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Blackadder Goes Forth Blackadder is one of the most successful comedies to come from Britain and stars Rowan Atkinson (also renowned for Mr Bean). Blackadder’s sense of humour mainly focuses on sarcasm and silly situations. The battlefields of World War 1 would hardly seem the ideal place to locate a comedy. But obviously this is the ideal location for the cynical wit of Edmund Blackadder.

Captain Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) joined the army before any wars were fought in his time, never dreaming that he would go to war. Now, he's stuck in the trenches with the intellectual …show more content…

Thwarting Blackadder’s goal are the loud, dimwitted General Melchett (Steven Fry) and his “office boy”, Captain Darling (Tim McInnerny), who is determined to stop him from escaping. Steven Fry perfectly portrays the upper class arrogant military leader, showing the audience the height of stupidity at the time of the war.

Goodbyeee is the final episode in the series ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’. It opens with Blackadder marching along with the men. At the start itself, one can see the smirks and giggles onscreen and can know what to expect later on. The British are not doing well at the war and it is time for the big push. Blackadder is not all that keen to be involved so he sticks a couple of pencils up his nose and underpants on his head. He thinks that this behaviour will convince Melchett that he has gone insane and he will therefore be sent back to England. But it turns out otherwise. Blackadder tries hard to get out of the trenches but all in vain. In the final minutes, Captain Darling too joins them. The ending of this episode is very moving. The episode has its funny moments and will keep a person entertained for a few hours.

The series is liable to be compared with ‘Journey’s End’, written by R C Sheriff. Both of them explore life in the trenches and the officers’

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