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The Best Episodes of Blackadder

Every episode of Blackadder ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Blackadder!

The Best Episodes of Blackadder

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...

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  1. Background image for Plan F: Goodbyeee
    8.3/10(15 votes)

    #1 - Plan F: Goodbyeee

    S4:E6

    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.

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    Director:Richard Boden
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Plan B: Corporal Punishment
    8.1/10(14 votes)

    #2 - Plan B: Corporal Punishment

    S4:E2

    Edmund is sentenced to death by firing squad for shooting and eating the General's favorite messenger pigeon.

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    Director:Richard Boden
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Plan D: Private Plane
    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #3 - Plan D: Private Plane

    S4:E4

    Blackadder and the boys join the Royal Air Corps, where they are promptly shot down behind enemy lines.

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    Director:Richard Boden
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for The Queen of Spain's Beard
    7.8/10(1.2k votes)

    #4 - The Queen of Spain's Beard

    S1:E4

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Archbishop
    7.7/10(1.2k votes)

    #5 - The Archbishop

    S1:E3

    Edmund is appointed to the post of Archbishop of Canterbury after the king has the last one killed.

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    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for The Black Seal
    7.6/10(1.1k votes)

    #6 - The Black Seal

    S1:E6

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Plan C: Major Star
    7.6/10(15 votes)

    #7 - Plan C: Major Star

    S4:E3

    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.

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    Director:Richard Boden
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Plan E: General Hospital
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    #8 - Plan E: General Hospital

    S4:E5

    Blackadder is assigned to find the spy working out of the hospital.

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    Director:Richard Boden
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Witchsmeller Pursuivant
    7.5/10(1.1k votes)

    #9 - Witchsmeller Pursuivant

    S1:E5

    Percy and Baldrick are to be burned at the stake with Edmund, when he is accused of being a witch.

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    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Head
    7.5/10(17 votes)

    #10 - Head

    S2:E2

    After the Queen appoints Blackadder Lord High Executioner, he finds himself in trouble when the Queen pardons someone he executed ahead of schedule.

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    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Potato
    7.5/10(15 votes)

    #11 - Potato

    S2:E3

    After Sir Walter Raleigh takes the Queen's fancy by bringing her a potato, Blackadder decides to become an explorer with the aid of a legless sea captain.

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    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Chains
    7.5/10(12 votes)

    #12 - Chains

    S2:E6

    Blackadder and Lord Melchett are kidnapped by a German spy right after the Queen decides she will pay no more ransom to kidnappers.

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    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Nob and Nobility
    7.5/10(13 votes)

    #13 - Nob and Nobility

    S3:E3

    After the Scarlet Pimpernel gets high praises Blackadder makes a bet that he can go to France and rescue aristocrats, too.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Duel and Duality
    7.5/10(13 votes)

    #14 - Duel and Duality

    S3:E6

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Foretelling
    7.4/10(1.4k votes)

    #15 - The Foretelling

    S1:E1

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Born to Be King
    7.4/10(1.2k votes)

    #16 - Born to Be King

    S1:E2

    With his father away at the Crusades, Edmund comes up with a plan to prove his brother is illegitimate, thus making him Prince Regent.

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    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Ink and Incapability
    7.4/10(14 votes)

    #17 - Ink and Incapability

    S3:E2

    Blackadder has one weekend to rewrite a dictionary the Prince Regent is sponsoring after Baldrick burns the only copy.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Plan A: Captain Cook
    7.4/10(16 votes)

    #18 - Plan A: Captain Cook

    S4:E1

    Blackadder tries painting and cooking as ploys to avoid the scheduled big push out of the trenches.

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    Director:Richard Boden
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Sense and Senility
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    #19 - Sense and Senility

    S3:E4

    The Prince Regent hires a pair of actors to teach him to give better speeches and earn the people's respect after an anarchist tries to blow him up at the theatre.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Bells
    7.1/10(19 votes)

    #20 - Bells

    S2:E1

    Blackadder feels a funny attraction for his manservant and decides to marry when he discovers he is a she.

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    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Amy and Amiability
    7.1/10(13 votes)

    #21 - Amy and Amiability

    S3:E5

    After Parliament cuts off the Prince's money he decides to marry a rich lady who obtains her money by moonlighting as a notorious highwayman.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Beer
    7.0/10(15 votes)

    #22 - Beer

    S2:E5

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Dish and Dishonesty
    6.9/10(15 votes)

    #23 - Dish and Dishonesty

    S3:E1

    Blackadder becomes involved in politics by getting Baldrick elected MP, in an effort to stop the new Prime Minister, Pitt the Younger, from striking the Prince off the Civil List.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Money
    6.6/10(15 votes)

    #24 - Money

    S2:E4

    The Queen hampers Blackadder's efforts to raise cash to pay off a debt to a sadistic bishop.

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    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Plan F: Goodbyeee" is the best rated episode of "Blackadder". It scored 8.3/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by Richard Boden and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/2/1989. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Plan B: Corporal Punishment".