Potato (Blackadder) described his own performance in this episode as "appalling". Baker was quoted: "Someone should have taken away my Equity Card. It was terrible and the buggers keep playing it." Potato (Blackadder) "Potato" is the third episode of the BBC sitcom "Blackadder II", the second series of "Blackadder", which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603. The episode opens with Blackadder at home, preparing to go to court to celebrate the return of Sir Walter "Oooh what a big ship I've got" Raleigh (Simon Jones). Blackadder is typically sarcastic and embittered, refusing to join in the festivities and endures
Stephen Fry 1987 Fry and Laurie performed sketches on the LWT/Channel 4 show "Saturday Live". Forgiving Fry and Laurie for "The Crystal Cube", the BBC commissioned, in 1986, a sketch show that was to become "A Bit of Fry & Laurie". The programme ran for 26 episodes spanning four series between 1986 and 1995, and was very successful. During this time, Fry starred in "Blackadder II" as Lord Melchett, made a guest appearance in "" as the Duke of Wellington, then returned to a starring role in "Blackadder Goes Forth", as General Melchett. In a 1988 television special, "Blackadder's Christmas Carol", he