The BEST episodes of Blackadder season 1
Every episode of Blackadder season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Blackadder season 1!
Cunning plans and cutting comedy as the Blackadder dynasty plot their way through British history.
#1 - The Archbishop
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/29/1983
Edmund is appointed to the post of Archbishop of Canterbury after the king has the last one killed.
#2 - The Foretelling
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/15/1983
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.
#3 - Born to Be King
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/22/1983
With his father away at the Crusades, Edmund comes up with a plan to prove his brother is illegitimate, thus making him Prince Regent.
#4 - The Black Seal
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/20/1983
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.
#5 - Witchsmeller Pursuivant
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/13/1983
Percy and Baldrick are to be burned at the stake with Edmund, when he is accused of being a witch.
#6 - The Queen of Spain's Beard
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/6/1983
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.