Season 1 · La vipère noire IV

Captain Blackadder spots an opportunity to get away from the trenches when General Melchett announces a painting competition for the cover of "King and Country" magazine.

Blackadder hatches a cunning plan to avoid starvation and ignore his orders by eating a carrier pigeon.

Blackadder sees an opportunity to escape the trenches by organizing a variety show as entertainment for the troops.

Blackadder and his friends join the Air Corps, wrongly believing it will be less dangerous than being in the trenches.

The General asks Blackadder to find a spy in the hospital; one of the patients has a thick German accent and an interest in all things military.

Blackadder pretends that he's insane to avoid certain death carrying out the General's order for the "big push".