Corporal Punishment
- Episode aired Oct 5, 1989
- TV-PG
- 30m
Blackadder hatches a cunning plan to avoid starvation and ignore his orders by eating a carrier pigeon.Blackadder hatches a cunning plan to avoid starvation and ignore his orders by eating a carrier pigeon.Blackadder hatches a cunning plan to avoid starvation and ignore his orders by eating a carrier pigeon.
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- TriviaThe line concerning solicitor Bob Massingbird was a post-production overdub: the line-as-spoken in studio referred to "Bob Moxon Browne". There was a real QC Robert Moxon Browne and this could have been seen as the BBC promoting him, thereby flouting the then still in Force prohibition on members of 'the professions' directly advertising their services.
- GoofsThe firing squad's rifles are not cocked.
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[last lines]
[Blackadder has found Baldrick and George drunk]
Private Baldrick: I think I can explain sir.
Captain Blackadder: Can you, Baldrick?
Private Baldrick: No.
Captain Blackadder: As I suspected. I'm not a religious man as you know, but henceforth I shall pray nightly to the God who killed Cain and squashed Samson that he comes out of retirement and gets back into practice with the pair of you.
[the phone rings. Blackadder snatches it up]
Captain Blackadder: Blackadder. Ah, Captain Darling. Well, you know, some of us just have friends in high places, I suppose. No I can hear you perfectly. You want what? You want two volunteers for a mission into No Man's Land. Codename "Operation Certain Death". Yes I think I have just the fellows.
[He hangs up and looks at the two]
Captain Blackadder: God is very quick these days.
[George and Baldrick look terrified]
- ConnectionsFeatured in Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga (2008)
Outrageously funny, this episode is hilarious from start to finish, the writing is magical, it's packed with one liners, bizarre scenarios, and of course some tremendous performances.
Is this the best of Stephen Fry? I think so, he is so good, so gruff and loud. Baldrick continues to offer woeful cunning plans, the escape sack was side splitting.
The firing Squad are hilarious, they're so ridiculously over the top and bonkers, but so funny, the lineup scene is hilarious.
Brilliant, 10/10.
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Dec 26, 2020
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- Runtime30 minutes