Clips from Blackadder (1982) - Witchsmeller Pursuivant (S01E01)

Shows Season 1, Episode 5 484 clips

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Title	Season	Episode
The Foretelling	1	1
Born to Be King	1	2
The Archbishop	1	3

Title	Season	Episode
The Queen of Spain's Beard	1	4
Witchsmeller Pursuivant	1	5
The Black Seal	1	6

"Gentlemen! I must leave you."

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""Today we face the gravest crisis this country has known"

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"— In Harrogate it rained phlegm. — (All) Eugh!"

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"In Edinburgh, the graves did open"

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"I just can't take the pressure of all these omens any more!"

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"I don't know, but Mistress Scott would."

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"Yes, that's what the peasants claim."

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"(Moans of agony)"

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"— Good mornin', Prince Edmund. — Morning, peasant."

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"— Shouldn't you disguise yourself? — Hmm?"

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"(Bell rings)"

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"Does anyone know what happened?"

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"— He's guessed. — He's clever."

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"He is a master of disguise who appears only at night."

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"and if I were you and I'd asked the witchsmeller into town,"

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"Some that seem good sometimes proveth to be evil."

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"The Duck of Taunton was a tragic circumstance."

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"The suspected witch has his head placed upon a block"

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"— I'm not so sure about all this. — Oh."

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"You will all notice how it has suddenly become much darker."

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"This is your witch! Lucifer's brother!"

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"— He's highly thought of! — He's a quack."

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"and thus condemn himself to certain burning at the stake?"

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"— Witch! Witch! — What?"

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""and offered him a carrot"?"

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""And the Lord said unto the children,"

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""that is known as the carrot tree.'”"

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"Satin, you're not replying. He's not replying."

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"Are we to assume this horse has something to hide?"

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"as Black Satin the Loquacious!"

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"(Black Satin neighs)"

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"(Cheering)"

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"My Lord, I had an idea how to get out of this."

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"Stinker Watts!"

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"Oh, no! I'm doomed!"

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"(Booing and hissing)"

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"— Oh, dear. — However, before he died..."

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""that my former master, Edmund, is the servant of Satan...”"

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"Oh, yes, and what is it? A cow?"

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"An easily bribed ant?"

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"My Lord, you have three proofs of witchcraft."

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"and a man...who propagates poodles!"

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"(ALL) Burn! Burn! Burn!"

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"— And carrying us out in... — ..three large laundry baskets?"

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"No. Everyone's looking forward to it. Hello, boys."

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"Oh, great."

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"Oh, yes, and your mummy asked me to give you this."

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"Great! What is it?"

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"(Crowd hisses)"

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"Sorry. Sorry, yes. Yes, I do, in fact."

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"and this rather small crowd"

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"Oh, damn!"

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"Argh!"

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"I know. I'm rather regretting my choice of undergarments as well."

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"I'm burning! I'm burning!"

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"Good Lord!"

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"# He rides a pitch—black steed"

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"# Black his gloves of finest mole"

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"# Black his codpiece made of metal"

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"# With many a cunning plan"

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"What about this plague? Rumours say it's worse than ever."

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"Now we've found out about the rats, we'll never have plague again."

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"They say that a rat a day keeps the plague away."

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"— No more plague in our lifetime. — I hope you're right."

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"— Edmund, I'm glad I've caught you. — Doing what?"

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"I'm afraid Father's feeling a bit under the weather."

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"Oh, dear. Any idea what?"

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"Not sure. I think it's Black Death,"

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"but I am sure he'd appreciate a little visit from you."

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"Well, I'm sure I can pop my head around the door."

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"Sort of nowish."

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"Mother, would you like to...?"

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"No, dear. He won't let me near him."

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"Oh."

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"Slaaay!"

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"How is he?"

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"Well, he's up."

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"We face today the gravest crisis this country has known"

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"— since the Roman invasion! — (All shout agreement)"

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"The King has stirred and calls for you."

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"Ah. Very well..."

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"Prince Edmund is in charge!"

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"(ALL) Shame!"

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"Ah, yes. Ah, right."

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"Er, gentlemen, right. Well, as you know..."

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"— "since the Roman invasion.” — Rubbish!"

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"What about the Viking invasion?"

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"— Norman? — Swiss?"

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"Well, the greatest crisis for some time."

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"— And we all know why! — Why?"

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"— Because the King is possessed! — What?"

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"True. The land is full of omens of bewitchment!"

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"In Cornwall, a man with four heads was seen taking tea on the beach!"

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"And two women in Windsor claim to have been raped by a fish!"

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"1, too, have heard such tales."

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"and the ghosts of our ancestors rose up"

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"and competed in athletic sports."

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"A friend of mine had this awful pimple on the inside of his nose!"

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"— Percy, shut up. — (All) Witchcraft!"

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"and a young woman in Shropshire saw Geoffrey Chaucer in a field,"

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"mooing and suckling a young heifer!"

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"Gentlemen, gentlemen! Surely, we don't believe in this."

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"Next you'll be telling me"

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"that washing your hair in bats' droppings stops you going bald!"

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"But it's true! I couldn't find enough bats and look what happened."

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"I move that we do the only thing we can do"

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"to remove this curse from the kingdom."

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"Ah, that sounds like the answer!"

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"Send for the Witchsmeller Pursuivant."

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"Aye!"

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"(Men yell their support)"

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"Now, wait! Wait! Wait!"

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"— Percy! Percy! — What?"

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"What the devil do you think you're doing?"

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"Percy..."

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"No! Only this morning I saw a horse with two heads and two bodies!"

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"Two horses standing next to each other?"

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"Yes, I suppose it could have been."

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"I bet you think that sticking your finger up a sheep's bottom"

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"— on Good Friday makes you fertile! — Rubbish!"

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