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“Bells”
Blackadder II, Episode 1
Written by	Richard Curtis & Ben Elton
Directed by	Mandie Fletcher
Guest stars	Rik Mayall, Gabrielle Glaister, John Grillo, Edward Jewesbury, Barbara Miller
Original airdate	9th January 1986
Episode chronology
"The Black Seal"	"Head"
	List of episodes

Revision as of 16:18, 18 September 2016

"Bells" is the first episode of Blackadder II.

Plot

Somewhere in England, a young girl called Kate and her father are in their cottage when he asks her to become a prostitute, so she decides to go to London.

Lord Edmund Blackadder and Lord Percy Percy are practising their archery in Edmund's house when Kate turns up, disguised as a boy and calling herself Bob and asks Edmund if she can become his servant, Edmund promptly fires Baldrick and hires Kate, after a short period of time Edmund and Kate nearly kiss, Edmund, thinking she's a boy, decides to go to the doctor for his 'problem'.

Getting no help from the doctor, Edmund goes to the wise woman in Putney, who gives him three choices,

Kill Bob
Kill himself
Kill everybody in the whole world

Kate eventually reveals herself to Edmund, who proposes marriage to her. Kate makes Baldrick a bridesmaid and Edmund asks his friend Lord Flashheart to be the best man. The wedding day goes fine, but when Flashheart doesn't turn up Edmund makes Percy his best man. Flashheart then turns up, flirts with the Queen and Nursie , before kissing Kate and proposing she should abandon Blackadder and come with him. Flashheart switches clothes with Kate and they run off with each other.

Cast

Rowan Atkinson as Lord Edmund Blackadder
Tim McInnerny as Lord Percy Percy
Tony Robinson as Baldrick
Miranda Richardson as Queen Elizabeth I
Stephen Fry as Lord Melchett
Patsy Byrne as Nursie
Gabrielle Glaister as Kate
Rik Mayall as Lord Flashheart
John Grillo as Dr. Leech
Edward Jewesbury as Kate's Father
Barbara Miller as The Wisewoman
Sadie Shimmin as The Young Crone

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+{{Infobox_episode
-==  Bells==
-'Bells' is the first episode of [[Blackadder II]]
+|Series = [[Blackadder II]]
+|Image = [[Image:'Bells' Title Card.jpg|270px|center]]|<nowiki>center]]</nowiki>|<nowiki>center]]</nowiki>
+|Title = Bells
+|Season = 2
+|Episode = 1
+|Writer = [[Richard Curtis]] & [[Ben Elton]]
+|Director = [[Mandie Fletcher]]
+|Guests = [[Rik Mayall]],
+[[Gabrielle Glaister]],
+[[John Grillo]],
+[[Edward Jewesbury]],
+[[Barbara Miller]]
+|Airdate = 9th January 1986
+|Prev = [[The Black Seal]]
+|Next = [[Head]]}}
+'''"Bells"''' is the first episode of ''[[Blackadder II]]''.
 ==Plot==
-Somewhere in England a young girl called Kate and her father are in their cottage when he asks her to become a prostitute, so she decides to go to London.
+Somewhere in England, a young girl called [[Kate]] and her father are in their cottage when he asks her to become a prostitute, so she decides to go to London.
-[[Lord Edmund Blackadder]] and [[Lord Percy Percy]] are practising their archery in Edmund's house when Kate turns up, disguised as a boy and calling herself [[Bob]] and asks Edmund if she can become his servant, Edmund promptly fires [[Baldrick]] and hires Kate, after a short period of time Edmund and Kate nearly kiss, Edmund, thinking she's a boy, decides to go to the doctor for his 'problem'.
+[[Lord Edmund Blackadder]] and [[Lord Percy Percy]] are practising their archery in Edmund's house when Kate turns up, disguised as a boy and calling herself [[Bob]] and asks Edmund if she can become his servant, Edmund promptly fires [[Elizabethan Baldrick|Baldrick]] and hires Kate, after a short period of time Edmund and Kate nearly kiss, Edmund, thinking she's a boy, decides to go to the doctor for his 'problem'.
 Getting no help from the doctor, Edmund goes to the wise woman in Putney, who gives him three choices,
 #Kill Bob
 #Kill himself
 #Kill everybody in the whole world
-Kate eventually reveals herself to Edmund, who proposes marriage to her. Kate makes Baldrick a bridesmaid and Edmund asks his friend [[Lord Flashheart]] to be the best man. The wedding day goes fine, but when Flashheart does'nt turn up Edmund makes Percy his best man. Flashheart then turns up, switches clothes with Kate and they run off with each other.
+Kate eventually reveals herself to Edmund, who proposes marriage to her. Kate makes Baldrick a bridesmaid and Edmund asks his friend [[Lord Flashheart]] to be the best man. The wedding day goes fine, but when Flashheart doesn't turn up Edmund makes Percy his best man. Flashheart then turns up, flirts with the [[Queen Elizabeth I|Queen]] and [[Nursie]] , before kissing Kate and proposing she should abandon Blackadder and come with him. [[Lord Flashheart|Flashheart]] switches clothes with Kate and they run off with each other.
 ==Cast==
-*[[Rowan Atkinson]] as [[<u>Lord Edmund Blackadder]]</u>
+*[[Rowan Atkinson]] as [[Lord Edmund Blackadder]]
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_McInnerny <u>Tim McInnerny</u>] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Percy_Percy <u>Lord Percy Percy</u>]
+*[[Tim McInnerny]] as [[Lord Percy Percy]]
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Robinson <u>Tony Robinson</u>] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldrick <u>Baldrick</u>]
+*[[Tony Robinson]] as [[Elizabethan Baldrick|Baldrick]]
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_Richardson <u>Miranda Richardson</u>] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenie <u>Queen Elizabeth I</u>]
+*[[Miranda Richardson]] as [[Queen Elizabeth I]]
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry <u>Stephen Fry</u>] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchett <u>Lord Melchett</u>]
+*[[Stephen Fry]] as [[Lord Melchett]]
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patsy_Byrne <u>Patsy Byrne</u>] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursie <u>Nursie</u>]
+*[[Patsy Byrne]] as [[Nursie]]
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle_Glaister <u>Gabrielle Glaister</u>] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_(Blackadder_character) <u>Kate</u>]
+*[[Gabrielle Glaister]] as [[Bob|Kate]]
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rik_Mayall <u>Rik Mayall</u>] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Flashheart <u>Lord Flashheart</u>]
+*[[Rik Mayall]] as [[Lord_Flashheart|Lord Flashheart]]
+*[[John Grillo]] as [[Dr. Leech]]
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grillo <u>John Grillo</u>] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_Blackadder_characters#Dr._Leech <u>Dr. Leech</u>]
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jewesbury <u>Edward Jewesbury</u>] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_Blackadder_characters#Kate.27s_Father <u>Kate's Father</u>]
+*[[Edward Jewesbury]] as [[Kate's Father]]
+*[[Barbara Miller]] as [[The Wise Woman|The Wisewoman]]
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara_Miller&action=edit&redlink=1 <u>Barbara Miller</u>] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_Blackadder_characters#The_Wise_Woman <u>The Wisewoman</u>]
+*[[Sadie Shimmin]] as [[The Young Crone]]
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sadie_Shimmin&action=edit&redlink=1 <u>Sadie Shimmin</u>] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_Blackadder_characters#The_Young_Crone <u>The Young Crone</u>]
-[[Category:Blackadder II Episodes]]
 [[Category:Episodes]]
+[[Category:Blackadder II Episodes]]
+[[Category:Mandie Fletcher/Director]]
+[[Category:Ben Elton/Writer]]
+[[Category:Richard Curtis/Writer]]