Blackadder the Third - Part 1 - Dish and Dishonesty

**Blackadder the Third - Dish and Dishonesty** is a UK VHS release by BBC Enterprises Ltd on 6th June 1988 and 6th March 1989.

## Description

England, 1760 – 1815. It is a golden age of wealth, power and discovery, though not for Edmund Blackadder Esq. gentleman’s gentleman to the “mini-brianed” Prince Regent, a situation rightly seen as something of a slump in the fortunes of the previously aristoatic Blackadder dynasty.
Sit back and guffaw to these three hilarious episodes from the Blackadder Chronicles, featuring the wily butler, his idiotic Royal Highness and the indescribably cretinous Baldrick.

## Opening (original 1988 release)

1. BBC Video Copyright Warning (1988-1991)
2. BBC Video Globe Ident (1988-1991) (Opening Version)
3. Blackadder The Third Opening Titles
4. Start of Dish and Dishonesty (1987)

## Closing (original 1988 release)

1. End of Nob and Nobility (1987)
2. Blackadder The Third Closing Credits
3. BBC Video Globe Ident (1988-1991) (Closing Version With 1988 Copyright Stamp)
4. BBC Video Copyright Warning (1988-1991)

## Trivia

* This Blackadder The Third video was first published by BBC Enterprises Ltd in late-Autumn/early-Winter 1988 with the BBC Video 1988-1991 ident at the start and end before it was properly released on 6th March 1989 if that's the true reason for the copyright being classified as 1989 on the back of the cover although, both the two versions of this video have the copyright classified as 1988 on the label and the end of the video.
* There are two versions of this Blackadder the Third video ("*Dish and Dishonesty*") with both versions containing a different BBC Video ident at the start and end of both versions of this video.
	+ **1:** Version 1 is the original 1988 release, and it contains the BBC Video 1988-1991 ident at the start and end of the video and Blackadder The Third - Part 1 - Dish and Dishonesty would have it until it was re-released with the BBC Video 1991-1997 ident in 1994, although, Dish and Dishonesty got re-released on a Double Video Pack entitled Blackadder The Third: The Complete Third Series in 1992, however, the 1992 re-release of Dish and Dishonesty remains unchanged from the original 1988 release of Dish and Dishonesty as it keeps the BBC Video 1988-1991 ident at the start and the end of the video.
	+ **2:** Version 2 is the 1994 re-release, and it contains the BBC Video 1991-1997 ident at the start and end of the video from this point onwards, including the Double Video Pack entitled Blackadder The Third: The Complete Third Series which would get re-released with a repackaged cover in 1998, however, the 1998 re-release of Dish and Dishonesty remains unchanged from the 1994 re-release of Dish and Dishonesty as it still has the BBC Video 1991-1997 ident at the start and the end of the video, with the copyright notice on the closing version of the BBC Video 1991-1997 ident and the warning screen still keeping the mention of BBC Enterprises.

## Mistaskes

On the back of the cover, the copyright said BBC Enterprises Ltd 1989, but when you look at the label and watch the end of the video, the copyright said BBC Enterprises Ltd 1988.