Box set: Black Adder The Complete Collection

Blackadder Goes Forth

BBC Home Video (1989)

Comedy, History, War
 /   / Color / 174 mins
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In Collection
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Plot

Through four series and a few specials, Edmund Blackadder and his greasy sidekick Baldrick conjure up cunning plans as Edmund tries to take advantage of desperate times. These "situation tragedies" had obvious parallels from the Dark Ages to Elizabethan times, the rule of mad George III, and The Great War. Some character names from the first series are open to debate as they are shown in fancy script on screen, usually against unhelpful backgrounds.

Cast

Rowan Atkinson Capt. Edmund Blackadder
Tony Robinson Pvt. S. Baldrick
Stephen Fry Gen. Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett
Hugh Laurie Lt. the Honorable George Colhurst St. Barleigh
Tim McInnerny Capt. Kevin Darling

Crew

Director
Richard Boden
Producer John Lloyd
Writer Richard Curtis , Ben Elton
Musician Howard Goodall

Episodes

Disc 01

1
Plan A: Captain Cook
30 mins  28/09/1989
Blackadder tries painting and cooking as ploys to avoid the scheduled big push out of the trenches.

Director:  Richard Boden 

Writer:  Richard Curtis  / Ben Elton 

2
Plan B: Corporal Punishment
30 mins  05/10/1989
Edmund is sentenced to death by firing squad for shooting and eating the General's favorite messenger pigeon.

Director:  Richard Boden 

Writer:  Richard Curtis  / Ben Elton 

Guest starring: Jeremy Hardy, Stephen Frost, Lee Cornes, Paul Mark Elliott, Jeremy Gittins

3
Plan C: Major Star
30 mins  12/10/1989
Blackadder grabs yet another opportunity to return to England by organizing a morale-raising music hall show, including Baldrick's Charlie Chaplin impersonation and George's appearance as a lady songstress who captures the General's heart.

Director:  Richard Boden 

Writer:  Richard Curtis  / Ben Elton 

Guest starring: Gabrielle Glaister

4
Plan D: Private Plane
30 mins  19/10/1989
Blackadder and the boys join the Royal Air Corps, where they are promptly shot down behind enemy lines.

Director:  Richard Boden 

Writer:  Richard Curtis  / Ben Elton 

Guest starring:  Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Gabrielle Glaister

5
Plan E: General Hospital
30 mins  26/10/1989
Blackadder is assigned to find the spy working out of the hospital.

Director:  Richard Boden 

Writer:  Richard Curtis  / Ben Elton 

Guest starring: Bill Wallis,  Miranda Richardson

6
Plan F: Goodbyeee
30 mins  02/11/1989
Blackadder tries everything he can think of to get sent back to England when orders come in to go over the top in the first charge against the Germans since 1914.

Director:  Richard Boden 

Writer:  Richard Curtis  / Ben Elton 

Guest starring:  Geoffrey Palmer

Edition Details

Series Black Adder
Release Date 2005
Packaging Custom Case
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

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