Series: 1 Episode: 3
First broadcast on 29 June 1983.
The King has murdered three successive Archbishops of Canterbury so Blackadder is understandably terrified when he is the next appointment.
Determined not to be the next prelate to be brutally slain in a freak accident, he brilliantly persuades a rich nobleman to donate all his lands to the King and not the Church. However, the King accidentally orders Blackadder's murder anyway.
Blackadder narrowly escapes and is stripped of the title of Archbishop when all three popes realise that he is not suitable priest material.
