Corporal Punishment (Blackadder)

"Corporal Punishment"
Blackadder episode
Episode no.Series 4
Episode 2
Directed byRichard Boden
Written byBen Elton
Richard Curtis
Original air date5 October 1989 (1989-10-05)
Guest appearances
Stephen Frost, Lee Cornes, Paul Mark Elliott, Jeremy Gittins, Jeremy Hardy
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"Corporal Punishment" or "Plan B: Corporal Punishment", is the second episode of Blackadder Goes Forth, the fourth series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder.[1] It was first broadcast on BBC1 on 5 October 1989.[2] In the episode, Blackadder faces a court-martial, and later an execution by firing squad, for shooting a carrier pigeon.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Series 4 - 2. Blackadder Goes Forth: Plan B - Corporal Punishment". Radio Times. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Blackadder Goes Forth - Corporal Punishment". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Corporal Punishment". BBC. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Greatest TV Episodes - Blackadder: Corporal Punishment". The Digital Fix. Retrieved 28 August 2014.