It is November 1648 and King Charles I is hiding from Cromwell and his Roundheads, having lost the English Civil War. His only two remaining supporters are one Sir Edmund Blackadder and his servant, ...

As his Crusaders savour a desperately needed win over the Rebels last weekend after a nightmare run of defeat, merely getting on to the field has been a victory for flanker Ethan Blackadder.

What was a cunning plan from Lord Edmund Blackadder V to fake a time machine on his gullibly incompetent friends, turns out to be the real thing and hurls him and his imbecile underling ...