The Best Episodes of Blackadder Season 1

#1 Fan Favorite
7.8/10(1302 votes)
#1 - The Queen of Spain's Beard
S1:E47/6/1983
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.
Director:Martin Shardlow
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Martin Shardlow
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7.7/10(1276 votes)
#2 - The Archbishop
S1:E36/29/1983
Edmund is appointed to the post of Archbishop of Canterbury after the King has the last one killed.
Director:Martin Shardlow
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Director:Martin Shardlow
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7.6/10(1208 votes)
#3 - The Black Seal
S1:E67/20/1983
After the King takes away Edmund's title of Duke, he recruits the six most evil men in the land to take the crown by force.
Director:Martin Shardlow
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Martin Shardlow
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7.5/10(1213 votes)
#4 - Witchsmeller Pursuivant
S1:E57/13/1983
Percy and Baldrick are to be burned at the stake with Edmund, when he is accused of being a witch.
Director:Martin Shardlow
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Martin Shardlow
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7.4/10(1573 votes)
#5 - The Foretelling
S1:E16/15/1983
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.
Director:Martin Shardlow
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Director:Martin Shardlow
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7.3/10(1339 votes)
#6 - Born to Be King
S1:E26/22/1983
With his father away at The Crusades, Edmund comes up with a plan to prove his brother is illegitimate, thus making him Prince Regent.
Director:Martin Shardlow
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Martin Shardlow
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