Blackadder Goes Forth — Variosity Vault

#75 · Blackadder Goes Forth

Comedy / History · 1989 · 1 season · 6 episodes

IMDb: 8.8 65,317 votes TVmaze: 8.4 My rating: –

Show summary

Comedy set in different historical periods that features the ill-fated exploits of the mean-spirited Edmund Blackadder and his dim sidekick Baldrick.

Season 1 — Blackadder Goes Forth 1989 · 6 episodes · IMDb avg 8.65 My rating: –

Season summary

Sitcom placing the scheming Edmund Blackadder in the trenches during the First World War.

#	Episode	Aired	IMDb	TVmaze	My Rating
1	Captain Cook	1989-09-28	8.2 2,965	8.1	–
⚠ SPOILER WARNING — click to reveal Edmund cheats to win a competition to be named Official War Artist, thinking it's his ticket out of the trenches. So he's furious when his reward turns out to be going into no man's land to sketch the German positions.
2	Corporal Punishment	1989-10-05	8.8 1,370	8.5	–
Blackadder faces court-martial for eating a carrier pigeon. With the pigeon's owner, Melchett, as judge and Darling as prosecutor, Edmund's relying on George and Baldrick to save his skin.
3	Major Star	1989-10-12	8.4 1,230	7.8	–
The October Revolution in Moscow produces three appalling results: a ceasefire by Russia, an offensive by Germany, and a Charlie Chaplin impression by Baldrick.
4	Private Plane	1989-10-19	8.5 1,313	8.5	–
Edmund, George and Baldrick join the Royal Flying Corps. However, Edmund and Baldrick are shot down soon afterwards and are taken prisoner by the Red Baron. George persuades dashing pilot Lord Flashheart to mount a rescue attempt, but when they hear what the Red Baron has planned for them, Blackadder and Baldrick are in no hurry to be saved.
5	General Hospital	1989-10-26	8.6 1,255	8.1	–
Melchett orders Blackadder to unmask a spy working in the hospital where George is recovering from a bomb blast. Edmund sets to work, interrogating Darling, seducing a nurse and asking Baldrick to keep an eye on a patient with a pronounced German accent.
6	Goodbyeee	1989-11-02	9.4 2,107	7.8	–
When Blackadder, George and Baldrick are told they are going over the top the next day, Blackadder decides to feign madness.

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