Edmund Blackadder ja hänen jälkeläisensä juonittelevat tiensä halki Britannian historian – keskiajan sekasorrosta aina ensimmäisen maailmansodan juoksuhautoihin.
Blackadder is struck by Cupid's arrow when he takes on a new servant - a girl named Bob.
Edmund is appointed lord high executioner and beheads a man early to have some time off.
Edmund decides to navigate the Cape of Good Hope after Sir Walter Raleigh's success.
Edmund is in trouble when he is visited by a bishop armed with a red-hot poker.
Problems arise after an embarrassing incident with a turnip, a feather and a fat aunt.
The evil Prince Ludwig kidnaps both Blackadder and Lord Melchett.