There is a spy at the Army field hospital sending information to the Germans. Captain Blackadder is sent in to investigate and finds himself romantically involved with a beautiful nurse. True, there is a patient named “Smith” with a German accent, but the evidence points towards someone quite close to Edmund…
written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton
directed by Richard Boden
music by Howard GoodallGuest Cast: Miranda Richardson (Nurse Mary), Bill Wallis (Brigadier Smith)
Notes: Miranda Richardson swings full circle, giving a mostly dramatic reading as Nurse Mary, in stark contrast to her Queen Elizabeth from Blackadder II and following her schizoid performance in Blackadder the Third (Amy and Amiability). She also appears in Blackadder’s Christmas Carol and Blackadder: Back & Forth.
Bill Wallis returns, having previously appeared in The Black Adder (The Archbishop) and Blackadder II (Head).
LogBook entry by Philip R. Frey