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Blackadder

BBC One · English · 1983–1989

Also known as: Fekete Vipera · Svarte Orm · The Black Adder · Чёрная гадюка

Seasons: 4
Episodes: 24
Specials: 15
Followers: 0

Comedy set in different historical periods that features the ill-fated exploits of the mean-spirited Edmund Blackadder and his dim sidekick Baldrick.

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Blackadder Goes Forth6 episodes · 1989

Episode 1 · 28 Sept 1989 · 30 min
Captain Cook
Edmund cheats to win a competition to be named Official War Artist, thinking it's his ticket out of the trenches. So he's furious when his reward turns out to be going into no man's land to sketch the German positions.
Episode 2 · 5 Oct 1989 · 30 min
Corporal Punishment
Blackadder faces court-martial for eating a carrier pigeon. With the pigeon's owner, Melchett, as judge and Darling as prosecutor, Edmund's relying on George and Baldrick to save his skin.
Episode 3 · 12 Oct 1989 · 30 min
Major Star
The October Revolution in Moscow produces three appalling results: a ceasefire by Russia, an offensive by Germany, and a Charlie Chaplin impression by Baldrick.
Episode 4 · 19 Oct 1989 · 30 min
Private Plane
Edmund, George and Baldrick join the Royal Flying Corps. However, Edmund and Baldrick are shot down soon afterwards and are taken prisoner by the Red Baron. George persuades dashing pilot Lord Flashheart to mount a rescue attempt, but when they hear what the Red Baron has planned for them, Blackadder and Baldrick are in no hurry to be saved.
Episode 5 · 26 Oct 1989 · 30 min
General Hospital
Melchett orders Blackadder to unmask a spy working in the hospital where George is recovering from a bomb blast. Edmund sets to work, interrogating Darling, seducing a nurse and asking Baldrick to keep an eye on a patient with a pronounced German accent.
Episode 6 · 2 Nov 1989 · 30 min
Goodbyeee
When Blackadder, George and Baldrick are told they are going over the top the next day, Blackadder decides to feign madness.