Baldrick is part of a cunning plan to save the life of Charles I of England by replacing his head with a pumpkin. His plan fails. When Blackadder is about to be captured he quickly disguises himself as a Roundhead and leaves Baldrick to be killed instead. He is the son of a pig farmer and a bearded lady. The Baldrick of Regency Britain works as an "underscrogsman" (apprentice dogsbody) to Mr. E. Blackadder, butler to Prince George. He lives in a pipe in the upstairs water closet of the Palace. The third Baldrick is much more noticeably crude and unintelligent
General Hospital (Blackadder) watch Mary's execution. George enters the room and unwittingly reveals himself as the leak when he remarks that the relative he's been writing to is, in fact, his Uncle Hermann in Munich. Darling smugly confronts Blackadder, and the two race out of the room to inform Melchett. General Hospital (Blackadder) "General Hospital", or "Plan E: General Hospital", is the fifth episode of "Blackadder Goes Forth", the fourth series of the BBC sitcom "Blackadder". The episode opens with George and Baldrick playing "I spy", to Blackadder's great annoyance and boredom. However, the game is interrupted when a bomb lands on their