Blackadder Series 3, episode 1: Dish and Dishonesty
The Plot:
Pitt the Younger has just been elected Prime Minister and his priorities are: war with France; tougher sentences for geography teachers; and a right royal kick up the Prince's backside. To stop Parliament from voting away all George’s money, Blackadder hatches a fiendish plan. Baldrick is elected to Parliament but is too stupid to vote for the Prince. In a desperate last throw of the dice, Baldrick is sent to the House of Lords and Blackadder is left with nothing but a catskin windcheater and a broken turnip.
We hail Prince George:
Blackadder: Sir Talbot represented the constituency of Dunny-on-the-Wold, and, by
an extraordinary stroke of luck, it is a rotten borough.
George: Really! Is it! Well, lucky-lucky us. Yippee. Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky. Lucky, lucky. Lucky. Luck-a-doodle-dandy-dingle. Luck luck. Luck. Cluck, cluck, cluck. Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck.
Blackadder: You don't know what a rotten borough is, do you, sir?
George: No.
Insult of the week:
Blackadder: If you want something done properly, kill Baldrick before
you start.
1766 and all that:
Blackadder’s regalia is trimmed with real cat fur. The cat in question used to be Emma Hamilton’s pussy.
Quotes:
Blackadder: Give the likes of Baldrick the vote and we’ll be back to cavorting druids, death by stoning and dung for dinner.
Read the other episode guides:
Series 1:
1. The Foretelling
2. Born to Be King
3. The Archbishop
4. The Queen of Spain's Beard
5. Witchsmeller Pursuivant
6. The Black Seal
Series 2:
1. Bells
2. Head
3. Potato
4. Money
5. Beer
6. Chains
Series 3:
1. Dish and Dishonesty
2. Ink and Incapability
3. Nob and Nobility
4. Sense and Senility
5. Amy and Amiability
6. Dual and Duality
Series 4:
1. Captain Cook
2. Corporal Punishment
3. Major Star
4. Private Plane
5. General Hospital
6. Goodybyeee
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