I agree. The first thing I thought was - he’d be a turncoat of course!
And now I’m trying to think of a plausible scenario for a Blackadder/Red Dwarf crossover . . .
Seasons in order of appreciation: 2, 3, 1, 4. For some reason I just don’t enjoy 4 much at all – not to be a heretic, but it seemed as if there were too many retreads from earlier seasons and repeated jokes (Baldric’s bad cooking, the return of Bob and Flashheart, Darling, Blackadder’s analogies ‘it’s as (something) as a (something) in a (something)-ing contest’). In general the humor was too slapsticky/gross-out for my liking.
But enough negativity! Some of the quotes here have reminded me how brilliant this series was at the top of its form, which (for me anyway) was in s2 and s3. My favorite eps are Bells and Head, but I’d actually like to quote from Chains:
Finally, we learn how Blackadder/Melchett knew the difference between assassin Ludwig, dressed as a cow, and Nursie in her cow suit:
Speaking of nursie, I love Flashheart’s greeting to her: “Nursie! I like it firm and fruity!” Good to see ol’ Flash’s got a thing for full-figured gals too. 
It involves a time machine. That’s about as far as I’ve got…
Capt. Darling Ahhh, Cappuccino!
Crone So you know her then?
Edmund No, just a wild stab-in-the-dark, which, incidently, is what you’ll be getting if you don’t start being a bit more helpful.
In Blackadder The Third, Tim McInnerny plays one of the Scarlet Pimpernels, aka Lord Topper.
You mean, ‘The biggest show-off in London.’
I mean, what’s the bloody point of being the Scarlet Pimpernel if you’re going to fall for the old poisoned-cup routine? Scarlet Pimpernel, my foot! Scarlet Git, more like it!
He also portrayed the Compte de Frou Frou, a very down on his luck Frenchie in Mrs Miggins’ shop…Oh – if only he’d brought his mongoose costume!
“This large sausage is VERY suspicious.”
AngelicGemma - I don’t know if the crossover could be done without meltdown, but it’s sure a nice thought.
Can’t be too difficult! We already know that Rimmer was able to TimeSlip back to the Regency period at least once to make things difficult for ol’ Bladder. 
(Chris Barrie played a guest role in Nob and Nobility)
Ooh BTW, BranGlutton, re: the Cromwell era, as hinted above in the reference to the “Cavalier Years,” there was a one-off version set in this time period. It was written and performed for Comic Relief. 
Here’s a transcript.
Ah, yes.
and the Sheep-squeezers of Slatycon-5, have they been suck-creamed as a crown-beast’s knobbo?
Oh, Albert, you naughty little hobgoblin.
Have you ever been to Wales?
Well don’t, it’s a ghastly place. Huge gangs of tough sinewy men
roam the valleys terrifying people with their close harmony singing.
You need half a pint of phlegm in your throat just to pronounce the
placenames. Never ask for directions in Wales MsBoods, you’ll be
washing spit out of your hair for a fortnight.
Sorry about the delay, your highness, your highness; was at the library trying to clear up a bit of a bother from an associate – remember, if you want something done properly, kill Baldrick before you start.
Actually as, it happens, I have been to Wales – and it’s all true! :eek: 
Instead I divide my UK time between London, and north Scotland where I stop with my auntie and uncle – he’s a a top kipper salesman with a reputable firm of Aberdeen fishmongers, and possibly the most dangerous man ever to wear a skirt.
The first series only seems less stellar because of what came after (when Ben Elton joined Richard Curtis as co-writer).
You’re no doubt aware that the Spanish Infanta’s translator was named “Don Speekengleesh”?
Sean the Irish Bastard: “Let’s kill those meek bastards now!”
“See, my Lords, how the Duck of Taunton lives within him!”
“I’ve done five bottles!”
“Licorice allsort?”
“Please accept my apple-ogies.”
As a military historian type, I’ll have to give Goes Forth the edge as to my favourite overall. Even the uniforms were great: Baldrick’s is shabby, as if gnawn by rats; the cap badges and insignia are all very cleverly made up–they are spurious, a non-existant regiment. And did you ever notice the (real) British soldiers marching behind them in the opening credit sequence? When Baldrick hits the triangle, there is one lad behind him barely keeping it together. I think it was the Anglian Regiment who performed with the boys. And oh yes, the end credits with the fake old film finish–brilliant, as is the military method of naming in the credits: “C/Dgr - 368807 Hardinge, A.” This is just the way the Great War medals were named.
Oh–and the Flashheart line “Any bird who wants to chain herself to my railings and suffer-a-jet-movement gets my vote!” is quite simply brilliant.
“I was on the other side of town when we burned the witch.”
that’s funny, I wear a skirt on occaision. :eek:
But, I digress.
I’ll also have you know that there’s nothing cushy about life in the Women’s Auxillary Ballloon Corps!
Thanks, Tamex, for starting this thread! As a consequence I am not doing my work, but have instead hauled out all my vids. Nothing is getting done around here, and if you saw my schedule for the next 3 months :eek: doesn’t begin to cover it.
So suffice to say, I shall be brief, as I have, rather unfortunately, become Prime Minister right in the middle of my exams.
So in gratitude, I would like to treat you all at Mrs Miggans’ pie shop, where, I understand, she is baking an enormous commemorative pie, in the shape of a pie!
I now put upon the leader of the Opposition to test me on my Latin vocab.