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Blackadder

Season 3

6 listed hours · 1983–1989 · BBC One

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Filed by Julian Hart · The Binge Brief

Rowan Atkinson's historical snark escalator: medieval, Elizabethan, Regency, then the trenches. Baldrick's cunning plans, Hugh Laurie's upper-class vacancy, and a final Goes Forth episode that still drops the floor out of the joke. Peak 1980s UK comedy export — start anywhere, but finish in the mud. Tony Robinson's dogsbodies are the secret engine.

TV Flash files Season 3 of Blackadder (1983–1989) on BBC One as a mid listed season (3; 3 of 4) — 6 listed hours, 1987-09-17–1987-10-22 from “Dish and Dishonesty” (S03E01) to “Duel and Duality” (S03E06). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S03E01 Dish and Dishonesty

    Dish and Dishonesty opens the Regency rung: upper-class vacancy loading, the export already peak 1980s UK comedy.

  1. S03E01

    Dish and Dishonesty

    England, 1760-1815 - golden age of wealth, power and discovery. But not for E Blackadder Esq, butler to the Prince Regent. The new Prime Minister Pitt the Younger (aged 13 and 3/4) plans to bankrupt the Prince. As usual, Blackadder takes his master's side (and indeed his wallet).

  2. S03E02

    Ink and Incapability

    Dr Samuel Johnson seeks the regent's support for his dictionary, but when it is used for firewood, Edmund must rewrite it.

  3. S03E03

    Nob and Nobility

    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.

  4. S03E04

    Sense and Senility

    While the Prince Regent is attending a play, he survives an assassination attempt by anarchists. He is horrified to learn that he is unpopular and Blackadder suggests he improves his image by delivering a speech, so he hires the two actors they saw at the theatre to tutor him in public speaking. Anarchists lurk in every cupboard and actors in every coffee house, but which pose a greater threat to the prince?

  5. S03E05

    Amy and Amiability

    The regent is low on cash, so Edmund sets out to find him a bride with a big dowry. A certain Amy Hardwood seems to fit the bill - but is she connected with squirrel-hating highwayman Dick Turpin?

  6. S03E06

    Duel and Duality

    The prince is challenged to a duel by the fearsome Duke of Wellington. Edmund volunteers to take his place, hoping that his cousin MacAdder will step in for him.

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