First broadcast on 1 October 1987. Featuring Tim McInnerny as Le Comte de Frou Frou, Nigel Planer as Lord Smedley and Chris Barrie as a French revolutionary.
It seems that everyone in Britain is mad with admiration for the Scarlet Pimpernel, who has been bravely rescuing French aristocrats from the clutches of evil revolutionaries.
Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
Blackadder
The scornful Blackadder accepts a bet from the foppish lords Smedley and Topper that he can rescue an aristo himself. Of course, actually going to France would be insanely dangerous, so Blackadder simply picks up a French toff at Mrs Miggins' coffee shop.
Tragically, when Blackadder turns up at the French Embassy with Le Comte de Frou Frou he discovers that it has been taken over by revolutionaries.
They are saved by Lord Smedley, who turns out to be the Scarlet Pimpernel's right hand man. The Pimpernel himself is Lord Topper - who was disguised as Frou Frou all along.
Hail Prince George
George: I intend to wear the most magnificent pair of trousers ever to issue forth from the delicate hands of Messrs Snibcock and Turkey, Couturiers to the Very Wealthy and the Extremely Fat.
Insult of the Episode
Blackadder (to Baldrick): You are last in God's great chain. Unless there's an earwig around here you'd like to victimise.
