1989 • 6 Episodes
Blackadder, Baldrick and George, in a trench in Flanders during World War I, attempt to escape from the trenches to avoid certain death under the misguided command of General Melchett.
September 28, 1989
Blackadder tries painting and cooking as ploys to avoid the scheduled big push out of the trenches.
October 5, 1989
Edmund is sentenced to death by firing squad for shooting and eating the General's favorite messenger pigeon.
October 12, 1989
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.
October 19, 1989
Blackadder and the boys join the Royal Air Corps, where they are promptly shot down behind enemy lines.
October 26, 1989
Blackadder is assigned to find the spy working out of the hospital.
November 2, 1989
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.