd Jan 1986
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.
Money
S2 Ep4
7.8
5th Feb 1986
The Queen hampers Blackadder's efforts to raise cash to pay off a debt to a sadistic bishop.
Beer
S2 Ep5
8.1
13th Feb 1986
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.
Chains
S2 Ep6
8.0
20th Feb 1986
Blackadder and Lord Melchett are kidnapped by a German spy right after the Queen decides she will pay no more ransom to kidnappers.

Dish and Dishonesty
S3 Ep1
7.8
17th Sep 1987
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.
Ink and Incapability
S3 Ep2
7.8
24th Sep 1987
Blackadder has one weekend to rewrite a dictionary the Prince Regent is sponsoring after Baldrick burns the only copy.
Nob and Nobility
S3 Ep3
7.8
1st Oct 1987
After the Scarlet Pimpernel gets high praises Blackadder makes a bet that he can go to France and rescue aristocrats, too.
Sense and Senility
S3 Ep4
7.8
8th Oct 1987
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.
Amy and Amiability
S3 Ep5
7.8
15th Oct 1987
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.
Duel and Duality
S3 Ep6
8.2
22nd Oct 1987
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.

Plan A: Captain Cook
S4 Ep1
8.1
28th Sep 1989
Blackadder tries painting and cooking as ploys to avoid the scheduled big push out of the trenches.
Plan B: Corporal Punishment
S4 Ep2
8.2
5th Oct 1989
Edmund is sentenced to death by firing squad for shooting and eating the General's favorite messenger pigeon.
Plan C: Major Star
S4 Ep3
8.1
12th Oct 1989
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.
Plan D: Private Plane
S4 Ep4
7.8
19th Oct 1989
Blackadder and the boys join the Royal Air Corps, where they are promptly shot down behind enemy lines.
Plan E: General Hospital
S4 Ep5
8.1
26th Oct 1989
Blackadder is assigned to find the spy working out of the hospital.
Plan F: Goodbyeee
S4 Ep6
8.6
2nd Nov 1989
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.