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"Witchsmeller Pursuivant" is the fifth episode of the first series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder (The Black Adder). It is set in England in the late 15th century and centres on the fictitious Prince Edmund, who finds himself falsely accused of witchcraft by a travelling witch-hunter known as the Witchsmeller Pursuivant.
Witchsmeller Pursuivant: Directed by Martin Shardlow. With Rowan Atkinson, Frank Finlay, Elspet Gray, Tim McInnerny. When the plague rages through Europe everyone blames "witches". When Edmund fails a "test" everyone suddenly becomes his enemy.
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- Comedy
- Martin Shardlow
- 1983-07-13
Witchsmeller Pursuivant is the fifth episode of The Black Adder, the first series of Blackadder. The episode opens in August, 1495, with a peasant family eating dinner. They discuss the plague ravaging Europe and the father declares them safe as they know the secret of plague: rats.
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Nov 19, 2012 · The maniacal Witchsmeller Pursuivant is determined to prove Edmund's guilt in a case of witchcraft, and calls his first witness.
May 1, 2003 · In this atmosphere of paranoia, the Witchsmeller Pursuivant is called to court, to sniff out the chief witch and bring an end to the country's bad luck....
Witchsmeller Pursuivant. 5/6 The witchsmeller pursuivant is sent to root out the source of an outbreak of witchcraft.
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