Dish and Dishonesty is an episode of the BBC sitcom Blackadder. The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest public broadcasting corporation in the world. ... now. ...
The newly appointed Prime Minister, Pitt the Younger, wants to strike the Prince Regent from the Civil List. The Prince's butler, Mr. Blackadder, proceeds to rig an election in a rotten borough, choosing to instate Baldrick. Baldrick proceeds to vote the wrong way and the issue proceeds to the House of Lords. Blackadder's plan to get himself named to the House of Lords, where he will be able to vote against the bill, is foiled by Prince George's stupidity and Baldrick is elevated. The episode features a cameo by Vincent Hanna. A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759–23 January 1806) was a British politician during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. ... Prince George Prince George (1762-1816) was a fictional caricature of the historical figure HRH The Prince George, Prince of Wales, played by Hugh Laurie in the third series of the popular BBC sitcom Blackadder. ... A civil list is a list of individuals to whom money is paid by the government. ... Edmund Blackadder esq. ... The term rotten borough refers to a parliamentary borough or constituency in the Kingdom of England (pre-1707), the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707-1801), the Kingdom of Ireland (1536-1801) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (from 1801 until their final abolition in 1867) which due... Baldrick is a fictional character featured in the television series Blackadder. ... Vincent Leo Martin Hanna (August 9, 1939 – July 22, 1997) was a Northern Irish television journalist famed for his coverage of United Kingdom byelections. ...
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