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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The pilot episode has never been broadcast on television and is not available on DVD, although some scenes were featured in the 25th anniversary special ''Blackadder Rides Again''. However, various bootleg copies exist and footage can be found online.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Or, as far as most fans are concerned, What ''Should'' Have Been, since this episode is much more in keeping with the tone of the second, third and fourth series -- unlike in the first series, Prince Edmund is a clever, ruthless schemer and Baldrick is an idiot; as a 2010 article in ''The Guardian'' pointed out: "It's notable that the show only really started to pick up traction when it reverted to the format of the pilot". The only major things missing from this episode are Creator/TonyRobinson as Baldrick and Creator/BrianBlessed as the King (though some would argue that the incarnation of the latter, played here by John Savident, could have worked if he'd been given better lines).
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Or, as far as most fans are concerned, What ''Should'' Have Been, since this episode is much more in keeping with the tone of the second, third and fourth series -- unlike in the first series, Prince Edmund is a clever, ruthless schemer and Baldrick is an idiot; as a 2010 article in ''The Guardian'' pointed out: "It's notable that the show only really started to pick up traction when it reverted to the format of the pilot". The only major things missing from this episode are Creator/TonyRobinson as Baldrick and Creator/BrianBlessed as the King (though some would argue that the incarnation of the latter, played here by John Savident, could have worked if he'd been given better lines).
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The pilot episode has never been broadcast on television and is not available released on DVD, although some scenes were featured in the 25th anniversary special ''Blackadder Rides Again''. However, various bootleg copies exist and footage can be found online.
online. The episode finally received a television airing on Gold in 2023 to celebrate the show's 40th anniversary as part of a documentary presented by Tony Robinson.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Or, as far as most fans are concerned, What ''Should'' Have Been, since this episode is much more in keeping with the tone of the second, third and fourth series -- unlike in the first series, Prince Edmund is a clever, ruthless schemer and Baldrick is anidiot; idiot (albeit not as much of an idiot as the Tony Robinson incarnation would eventually become); as a 2010 article in ''The Guardian'' pointed out: "It's notable that the show only really started to pick up traction when it reverted to the format of the pilot". The only major things missing from this episode are Creator/TonyRobinson as Baldrick and Creator/BrianBlessed as the King (though some would argue that the incarnation of the latter, played here by John Savident, could have worked if he'd been given better lines).
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Or, as far as most fans are concerned, What ''Should'' Have Been, since this episode is much more in keeping with the tone of the second, third and fourth series -- unlike in the first series, Prince Edmund is a clever, ruthless schemer and Baldrick is an
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The pilot episode has never been broadcast on television and is not available on DVD, although some scenes were featured in the 25th anniversary special ''Blackadder Rides Again''. However, various bootleg copies exist and footage can be found online.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Or, as far as most fans are concerned, What ''Should'' Have Been, since this episode is much more in keeping with the tone of the second, third and fourthseries. series -- unlike in the first series, Prince Edmund is a clever, ruthless schemer and Baldrick is an idiot; as a 2010 article in ''The Guardian'' pointed out: "It's notable that the show only really started to pick up traction when it reverted to the format of the pilot". The only major thing things missing from this episode is are Creator/TonyRobinson as Baldrick, Baldrick and for some, Creator/BrianBlessed as the King (though others some would argue that the incarnation of the latter, played here by John Savident Savident, could have easily worked if he'd been given better lines).
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Or, as far as most fans are concerned, What ''Should'' Have Been, since this episode is much more in keeping with the tone of the second, third and fourth series. The only major thing missing from this episode is Tony Robinson as Baldrick, and for some, Creator/BrianBlessed as the King (though others argue that the incarnation played here by John Savident could have easily worked if given better lines).
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