Black Adder

Edmund, the mostly forgotten son of Richard Duke of York, oversleeps and arrives late for the Battle of Bosworth. After accidently cutting off the head of Richard III and saving the life of the opposition leader Henry Tudor, he finds himself installed as the Duke of Edinburgh. In a bid to be taken more seriously, he changes his name to The Black Adder, and a legend is born.

With the king away fighting in the Crusades, the arrival of Lord Dougal McAngus provides Edmund with an opportunity to seize power.

Edmund is less than pleased when he's appointed to the dangerous post of Archbishop of Canterbury. Can he avoid the sort of grisly fate that has befallen three previous incumbents?

The King wishes to form an alliance between England and Spain, and insists that Edmund marries the Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain. Edmund is unimpressed by her lack of beauty.

The cruel witchsmeller pursuivant is sent to root out the source of an outbreak of witchcraft - and quickly lays the blame on Edmund, Lord Percy and Baldrick.

Edmund makes a pact with the six most evil men in the kingdom in a bid to seize power. But his plans are thrown into disarray by his nemesis, who imprisons him in a dungeon.