baldrick is not given any sort of first name until this third series, when he speculates that it might be "sodoff", since in childhood when he played in the gutter when he said to the other snipes, "hello, my name's baldrick," they would reply, "yes, we know. sod off, baldrick!" a diplomatic blackadder opts to record him as "s. baldrick". the initial appears to have been adopted by his descendants. in a 1988 episode of "the noel edmonds saturday roadshow", baldrick of "blackadder the third" is on trial during "clown court". during the "trial" baldrick reveals that he thinks his name is "dropdead", since people who see him shout out "drop dead, baldrick!". the presiding judge, lord chief justice noel edmonds, notes the name as "mr. d. baldrick".