Amy and Amiability

"Amy and Amiability" is the fifth episode of the third series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder. Blackadder is in serious debt. Baldrick suggest that he becomes a highwayman to make money to pay of his bills; however, Blackadder, having "no desire to get hung for wearing a silly hat", simply decides to ask the Prince Regent for a raise. Unfortunately, the Prince is also skint, having lost vast amounts of money playing a game called "cards", where part... more

"Amy and Amiability" is the fifth episode of the third series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder. Blackadder is in serious debt. Baldrick suggest that he becomes a highwayman to make money to pay of his bills; however, Blackadder, having "no desire to get hung for wearing a silly hat", simply decides to ask the Prince Regent for a raise. Unfortunately, the Prince is also skint, having lost vast amounts of money playing a game called "cards", where participants are dealt five cards and the goal is to give away your money to your opponents as quickly as possible (George is apparently "a natural"). He is therefore forced to search for a rich wife and hence a sizable dowry. Unfortunately, of the 262 princesses in Europe, only two are possible matches: Grand Duchess Sophia of Turin, who is unlikely to marry the Prince on account of the fact she's met him, and Caroline of Brunswick, a woman with the worst personality in Germany. Blackadder begins to look through the newspapers through the society... less