Blackadder
owes the Bank of the black Monks of St. Herod one thousand pounds and if he doesn't
repay it by Evensong the baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells will brutally murder
him with the aid of a poker. The boys try various money-making schemes,
including putting Baldrick on the game. Sadly, all their efforts are in vain and
by the end of the day Blackadder is still broke and facing certain death. At
the eleventh hour, he hatches a plan so cunning you could brush your teeth with
it ... Review:Another episode that relies heavily on an over the
top performance, this one by the baby-eating bishop. However, the cunning plan
is so wonderfully done that they get away with it. Except, perhaps, Percy. The
luck of the Blackadders runs out in a big way, and his 'friends' are notable by
their ability to make things impossibly worse. Good, clean fun - up to
a point! Credits:
| Director | Mandie Fletcher |
| Writers | Richard Curtis and Ben Elton |
| Additional Dialogue | William Shakespeare |
| Ronald Lacey | Bishop of Bath and Wells |
| Philip Pope | Leonardo | | Cassie
Stuart | Mollie | | Lesley Nichol |
Mrs. Pants | | John Pierce Jones | Arthur
the Sailor | | Tony Aitken | Mad Beggar |
| Piers Ibbotson | Messenger | |
Barry Craine | Mr. Pants | | 
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