Money (5 Feb. 1986)

The president of the Bank of the Black Monks calls upon Blackadder in order to collect a £1000 debt.

Director:

Mandie Fletcher

Writers:

Richard Curtis (by), Ben Elton (by)

Stars:

Rowan Atkinson, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Rowan Atkinson	...	Edmund Blackadder
Tim McInnerny	...	Lord Percy
Tony Robinson	...	Baldrick
Miranda Richardson	...	Queen Elizabeth I
Stephen Fry	...	Lord Melchett
Patsy Byrne	...	Nursie
Ronald Lacey	...	Bishop of Bath & Wells
Cassie Stuart	...	Molly
Lesley Nicol	...	Mrs. Pants
John Pierce Jones	...	Arthur the Sailor
Tony Aitken	...	Mad Beggar
Philip Pope	...	Leonardo Acropolis
Piers Ibbotson	...	Messenger
Barry Craine	...	Mr. Pants

Storyline

The president of the Bank of the Black Monks ("service with a smile and a stab") threatens Edmund with torture and death unless he repays the £1000 he owes. While always portraying himself as fabulously wealthy, Blackadder is in fact totally broke, and so he needs to find a way to make money very quickly.... or find something that the Monks like more than money.

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Plot Keywords:

money | debt | fornication | church | money lender | 

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Genres:

Comedy | History

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 February 1986 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Baldrick is showing the Bishop of Bath & Wells the painting of him in a dicey pose with Lord Percy, you can clearly see the unseen drawing is being held with the picture frame facing the camera, thus the Bishop is looking at the back of the painting.

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Quotes

Blackadder: [after Baldrick leaves bedroom] Well, you're a one, aren't you? When you should whispering sweet conversational nothings like, 'Goodness, something twice the size of the Royal Barge has just hoved into view between the sheets,' you don't say a word. But enter the Creature from the Black Latrine, and you won't stop jabbering.
Molly: He treats me like a human being!
Blackadder: Look, if I wanted a lecture on the Rights of Man, I would have gone to bed with Martin Luther.

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Connections

Featured in Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments (2008)

User Reviews

Good, but not as good as Potato.

Money is a good episode, but it just isn't quite as good as Head or Potato. The first five minutes are distinctly flat (one very big anachronism is made) and Queenie's cruel tricks soon become predictable and harsh. As with all episodes, Money has hilarious quotes and an interesting new character, but it is all a bit too predictable, and won't exactly grip you or amaze you. Percy's alchemy is hilarious, and Blackadder's sale of his house (which he earns back) is written and done pretty well, as well as the scene in which Baldrick convinces Blackadder to become a rent boy, but the episode is neither wild nor vivid, and stays rather flat throughout, and will not linger around in your mind for a while after. On the whole, Money beats most Series 1 episodes, and is worthy to be called Blackadder, though it is not the best. 8/10