England 1558-1603. The filthy genes of the Blackadder dynasty bubble back to the surface of the melting pot of history as Lord Edmund, arrogant peer-about-town, swaggers back with a big head and small beard in search of grace and favour from stark raving mad Queen Bess. Accompanied by a small rabble of be-ruffed riff-raff - bottom-breath Baldrick and pea-brained Percy - the serpentine Lord Blackadder lowers the whole tone of England's Golden Age.



Bells:

With Rik Mayall as Lord Flashheart. Served by a dungball in a dress and accompanied by a bird-brained dimwit he can't shake off, Edmund is reasonably normal - until he meets Bob...



Head:

Edmund, newly appointed Minister in Charge of Religious Gennocide and Lord High Executioner, finds himself in a spot of bother when he completely ruins Lord Farrow's weekend by cutting off his head.



Potato:

With Tom Baker as Captain Redbeard. Blackadder sets off unwillingly to seek out new potatoes and to boldly go where Sir Rather-a-Wally Raleigh has already gone before...



Money:

With Ronald Lacey as the Bishop. Trouble is in store for Edmund when the baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells drops by unexpectedly.



Beer:

With Miriam Margolyes as Lady Whiteadder. An embarrassing incident with a turnip, an ostrich feather and a fanatically puritan aunt lead to a right royal to-do.



Chains:

With Hugh Laurie as Ludwig. Edmund is slightly inconvenienced when a fat-headed German chamberpot boxes him up in a chestful of iron spikes and leaves him to play charades with a crazed Spanish interrogator.