Why Blackadder shot a delicious, plump-breasted carrier pigeon - BBC

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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer-Home Blackadder faces court martial for eating a carrier pigeon. With the pigeon's owner, Melchett, as judge and Darling as prosecutor, Edmund is relying on George and Baldrick to save his skin.
Blackadder | Series 4 Episode 2 | BBC
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[@anhnhvn]

Poor Baldrick only did as told: "If anyone asks you any questions at all,..."

[@danielholoweckyj9098]

That's so Bladrick

[@u.v.s.5583]

Deny everything, Baldrick!

[@AapoJoki]

It gets even better in the court room when Blackadder tells him to "deny everything".

[@AP-qg9ss]

Quite literally

[@jeffvader811]

Yes that is the joke

[@herpyderpy2869]

"With 50,000 men getting killed a week who s going to miss a pigeon?" I mean with the generals he kinda has a point

[@danielwang3774]

Cher Ami has entered the chat

[@peteralexandergraae2830]

"Little did he know that he would come to regret that sentence"

[@MayDay14000]

@@peteralexandergraae2830 - I like how Blackadder @0:50 had a “Uh-oh” and unsurprised look on his face when George pointed out that shooting carrier pigeons are now a court martial offense.💀💀💀

[@MayDay14000]

The gunshot killed me @0:17. It all happened too fast.😂🤣💀

[@adaptercrash]

If you preboil it then roast it it'll be fine

[@donald_ts]

Mr. Bean, Dr. House and Sherlock Holmes brother in the same scene.

[@khalil42]

Donald Tavares no wonder that dude looks like Mr.Bean and the other dude looks like Dr.House lol

[@skipper4126]

Don't forget Time Teams Tony Robinson.

[@josephbarnhurst3181]

Hugh Laurie is also Mycroft in the horrible new Holmes & Watson movie

[@caterpillakilla]

Thats not Mark Gatiss who played Mycroft Holmes actually...its Tim McInnerny (you might know him as the wheelchair bound guy in Notting hill)

[@MagnificentFiend]

@@caterpillakilla He's referring to Stephen Fry, who was Mycroft in the RDJ and Jude Law Holmes films.

[@alexmcbride7150]

Stephen Fry was only 32 when he played General Melchett.

[@criminologypage7956]

2:37

[@Foebane72]

So?

[@nodinitiative]

Lol....my age as of 29th December 2017.

[@waseemashiq6035]

@@Foebane72 So?? what the hell do u mean by so?? bloody civilian can't understand a man playing the role of almost 60+ aged man at age of merely 32 years.

[@waseemashiq6035]

@Iafiv Iv i see

[@criminologypage7956]

The way Stephen Fry delivered "WHAT!!??" was hilarious.

[@michaeltheundeadmariachi4494]

Indeed

[@terrybetts7256]

Thats Stephen fry??! Wow!

[@steakwilliams4448]

@@terrybetts7256 yeah, what? I want proof

[@Droppingineveryvideo]

Cracks me up everytime.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@u.v.s.5583]

Splendid! First class!

[@sandr6769]

0:02 that's a brilliant response from Baldrick, he was very perceptive in 4th season. There was a logic in his oblivious way of thinking.

[@calencrawford2195]

How?

[@Danny-zi6xw]

Such as when he wrote his name on a bullet

[@davideberhardt6150]

Blackadder Goes Forth was absolutely brilliant. It was ridiculously silly, incredibly smart and the satire was dark, bitter & biting. They don't make them like they used to ...

[@ng.tr.s.p.1254]

@Johnny Wise I guess it would be less exaggerated if the perspective's from WW1 French army

[@johncole9121]

@Johnny Wise Yeah, but hurling men at machine guns, firing gas at each other, no matter how you do it, pretty insane. The satire works better than anything else out there...

[@mayank1968]

@Johnny Wise BTW your historical facts are pretty insane. THE SOILDERS WERE NOT WELL SUPPLIED

[@mayank1968]

@Johnny Wise I'm not saying they ate rat, and BTW do u consider all those soilders from british colonies as british soilders? If yes, than they were indeed underfed and unequipped

[@JK360noscope]

​@mayank1 the British generals feared that if they made their trenches too comfy the soldiers would not be encouraged to go over the top! Who'da thought!

[@fueldragster]

I just hit a pigeon while driving...now this is being recommended to me

[@RKBock]

google knows.

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

fueldragster Have you met your firing squad yet?

[@iwantlee9510]

Pay more attention while driving, fuckheas

[@RKBock]

@@iwantlee9510 here's a lesson for you: never disturb traffic because of a pigeon. Don't make an emergency break and under no circumstance try to evade it! That's actually a traffic rule!

[@veilnebula2411]

WHAT !!!??

[@ricmarz7652]

Rowan Atkinson is the best

[@OscarBarnett2701]

He is a legend!

[@jabz1582]

a man of true culture i see

[@The-Spanish-Inquisition490]

Sorry I'm late "thought I landed sausage side." - lord flashheart (whoof!) Rik nayall was the best👌

[@Hulalulatallulahoop2]

@@The-Spanish-Inquisition490 I loved Lord Flashheart! Woof!

[@JustPippaNY]

"The shooting of carrier pigeons is now a court-martial offense." BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[@calcutt4]

I don't see what's funny about that

[@AntOnt5360]

It's not funny it's deadly serious we're in trouble

[@wrayday7149]

@@calcutt4 when you are losing men at the rate they were.... you ain’t getting off the front line that easy.

[@imgvillasrc1608]

@@calcutt4 It means Blackadder is in deep serious trouble. It's funny cause at first he didn't care about the pigeon but then said act got him in trouble. Kinda hard to understand if one is more used to American comedy but British comedy tends to be deadpan and serious.

[@calcutt4]

@@imgvillasrc1608 r/woosh

[@muttley9793]

The way Blackadder just casually shots it, the feathers and dropping on the ground is hilarious 🤣🤣🤣

[@X-SPONGED]

Pigeon : *gets shot with a british service revolver by Mr. Bean* Audience : *maniacal laughter*

[@JonathanB139]

Bruh. F in the chat for the pigeon. He will be missed by his regular message receivers and senders.

[@AJ-ho1jv]

@@JonathanB139 F

[@JonathanB139]

@@AJ-ho1jv F indeed

[@peskypigeonx]

I am very traumatized

[@MTF.TAU5..Bob.]

Fire that service revolver

[@danbee6103]

This single mistake gave rise to the great pigeon rebellion, we must hold this close to our hearts.🐦

[@prasanttwo281]

The pigeons might start a military coo

[@speckledjim5402]

My plump breast stands with you.

[@alaskaball188]

Birds Arent real

[@charliefarmer4365]

The Great pigeon rebellion of 1922, ah yes. Good thing they were defeated by the Royal Battalion of Robins

[@JonathanB139]

@@charliefarmer4365 Lol wait till the seagulls realize they are being fed with human made bird food. Then the 156th Regiment of Sea Birds will rain hell with their power of annoyance.

[@MEAT_CANNON]

I'm hearing Mr. Bean's voice for the first time and I'm not disappointed.

[@alexbarnard2036]

He doesn’t speak because he’s too traumatised from the war

[@someturkishguy8638]

@@alexbarnard2036 That's....quite sad

[@RatSlayerGaming]

This is actually your second time if you’ve seen the OG lion king. He voiced Zazu. Couldn’t not picture him talking during this

[@denifnaf5874]

He does not speak because of ptsd

[@SpicyRikers]

@@alexbarnard2036 and teddy is just his manifestation of Baldrick because he misses him so much

[@yethboth7873]

If that speckled jim pigeon has been with general melchett since he was a child, then that was the oldest pigeon ever until blackadder shot it. lol

[@jamesbrice3267]

He probably didn't notice them switching pigeons.

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

@@jamesbrice3267 I think there was actually a creator comment to that effect, but don't quote me on that.

[@joeince9430]

Some pigeons in captivity can actually live for many years- but probably not that long

[@samalvey8168]

@@jamesbrice3267 More than likely. Not that it would be hard to fool Melchett.

[@gunmasterx1164]

"saying some gobbledegook about a lion up your bottom" I was on the floor when I first heard that

[@haboobgroup2490]

on the floor? Really?

[@kazakh-interista]

What does it mean? My English is not that good

[@gunmasterx1164]

@@kazakh-interista it means I was laughing so hard I fell on the floor

[@omikronweapon]

A terrible lion up his end?

[@CalifornianCuttlefish]

RIP Speckled Jim, Gone but Not Forgotten

[@neighbourskidsball4031]

RIP.

[@rustyshackleford9877]

Big guy

[@readsomebooks666]

In Flanders Field…

[@sanuku535]

C'mon with 50 thousand man killed a week who is gonna be care about 1 pigeon. well said well said

[@kryzzaaa]

Whats the name of this nostalgic series?

[@sanuku535]

@@kryzzaaalook at the title. Type IT and it should be done.

[@TheRyndal]

@@sanuku535 Tried typing 'IT' but it just came up with IT-crowd

[@sanuku535]

@@TheRyndal Hmmm... I dont know than.

[@TacSon]

@@kryzzaaa Blackadder

[@prasannavs7683]

The word play on darling always gets me laughing out loud 😂😂

[@curtisleblanc5897]

" Are you telling us you haven't had a pigeon, Black Adder? " Me: Well, he *had* a pigeon.

[@omikronweapon]

me: yes, that was the joke. Well, one of them. These were the original comedy writers, back when it actually took some skill. If you've seen the documentary, you won't doubt that each line was carefully written and re-written to include several layers of obvious and subtle jokes.

[@davidsflightsim8168]

The new title of the video THE FLANDERS PEGION MURDERAAAAAAAAA

[@SaltyWound]

fix the grammar first, you oaf

[@u.v.s.5583]

@@SaltyWound Yes, Darling, I find grammar very sexy, it is so grammatically correct, if I may say so.

[@SaltyWound]

@@u.v.s.5583 cringe...

[@SamuelBlack84]

If we can get to the matter of sentencing the deceased. Um, I mean the accused. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[@davidsflightsim8168]

@@SaltyWound THE FLANDERS PEGION MURDERAAAAAAAAA

[@unstableordinance]

I love the shot at 1:15 of baldrick looking longingly at the pigeon while blackadder scoffs the lot of it lol

[@averongodoffire8098]

“Do you want to be cremated Baldrick or berried at sea?...” both involve a previously bloody murder before he is punished

[@jakomioftherose2434]

Buried*

[@selder_7]

Damning evidence against The Flanders pigeon murderer

[@u.v.s.5583]

The witness actually denies having seen the captain in the act of shooting this delicious plump breasted pigeon.

[@Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots]

“Do you want to be cremated Baldrick or buried at sea?”

[@michaelpeets7261]

Buried at sea would be a safe option.

[@timesnewlogan2032]

I love how the lone feather stays on Rowan’s head while they’re outside.

[@shanedavison2268]

Dear BBC, please remaster this beautiful series properly in Full HD as it deserves 5 star treatment on a modern tv

[@Palozon]

That's only possible if the show was originally shot on film. If it was shot digitally you're SOL.

[@jameskeohane7778]

"Do you want to be cremated Baldrick or buried at sea?" 😂😂😂

[@MayDay14000]

I like how George laugh-talked “a court martial offense”, even if the “joke” wasn’t all that funny @0:49.😂

[@TDKiller415]

At first I thought he was laughing as in "Ooooh Blackadder's done it now" 😂😂

[@raphuscucullatus7845]

"'Action on this is imperative,' take that down darling!" "Yes, sir." "Also, make a note of the word, 'Gobbledeegook', I like it. I want to use it more often in conversations."

[@kostasastro]

Gobbledeegook

[@australianword3812]

Gobbledygook*

[@michaelpeets7261]

Gobbledegook.

[@thiweygulber3138]

The power in that “WHAT?!” was strong enough to make me court martial myself instantly.

[@jamesmatthew3681]

"You're trying to tell me you haven't receive any orders? What the hell are you playing at, Darling?" - Gen. Melchett

[@-----REDACTED-----]

Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Rowan Atkinson, so many great more...

[@redsquirrel1086]

...not forgetting the cameo appearance from Speckled Jim!

[@Marvin-dg8vj]

They are all very good and I realize what an effortlessly clever man Hugh Laurie is

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

There's a novelty... Really, is there a paper hat as well? One of the whole shows's best jokes.

[@dbm6231]

" I shall eat the evidence for lunch"..😆😆😆

[@onlyme9254]

"make a note of the word gobbledegook, I like it I want to use it in conversation more often!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@kartikpandey1353]

Love the way they both nod after Blackadder tells them what to say

[@khalil42]

Thank you KZbin Recommendations Section!

[@janduchovniugale6513]

3 Legends...The House, The Bean, The Holmes Brother 😑

[@agt155]

...and the presenter of Time Team.

[@ItsJustKaya]

What do you mean with " 😑 " ?

[@revialle5434]

@@ItsJustKaya That guy doesn't know how to use emojis

[@Hbmd3E]

that "What" in that tone in the end stuck with me and been using it since,. If something ridiculous happens 2:39

[@Hbmd3E]

still using it

[@kozmonauta0515]

2:26 Why I'm seeing a frenchman in a ski mask with a bucket?

[@supertrinigamer]

Damn, House is OLD. No wonder he's such a senior doctor. Ages well too. Serving since WW1 and still looks the same in the 2000s.

[@teddyxxix]

He shot the pigeon the way Mr. Bean shot that lightbulb when he was trying to sleep. 😂😂

[@DestinationD]

The concentration of great British actors is off the charts in this one.

[@HorrorLover98]

Its not funny, its deadly serious. We're in trouble. Uh no, YOU'RE in serious trouble

[@cloudstrife1983]

My Speckled Jim!

[@Isildun9]

Cloud Strife I don't care if he's been rodgering the Duke of York with a prize winning leek! He shot my pigeon!

[@ReformedSooner24]

I love how blackadder suggests by the options he lists that there won’t be anything left of Baldrick but a mess.

[@juliedurby8333]

RIP Speckled Jim

[@paull7775]

This episode is my favourite Blackadder - absolute classic.

[@joe125ful]

2:33 Hahahahahah best part:):)

[@dummyaccount6176]

Rowan look so young, when was this?

[@Alan1701b]

1989

[@dummyaccount6176]

@@Alan1701b ty

[@Alan1701b]

@@dummyaccount6176 yw

[@Jimmyageek]

He was 28

[@NavrajThapa2002]

@@Alan1701b OH MY GOD

[@TUBBSLARDY1]

Baldricks look of upset and sadness when he picks up the pigeon 😆

[@petercdowney]

"Are you telling us you haven't had a pigeon, Blackadder?" He did indeed have a pigeon. For his lunch, that is.

[@petercdowney]

Baldrick always follows Captain Blackadder's orders to the letter...

[@raykrislianggi]

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU PLAYING AT, DARLING???" XD

[@michaelpeets7261]

That's a frequent lie sir I spoke to Blackadder less than an hour ago on the Telephone. Yes you did to tell me some gobbledegook to have some lion up your bottom 🤔🤔. Mmmm I told you it's the communications problems again dead easy.

[@Voyager89]

"My own true love who's been with me since I was a nipper." Uses his "own true love" to carry messages through a war zone LOL!

[@rickoshay5525]

Blackadder should have submitted a false report that the Germans spotted the pigeon and fired up a couple of rounds and one got lucky.

[@Aviink]

"Gobbledygook" xD

[@frankiefriedman6158]

This Cutscene from Wolfenstein is amazing.

[@shotgun6X]

Isn't that ww2?

[@MayDay14000]

It all happened so fast, I died. 😂💀💀💀 @0:14

[@col4574]

So did the carrier pigeon

[@G.Dash100]

0:17

[@tamarakepreyeomgbuayakimi.1379]

no pigeon were harmed in the making

[@evilqtip7098]

BBC was and still is the best!

[@jugalgadhavi]

Early episodes of house were really something else

[@PAVANKUMAR-wb1fo]

all legends in a scene

[@G__Brtz]

"So I shall eat the evidence for lunch"

[@arekborowski8881]

fucking love the Blackadder series :D

[@johnerwin9024]

Always enjoyed 'Blackadder goes forth' 👍

[@BGSGBF]

This is soooo masterpiece. And if anyone deems that modern board members in enterprises are any different from the General - that’s… that’s a mistake.

[@waynemurray5264]

By a million miles the best blackadder series of them all, Iove every episode, brilliant humour, I love the way they display the utter incompetence of the generals through Melchett, superbly played by Stephen Fry. It’s up there with porridge, fawlty towers and rising damp as the greatest comedy’s of all time.

[@dbm6231]

He ate the evidence. Lol

[@connorgifford-andrews1322]

Valiant Pigeon is here

[@alessandro.calzavara]

Glad I discovered this series

[@chickennugget9254]

Hugh really looks different without his facial hair.

[@tommygunrz]

I love the description for the title

[@c.d.w.3944]

I aspire to one day have Stephen Fry call me darling. It's all I want in life.

[@TH3PLA1NP1L0T]

Already more than 20 seconds in and I laugh! 😂😂😂

[@janinapendel4926]

"no it isnt that oigeon couldn't carry the king!" im dieing xD

[@drstari2299]

Monty Python? 😂

[@omikronweapon]

Pig-eon? oink oink?

[@shaider1982]

Even in ww2, piegeons were used to send messages. One, named GI Joe, was decorated for helping call airstrikes.

[@hiddenstick420]

RIP Speckled Jim, Betrayed by his comrades :(

[@NishidaTegaru_nZk]

DIS IZ GOLD

[@lostman8990]

Black Adder goes fourth. Originally broadcast in 1989 on BBC 1 ( I think ? ) Almost 33 years ago !! Where do the years go ! ??

[@justincheung6105]

best teammate ever had😂😂😂😂😂

[@isaywhateveriwantandyougot7421]

"So I shall eat the evidence for lunch" Words I never thought I'd hear

[@mybeautifulbangladesh1]

Mr.Been 😍😍😍😍

[@deagolowang3580]

Dr. House and Mr. Bean😂😂😂

[@frankbalooga7263]

I was half expecting them to laugh until they died when they read the "joke". I'm referring to the Monty Python sketch, of course.

[@abunaserchy5321]

He is the best 😂😂😂😂

[@bogonanaz9404]

It took me too long to realize that’s Hugh Laurie

[@roderik1990]

Always a shame to see the autogenerated captions being passed of as the actual captions.

[@chris_day_]

Well this is some top notch comedy for breakfast

[@vitosanto3874]

That was not a Homing pigeon,it was a Canadian Highflying Tippler.

[@Highbudget]

0:18 it’s the meme 😂

[@stijnvandamme76]

Speckled Jim, he was a lovely pigeon

[@tuanz8009]

Poor Baldrick. 😂

[@ranjithtp6204]

He looks gorgeous in it .

[@themorrigan7702]

Who? Who Mr. Bean?

[@ranjithtp6204]

@@themorrigan7702 yes

[@hector_flick1930]

I love you BBC

[@Mugruncher]

A moment of silence for Speckled Jim. He died in the line of duty 😔

[@c.galindo9639]

Good old classic comedy

[@jeanneamato8278]

A more brilliant comedian will not be found!

[@coolchouzhao]

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