What are the best episodes of Blackadder?

The best rated episodes of Blackadder are: Plan F: Goodbyeee - S4E6 rated 8.6, Plan B: Corporal Punishment - S4E2 rated 8.2, Duel and Duality - S3E6 rated 8.1, Plan E: General Hospital - S4E5 rated 8.1, Beer - S2E5 rated 8.1, Plan A: Captain Cook - S4E1 rated 8.0, Plan C: Major Star - S4E3 rated 8.0

What are the worst episodes of Blackadder?

The lowest rated episodes of Blackadder are: Witchsmeller Pursuivant - S1E5 rated 7.2, The Black Seal - S1E6 rated 7.3, The Foretelling - S1E1 rated 7.3, Born to Be King - S1E2 rated 7.3, The Queen of Spain's Beard - S1E4 rated 7.4, The Archbishop - S1E3 rated 7.5, Money - S2E4 rated 7.8

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Jun 1983 - Nov 1989

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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
8.1
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.
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
8.0
28th Sep 1989
Blackadder tries painting and cooking as ploys to avoid the scheduled big push out of the trenches.
Plan C: Major Star
S4 Ep3
8.0
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.

Worst Episodes of Blackadder

Witchsmeller Pursuivant
S1 Ep5
7.2
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
7.3
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.
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 Queen of Spain's Beard
S1 Ep4
7.4
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.
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.

Blackadder Episode Guide

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
7.4
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
7.2
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
7.3
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.

Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of the First World War.

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