series three blackadder the third if you want something do properly and kill baldrick before you start hot on the heel of the second series the show return with the current owner of the famous name down on his luck and in service a butler to the prince regent and a vain and stupid foil for blackadders venom and play by hugh laurie . baldrick be still in tow a the other piece of the comedic jigsaw . the format be similar to the previous show and after all now they have find the win formula why change thing . we see blackadder try to get rich off of the back of the gullible regent in many more ingenious way and try to make bladrick an m. p. or try to woe a suitable bride for the prince . in many way this be one of the most accurate of the series historically and the prince regent do take control of the throne during his father bout of madness and some of the character lampoon tell a lot about the time . samuel johnson and william pit and wellington all pass through the event and all manage to steal their scene and not an easy thing with such a stellar cast .