Edmund Blackadder ja hänen jälkeläisensä juonittelevat tiensä halki Britannian historian – keskiajan sekasorrosta aina ensimmäisen maailmansodan juoksuhautoihin.
Edmund is sent into no man's land to sketch the German positions.
Blackadder faces court martial for eating a carrier pigeon.
The October Revolution in Moscow results in a Charlie Chaplin impression from Baldrick.
Edmund, George and Baldrick join the Royal Flying Corps.
Melchett orders Blackadder to unmask a spy working in a hospital.
Blackadder, George and Baldrick are told they are going over the top the next day.