With Rik Mayall as Lord Flasheart.

"Served by a dumbbell in a dress and accompanied by a birdbrained dimwit, Edmund, the great, great grandson of the repulsive original is reasonably normal - until he meets Bob."

"Edmund, newly appointed Minister in charge of Religious Genocide and Lord High Executioner finds himself in a wee bit of trouble when he completely ruins Lord Farrow's weekend by cutting off his head."

With Tom Baker as Captain Redbeard Rum.

"Blackadder sets out on a quest for new potatoes and to boldly go where Sir Walter "rather-a-wimp" Raleigh has already gone before."

"Edmund gets a bit hot and bothered when a baby-eating Bishop drops by unexpectedly and tries to place a red hot poker in places where a cotton swab would be kinder."

With Miriam Margolyes as Lady Whiteadder.

"An embarrassing incident with a turnip, an ostrich feather and a fanatically puritan aunt lead to a right royal to-do in the Blackadder household."

With Hugh Laurie as Ludwig.

"When Blackadder finds himself up to his chest in iron spikes he has but one course of action - to play charades with a crazed Spanish interrogator."