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Baldrick, MP

Duration: 01:10

Blackadder the Third is the third series of the BBC situation comedy Blackadder, which aired in 1987. In this clip we see Blackadder scheming to get one over on Pitt, a young MP, by entering his servant Baldrick as a potential candidate.

Available since: Tue 4 May 2010

Actor: Rowan Atkinson

Actor: Tony Robinson

Author: Ben Elton

Author: Richard Curtis

Producer: John Lloyd

Director: Mandie Fletcher

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Blackadder Blackadder the Third, Dish and Dishonesty

1/6 Edmund tries to get Baldrick elected as an MP in a rotten borough.

First broadcast: 17 Sep 1987

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