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Episode:Inspired by the easy life that Lord Flashheart seems to enjoy,
the boys join the Royal Flying Corps. It turns out that their nickname - the Twenty
Minuters - derives from the amount of time they can expect to live, rather than
the amount of work they have to do in a day. Blackadder and Baldrick are
shot down over enemy territory and are taken prisoner by the Red Baron, who reveals
that his idea of punishing his enemies is to exile them to a convent school where
they will teach the young girls home economics. Blackadder is looking forward
to his punishment, but is rescued in the nick of time.
Review:Another
cunning plan goes awry, with - as usual - a gung-ho appearance by Rik mayall to
keep the pace up. An entertaining, if underresearched, look at the early days
of military aviation. Credits:
| Director | Richard Boden |
| Writers | Richard Curtis and Ben Elton |
| Rik Mayall | Squadron Commander Lord Flasheart |
| Adrian Edmondson | Baron von Richtoven |
| Hugo Blick | Lieutenant von Gerbardt |
| Gabrielle Glaister | Driver Parkhurst |
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