Blackadder
Corporal Punishment
Season 4, Episode 2 · Aired 1989-10-05
Synopsis
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.
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