Blackadder
Blackadder: Season 4

Air Date

September 28, 1989

Episodes

6 episodes

Blackadder

Season 4

Overview

Blackadder, Baldrick and George, in a trench in Flanders during World War I, attempt to escape from the trenches to avoid certain death under the misguided command of General Melchett.

Episodes

Plan A: Captain Cook

1. Plan A: Captain Cook

7.4
September 28, 1989
29 min

Blackadder tries painting and cooking as ploys to avoid the scheduled big push out of the trenches.

Plan B: Corporal Punishment

2. Plan B: Corporal Punishment

8.1
October 5, 1989
29 min

Edmund is sentenced to death by firing squad for shooting and eating the General's favorite messenger pigeon.

Plan C: Major Star

3. Plan C: Major Star

7.6
October 12, 1989
29 min

Blackadder grabs yet another opportunity to return to England by organizing a morale-raising music hall show, including Baldrick's Charlie Chaplin impersonation and George's appearance as a lady songstress who captures the General's heart.

Plan D: Private Plane

4. Plan D: Private Plane

7.9
October 19, 1989
29 min

Blackadder and the boys join the Royal Air Corps, where they are promptly shot down behind enemy lines.

Plan E: General Hospital

5. Plan E: General Hospital

7.6
October 26, 1989
28 min

Blackadder is assigned to find the spy working out of the hospital.

Plan F: Goodbyeee

6. Plan F: Goodbyeee

8.3
November 2, 1989
30 min

Blackadder tries everything he can think of to get sent back to England when orders come in to go over the top in the first charge against the Germans since 1914.