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.
Episodes
Episode 1
Bells
January 9, 198630m7.4
Blackadder feels a funny attraction for his manservant and decides to marry when he discovers he is a she.
Episode 2
Head
January 16, 198627m7.7
After the Queen appoints Blackadder Lord High Executioner, he finds himself in trouble when the Queen pardons someone he executed ahead of schedule.
Episode 3
Potato
January 23, 198630m7.7
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.
Episode 4
Money
February 5, 198630m6.8
The Queen hampers Blackadder's efforts to raise cash to pay off a debt to a sadistic bishop.
Episode 5
Beer
February 13, 198629m7.2
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.
Episode 6
Chains
February 20, 198629m7.8
Blackadder and Lord Melchett are kidnapped by a German spy right after the Queen decides she will pay no more ransom to kidnappers.