What better subject for crazy medieval comedy The Black Adder than a witch trial? Anyone with the slightest knowledge of these matters will know that they were pretty ridiculous affairs, with the prosecution often levelling completely unfounded and preposterous claims against totally innocent victims, and utilising hysteria, superstition, fear and ignorance to sway the outcome.
This sheer lunacy of these terrible trials provides Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson with some absolutely hilarious material, and a very memorable performance from Frank Finlay as the loathsome Witchsmeller Pursuivant who accuses Edmund of being a witch, results in this being one of the funniest episodes of the series.
Witchsmeller Pursuivant also features a terrific ending, with Edmund, Percy and Baldrick sentenced to be burned at the stake, but receiving a little last minute help from an unexpected source.