1986 • 6 Episodes
In the Tudor court of Elizabeth I, Lord Edmund Blackadder strives to win Her Majesty's favour while attempting to avoid a grisly fate should he offend her.
January 9, 1986
Blackadder feels a funny attraction for his manservant and decides to marry when he discovers he is a she.
January 16, 1986
After the Queen appoints Blackadder Lord High Executioner, he finds himself in trouble when the Queen pardons someone he executed ahead of schedule.
January 23, 1986
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.
February 5, 1986
The Queen hampers Blackadder's efforts to raise cash to pay off a debt to a sadistic bishop.
February 13, 1986
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.
February 20, 1986
Blackadder and Lord Melchett are kidnapped by a German spy right after the Queen decides she will pay no more ransom to kidnappers.