Blackadder
Nob and Nobility
Season 3, Episode 3 · Aired 1987-10-01
Synopsis
Revolution sweeps France, and heads roll. Everyone in Britain is obsessed with the daring exploits of the dashing Scarlet Pimpernel as he risks his life to save French aristocrats from the guillotine. Everyone except Edmund Blackadder. Edmund is challenged to rescue an aristocrat from the French revolutionaries. He hatches a plan to win the bet without putting himself in any danger - and promptly falls into the hands of the revolutionaries.
In the series
This episode is part of Blackadder (1983–1989) on BBC One.
British historical sitcom escalator from medieval snark to WWI gut-punch.
Key cast
- Rowan Atkinson as Edmund Blackadder
- Tony Robinson as Baldrick
- Stephen Fry as Melchett / various
- Hugh Laurie as George / Prince Regent