BlackAdder: Goes Forth

A world-weary Captain Blackadder, veteran of numerous campaigns, suddenly finds himself in the trenches facing 4 million German machine guns. He is not a happy man. He'd be slightly happier, however, if it weren't for his war companions, mad General Melchett, sly Captain Darling and malodorous Private Baldrick.

CAPTAIN COOK - In the trenches on the front, Edmund vows that he's damned if he's doomed. When General Haig unveils his new strategy to move his drinks cabinet nearer to Berlin, Blackadder volunteers to be Official War Artist.
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT - In 13 years of service to King and Country, Edmund has faced danger: in Nepal tackling an over spiced curry; in Mombassa, confronting 200,000 grass- skirted men. But now he is truly in a pickle.
MAJOR STAN - Bad news reaches the trenches. The October Revolution in Moscow has produced three appalling results: a cease-fire by Russia, an offensive by Germany and a Charlie Chaplin impression by Baldrick.

PRIVATE PLANE - Blackadder joins the Royal Flying Corps in order to escape the trenches. When he crashes behind the enemy lines with Baldrick, Lord Flashheart battles the Red Baron in order to rescue them.

GENERAL HOSPITAL - Edmund is given three weeks to find a spy in the hospital. He takes this as an opportunity to get on with the lovely Nurse Mary and to spend the better portion of those weeks in bed.

GOOD BYE - Edmund and Lt. Barley share a nice rat stroganoff in their tent when word arrives that tomorrow morning the troops are going "over the top." Could a feigned bout of insanity put Edmund on the road to Calais?

Cast
Blackadder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rowan Atkinson
Baldrick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tony Robinson
General Melchett. . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Fry
Lt. Barleigh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hugh Laurie
Captain Darling. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tim McInnerny
Driver Bob Parkhurst. . . . . . . . . .Gabrielle Glaister
Production Credits>
Directed by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Boden
Written by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard Curtis, Ben Elton
Produced by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Lloyd

The Western Front 1917: There's disorder in the ranks when that numb-headed ninny, Captain Blackadder, stumbles onto the battlefields of WWI and discovers that people are trying to kill him! When he's not dodging bullets...not to mention idiots, Blackadder makes a general nuisance of himself. The British may be able to defeat the Germans, but it's unlikely they'll ever survive a comic assault by Blackadder.

Includes the following episodes: Captain Cook, Corporal Punishment, Major Star, Private Plane, General Hospital, and Goodbyeee.

BAFTA Awards:
Best Comedy Series 1990
Rowan Atkinson - Best light entertainment performance 1990

BAFTA? Awards
1990 - Best Comedy Series - John Lloyd, Richard Boden, Ben Elton, Richard Curtis
1990 - Best Light Entertainment Performance - Rowan Atkinson