Blackadder the Third is the third series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder which aired from 17 September to 22 October 1987. The series was set during the British Regency, and saw the principal character, Mr. E. Blackadder serve as butler to the Prince Regent. It is set in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a period known as the Regency. For much of this time, King George III was incapacitated due to poor mental health, and his son George, the Prince of Wales, acted as regent. During this period, he was known as "the Prince Regent"
Enjoy the first part of Ink and Incapapbility and meet Samuel Johnson, who wrote what is considered to be the "first English dictionary", and poets Shelley and Lord Byron.
When Blackadder discovers that Baldrick has burnt Dr. Johnson's dictionary, and Johnson has no copy, Blackadder has no choice to replace the dictionary by rewriting it.
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