"Blackadder Goes Forth" (1989) TV series

User Rating:

9.2/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

28 September 1989 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | History | War

Plot:

In this final series, Blackadder is a World War I army captain trying to survive at the front lines at the Western Front.

Plot Keywords:

Officer | War Zone | Black Comedy | Cunning Plan | Nervous Twitch

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Rowan Atkinson	...	Captain Edmund Blackadder (6 episodes, 1989)
Tony Robinson	...	Private Baldrick (6 episodes, 1989)
Stephen Fry	...	General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett (6 episodes, 1989)
Hugh Laurie	...	Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh (6 episodes, 1989)
Tim McInnerny	...	Captain Darling (6 episodes, 1989)

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Series Directed by
Richard Boden		(6 episodes, 1989)

Series Writing credits
Richard Curtis		(6 episodes, 1989)
Ben Elton		(6 episodes, 1989)

Series Produced by
John Lloyd	....	producer (6 episodes, 1989)

Series Film Editing by
Chris Wadsworth		(6 episodes, 1989)

Series Production Design by
Chris Hull		(6 episodes, 1989)

Series Costume Design by
Annie Hardinge		(6 episodes, 1989)

Series Makeup Department
Caroline Noble	....	makeup designer (6 episodes, 1989)

Series Production Management
Duncan Cooper	....	production manager (6 episodes, 1989)

Series Art Department
Jayne Libotte	....	props buyer (6 episodes, 1989)
Graham McCallum	....	graphic designer (4 episodes, 1989)

Series Sound Department
Martin Deane	....	sound supervisor (6 episodes, 1989)
Nick Way	....	deputy sound supervisor (6 episodes, 1989)

Series Visual Effects by
Roger Turner	....	visual effects (6 episodes, 1989)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
John Hoare	....	camera supervisor (6 episodes, 1989)
Henry Barber	....	lighting director (5 episodes, 1989)

Series Editorial Department
Carol Abbott	....	vision mixer (6 episodes, 1989)

Series Music Department
Howard Goodall	....	composer: title music / music arranger: title music (6 episodes, 1989)

Series Other crew
J. Kennedy	....	assistant floor manager (6 episodes, 1989)
Tim Parkinson	....	band master (6 episodes, 1989)
Vanessa Sharples	....	production assistant (6 episodes, 1989)
Mike Chislett	....	technical coordinator (5 episodes, 1989)
Mark Shelley	....	weapons armorer (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (original airing)

Runtime:

30 min (6 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 | Ireland:15 | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Portugal:M/6

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

Tim McInnerny's character was originally named Captain Cartwright. Stephen Fry had the idea to change it to Darling (named after a boy at his school) and created a running gag which is frequently used throughout the series.

Quotes:

Lord Flasheart: [off stage] Hey girls, look at my machinery!
[feminine squeals of delight off stage - cue to Flasheart entering room buttoning up his files]

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005) (TV)

British comedy at its best

Forget "The Royle Family", forget "My Family", if you want a good example of British comedy, watch blacadder goes forth. In my opinion the best series of the lot; it has everything. Brilliant scripts, faultless acting and sarcastic and hilarious humour. My favorite episode has to be Captain Cook simply because it is so sarcastic and mocking of real life; both now and in the trenches of WWI. Facts that in history books seem shocking are made into hilarious situations, like the lack of food or the dangers of flying in aeroplanes of the era. Without doubt the best British comedy since Monty Python. See it.