Blackadder in The Trenches | Blackadder Goes Forth | BBC Comedy Greats

[@BBCComedyGreats]

I have a cunning plan, let's watch more Blackadder here : kzbin.info/aero/PLZwyeleffqk5r8Ze_qSF9nKi_9hfjH0qO

[@TerraExodus]

Until some one gets offended and you remove it.

[@hadartabib]

Terra Exodu

[@hanskloss7726]

@@TerraExodus Let us enjoy as long we can, then!

[@roetemeteor]

Well, it'll have to wait.

[@stevenwebb3634]

As cunning as a fox who has been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University

[@shamudogsmith1751]

The last scene is one of the finest moments in TV history. It juxtaposes the comedy of the series with the absolute horror of war and is simply brilliant.

[@errolfellows409]

Indeed, Shamudog, indeed. No matter how many times I watch that scene, I always choke up.

[@TravelingBibliophile]

I agree, it is my favourite scene in the entire Blackadder saga.

[@davehallett3128]

We are. The Dead Short days ago we lived Felt dawn saw sunset s glow If ye break faith With us who die We shall not sleep Though poppies grow In flanders fields

[@Getpojke]

@@errolfellows409 When they shot it they had to be out of the studio at a certain time and only had time for one take, especially with the explosive squibs set up. After shooting it they were all very downhearted and disappointed, thinking it a total failure as it was a very weak end to a brilliant series with only a few seconds of footage. In the editig suit however the editor played around with it, slowed it down and had a brilliant idea to fade to the black and white poppies and then bring up the colour to show the red. Totally changed it, making it one of the most poignant messages against the waste of war in moving picture history, all in a few seconds of what was thought of as wasted footage. What a brilliant series it was, so clever and witty, truely a British classic.

[@sword4005]

@@Getpojke the story i heard was the first take was so terrifying to the actors they refused to do any more takes

[@seaba56]

Probably the best ending to a series that has ever been. I’ve seen this countless times and still stirs emotion every time.

[@syedofallsyeds]

Apparently the director wanted to retake the ending scene but the actors refused because it was very emotional.

[@plague6566]

@Prison Riot Ever heard of something called "VHS" or maybe "Laser disc"

[@matthewheath7839]

Makes me cry at the end top

[@lss74]

Agreed. Heart breaking

[@pattysherwood7091]

I remember the first time I saw it. It was devastating. We were taping all the episodes on VCR tapes, so we watched them many times.

[@shoandutrieux9447]

"Who would've noticed another madman around here?" Perfectly sums up industrialised warfare

[@luisreyes1963]

I think that was an indirect reference to Adolf Hitler who was a mere foot soldier in the German Army.

[@sirdiesalot2975]

@@luisreyes1963 No it really wasn't. It's a comment on how "mad" the entire situation (WW1) was. A completely insane waste of time, money and worst of all men.

[@lss74]

And the construction industry😂

[@Tommy15670]

@@sirdiesalot2975 and the impact of industrialized warfare, not even the veterans knew how to react to massive artillery bombardment, tanks, flamethrowers or planes on a mass scale

[@codysodyssey3818]

@@Tommy15670 Nobody knew how bad the war would be. The Great War was the single most traumatic event in human history... for about twenty years.

[@tiddler3747]

Out of all three of them, George was the most enthusiastic for the final push and for him to admit that he is scared really makes this scene ten times more emotional 😢

[@WolfieRich1]

"I'm scared sir" hits you like a brick.

[@Your.Uncle.AngMoh]

The director wanted a second take and the actors refused, apparent;y, as it was too emotional.

[@thomaswilkinson3241]

It is like we all realize that in all those hilarious situations and the sarcasm and cynicism there is still a war on and when the time comes they all have to die.

[@Davz616]

You could be the hardest, toughest man in the world but knowing what your about to face before that whistle blows must of been absolutely terrifying.

[@samjoshua192]

It sure does, after watching it more than 10 times

[@Gazmus]

@@Your.Uncle.AngMoh I don't think it was because they were emotional. They were all absolutely terrified by the explosions and gunfire when they filmed it so they refused to do it again.

[@JohnSmith-qq8ok]

Tim McInnerny (Cpt Darling) portrayed the fear at the end scene brilliantly. His hopes of living and love were to be no more and he knew he was about to die. RIP all those who died in WW1 and WW2.

[@MrErikb81]

any war

[@jpteknoman]

at least in WW2 they had viable tactics. in WW1 it was just "run towards the enemy's machine guns and hope to get there before you all die"

[@TheEmperorTrash]

@@jpteknomanthey did have viable tactics, such as leapfrogging and creeping barrages but the defenses on both sides were just near impossible to penetrate

[@timspencer4324]

@@TheEmperorTrash That makes the tactics not viable.

[@ChuckY229]

Tim McInnerny is the best actor in every Blackadder IMHO, Lord Percy, Kevin Darling etc top

[@tron3747]

The darling bit is just... Brilliant

[@jonahpeden8770]

The Darling gag works every single time. Love the ending

[@Your.Uncle.AngMoh]

His original name was Carruthers. Darling came up in the first reading of the script and McInerny played it to perfection.

[@thundertick5666]

I entirely missed all the 'Darling' jokes. I went to a school where all the boys were known by their surnames, and one of the them was Darling. Say it a few times, and it's just an ordinary surname.

[@SPRUbique]

@@thundertick5666 ..and ironically. That is the joke.. did the joke become funnier for you when you noted it? I was a kid when I first watched these and never understood the darling jokes. But always noted my dad laughing. So I’d laugh. Years later. I actually ended up getting the joke and found it to much funnier that it probably was

[@DrLoverLover]

​@@thundertick5666No its not. Not if you have a sense of humor

[@blamb42]

They left out my favorite bit about how WWI started because "some bloke named Archie Duke shot an ostrich because he was hungry".

[@SamuelBlack84]

Never forget the ostrich

[@Psycandy]

LOL

[@yggdrasil2]

My Turkish workmate described it as "some Yugo shot another Yugo"

[@theangelking96]

“I’m scared sir” The amazing transition that Huge Laurie does that is only perfected by the brilliant performance of Sir Rowan Atkinson just captures all range of emotions in the same moment. Blackadder goes fourth is definitely without a doubt the most underrated TV show of all time, these few episodes mocked a century of British colonialism in a way only a perfectionist Brit manage to do it. Thank you all.

[@lionlyons]

Rowan Atkinson doesn't have a knighthood (at least not yet) but he does have a CBE.

[@danielwhyatt3278]

I would hardly call it under rated. Everyone I have spoken to who has seen it has always been very much influenced by it. I wouldn’t call it exactly anti-colonialism though. Would hope not. It just likes to make fun of it like British humour does with everything else. It seems like we are generally best at doing these kinds of things. Even more so than the Yanks.

[@anti-tankartur677]

@@danielwhyatt3278 oh I can assure you it is underrated. Atleast in the place I'm from. There are a lot of other popular British sitcoms that are famous here. But certainly not the best ones.

[@robashton8606]

I'm not sure where one might come by the notion that this television programme was "underrated". It has been rated, in many places, as one of the best comedy series in British television history. Watching the final episode was part of the GCSE history course I took during my secondary education. Whilst it was obviously satirising aspects of both the War and of British society at the time, it also contained many essential truths regarding the insanity and inhumanity that everyone involved in that terrible conflict was forced to face. "Underrated" isn't the way to describe this series at all.

[@gamerleal9265]

How his character just drops all of the Bravado and Patriotism that he had been displaying/spouting during the entire series.....and his saying(iirc) his very first, in universe, bit of black comedy when picking up his stick in order to cope with "going over." Brilliant performance of delivering so much with so few words. I would not at all be surprised if Hugh's character was actually bleeding scared the whole time and that his previous "going over" behaviour was nothing more than a coping mechanism. It could be, in the spy episode, that the reason he was writing to his German relatives about the British movements was not because he was being an oblivious idiot. It was so that the War could end sooner because he was really that damned scared. A connection can be made that said German relatives have a connection with the German military. If they did not before, they certainly did now after reporting the information contained in his letters. So, it would not be beyond the realm of possibility that he would be spared of becoming a POW should the war end in a German Victory. Treason? One could not care about a lot of things when so damn scared. Although, I must admit that it is just as likely, if not so more, that I am overanalysing something that is just plain not there.

[@MrDaiseymay]

The use of the 'DARLING' misunderestanding, never fails to make me laugh outloud, Tims performance is absolutely ACE.

[@Vizzini_]

Thanks for your input darling

[@JohanHerrenberg]

Genius ending. Never fails to hit home. That forlorn piano also helps...

[@nottheredhead]

I guess it’s cause the horror was still fresh. People understood the damage ww1 had caused first hand and understood that the violence should not be all that is remembered. That instead we should remember the brave men who ran into the line of fire without choice, for their lives and lost dreams.

[@bcd4562]

And then that final shot of the field of poppies 😢

[@HAZZRVAL]

For those who wanted to know what Baldrick's plan was, I'm sure it was to get a splinter all over the hands, because in the war, there was cases of soldiers deliberately having splinters so they could get out of the attack due to them unable to hold a rifle, it was when Baldrick hinted saying, "there's a nasty splinter on that sir a bloke could hurt himself on that." That it came to a few people. One of the best British TV moments ever

[@sprinterofficial8457]

Bauldrick isn’t that smart to think of a plan like that

[@afailureofaanimator6744]

@@sprinterofficial8457 I think it was a reference

[@Suchwerewolf]

That’s a very cunning plan

[@ev6558]

@@afailureofaanimator6744 I think the other person is reaching a little too hard in order to make a bit of trivia they know relevant enough to be worth mentioning.

[@cassiemontgomery45]

Blackadder during the Great War is some of the best comedy around, with "gallows humor", but even this series didn't fail to bring home the senseless tragedy this war was to families and the rest of the world. Rest in Peace. Lest we forget.

[@Cernumospete]

Well, they pretty much forget rather fast, haven't they?

[@heiveldboy]

@@Cernumospete We haven't lived in either of the World Wars, so we have no idea what it's like to actually live under those circumstances. It makes it rather easy for people who don't know the conditions to want to wage a war.

[@Cernumospete]

@@heiveldboy "How can you miss what was never lost?"

[@eliotreader8220]

@@heiveldboy we lived under a similar situation with Covid 19 for two years. my Great Grand Dad on my Grand Pa's side fought in Black adder's war in the Trenches. survived it but was a victim of the Mustard G and was a member of the walking Wounded. because of it he had trouble sleeping for the rest of his life. he went back to his job of stoking a central heating boiler. lived until 1969/ 1970

[@MechaEmperor7000]

@@Cernumospete I heard this in edmund's voice. I don't know if that's awesome or sad.

[@ringocharmley3941]

"Sir?" "Yes, lieutenant?" "I'm...scared, sir." This line still breaks my heart and makes me tear up

[@sophiajetton1234]

I tear up every time I watch Goodbyeee I watched it just last night in fact

[@vulcanaugmetics]

Didnt hit me the first time I watched it, I thought theyd get out of it as ever, all light hearted. Then I saw one of the greatest endings in TV history and the next time watched and heard him say that line it was brutal.

[@tmbfaber9758]

It gets worse when you realise that Baldrige/baldrich was the first to get hit

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Same here. Exactly at that point, the entire tone of the final episode changes. I mean, it is gradual, but that’s the real moment right there.

[@timnolan4803]

That was the only ending possible. Well thought-out and acted. Well scripted to honour the first world war.

[@MrKnighttime]

Who read nearly all the comments while feeling totally emotional after that final scene.. So utterly brilliant and well written.. Comedy genius throughout with a finale of sad reality that hits harder than a john barnes free kick... Love Blackadder..

[@MrDaiseymay]

Even sadder, is the almost certainty, that we will never see their like, ever again, in this lunatic world of pathetic Woke ness.

[@Leon_der_Luftige]

@@MrDaiseymay You saw a man acting as a soldier dating as a transvestite who clearly seems to enjoy his feminine/gay side a lot.... And you shame "woke-ness".

[@lozzieboy]

John Barnes free kick 😆

[@newshound2521]

@@MrDaiseymay "wokeness" is the reason we see such tragedy for what it is now but no one important gave a shit the time.

[@firemangan]

@@MrDaiseymay George literally went very far on his feminine side in this video 💀

[@ThisCharmingMan1984]

The ending was undoubtedly a genius piece of television; but I particularly love how it came about, due to the footage of the ending, being rushed, and virtually unusable; it took the genius of the editor director, and 1 or 2 personal assistants, to save the day, and create such an iconic ending. One of the reasons for this, is partly down to the set; when they ran towards the camera, the rickety, polystyrene set, ended up looking exactly like a rickety, polystyrene set haha; and when the explosions went off, the actors were supposed to pretend to die, falling to the ground in various ways; but this looked a bit silly, and not in keeping with tone of the rest of the episode. This is obvious when you see the original shots; they run towards the barbed wire, and suddenly stop abruptly, keeling over in various ways, that look stagey and absurd haha. I believe the main reason, that the filming was rushed, is due to them only doing a single take, showing the characters going over the top; with all the effects such as explosions, flying debris, gunfire sounds, etc, the whole thing took too much of an emotional toll, and was a terrifying ordeal. This lead to Rowan Atkinson informing the production team, who were in the gallery, that they would not do a second take, despite the protestations of the director, producer, etc; during the filming of the ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’ series, but particularly in that final episode, when they were going over the top, the actors had been thinking about the real people, who had been forced into such a horrific situation; both how completely sad, and tragic, the whole thing was, and how utterly terrifying it must have been for the men that went over the top, with them knowing they were almost certainly going to their deaths. So, to be able to produce that final scene the way they did, with only a single badly done take, is just incredible; I mean, not only did it turn out far better, than their original idea for the ending; it has gone down as one the greatest endings in TV history... ...which isn’t bad for a single, unusable take, on an obviously rickety, polystyrene set haha. If you haven’t seen it, you should watch the documentary: “Blackadder: The Whole Rotten Saga”; it mentions how they created the final scene, and gives you an amazing look at the creation of the show. This includes the process of how Ben Elton, and Richard Curtis, would write the initial drafts of the scripts separately, and then send them to one another, to read and edit; and if any jokes, or lines, were taken out by that person, the other would not fight for them (at least most of the time), as they believed: if a joke needs to be explained, in some way, it should go...which may be brutal, but a very fair point haha. The documentary also shows that, once the scripts were written, they would then be torn apart, and dissected, in the script readings; the actors, writers, producer, etc, would all get together, and go over every joke, in order to see how it could be made funnier. This was obviously slightly frustrating, for the writers, as they believed that the material would work as is, without any reworking; but even the writers, Richard Curtis, end Ben Elton, believed that this process, though agonising to go through, was the reason why the show was so fantastic. And with the amazing comedians, writers, and actors, that Blackadder had working on it; it’s not at all surprising that the scripts were vastly improved, during those readings. I mean, when you’ve got such incredible comic talent, like: Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Tony Robinson, and top producer John Lloyd, bouncing ideas off one another; it was inevitable, that improvements would be made haha. And while I know that most fans of the show, will be both aware of how the final shot of ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’, was created; and have probably seen that “making of” documentary; I thought I’d leave a comment anyway, just in case any fans- new or old, didn’t know about them. 😀👍

[@ThisCharmingMan1984]

@Kate 64 It would be incredible to see both the early, and original, drafts, of each of the scripts; just to see what jokes were taken out, and how others were modified in the script readings. I think it was in one of these script readings, that Stephen Fry came up with the last name “Darling”; so if nothing else, they were well worth the agony, just for that fantastic running joke haha. All the best. 😀👍

[@martinkulkarni3569]

You forgot to name Tim McInnerney and also the late great Rik Mayall RIP, albeit sadly only brief appearances to fit with the storyline of the episode. Genius’ all!

[@smokinggun8418]

thank you

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

@@ThisCharmingMan1984 according to another comment: they didn’t get very far

[@19298]

@@smokinggun8418 😳👋

[@flightmode7978]

The last scene hit hard

[@thrilhous]

On the actors too, in an interview they said they only had it in them to do one take.

[@weebman6996]

It hits like a truck Carrying another truck that is carrying a tank going at full speed

[@charlesstratford1612]

The Black Adder series was such genius. Certainly the funniest for me. I will say the last episode was quite melancholy not only about the series coming to an end but also the certain demise of the character charging into a hail of enemy gun-fire with the slowed-down theme music. How utterly heart-wrenching

[@shortallliam3142]

Rowan Atkinson said just that when he was interviewed.

[@charlesstratford1612]

@@shortallliam3142 I appreciate that share, I had no idea. It is unlikely we will see such a series again. Cheers

[@alanmorgan5472]

Stephen fry, plays a mad General to perfection

[@hayreddinbarbarossa661]

Bbbaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh.

[@thesecondromuluan8216]

Baaah!

[@aidanmattys7488]

The comma, is quite unnecessary

[@skipper4126]

Even sadder is the fact he wasn't playing a mad general, he was playing a typical british general of that time.

[@Ettrick8]

@@skipper4126 No he wasn't. You are believing the myth over the reality. By this stage in the war the British General had learned how to handle large armies, introduced the creeping barrage and the tank.

[@tenkatsudon461]

That final scene where you finally hear George say "I don't want to die" is so powerful. After a whole series of him being ridiculed as a buffoon eager to die for his country in his last moments when he realises his life is going to end here you see the human beneath all the idiocy and for once all the exaggerated character is dropped, hearing the words of a person knowing he's going to die is just so haunting. For such a comedic series it constantly kept us hoping they were going to get out of this with a clever plot but instead they end it perfectly with that last moment humanizing all of these characters we've grown to love right before they die.

[@lumo7461]

That transition from battlefield to poppy field😪😪😪. Lest we forget. Farewell blackadder.

[@shortallliam3142]

Yes, that was a very good transition, summing things up well. Well said...

[@falconeshield]

He got a descendant in the 2000s and becomes King. So technically this timeline gets erased.

[@patrickcarroll1754]

Oh my lord. I cried

[@pappyreeves6988]

Laughed all the way through until the last scene, when my thoughts went back to my beloved Grandad, going over the top and watching his friends being blown up beside him, then coming home with survivors guilt and shell shock but having to go back on civvy Street the very next day..no help available of course...I miss my Grandad 😪

[@tiaancloete5133]

That hit hard mate, i can never understand why millions had to die needlessly because a few so called leaders of the world could not get along.

[@newshound2521]

This whole "woke" support stuff is very recent. No different in ww2 and Vietnam. That was in the 70s FFS!

[@alalalala57]

@@newshound2521 ?????

[@firemangan]

@@newshound2521 Getting mental help ain’t woke 💀

[@Zero_Ninety]

"My God!" "Yes I suppose I am" Lol I miss Rik Mayall.

[@stevenwebb3634]

Woof woof

[@smileysatanson3404]

we all miss the peoples poet

[@susi-emily]

Goes Forth is nothing short of genius. There's no other way one could take a subject like The Great War and make it one of the funniest things to ever grace television, while never once detracting from the horrors of war, nor being disrespectful to memory of those lost.

[@keyboarddancers7751]

Thirty one years since that last scene was first broadcast. One of the most powerful pieces of television ever.

[@PakiFighter]

23:46 - the saddest moment in a comedy ever. 24:18 - even feel sorry for Darling.

[@skullpunch2482]

"Bugger"

[@melesmelesfaber3866]

English comedy can be a very strange thing indeed!

[@veronikabystarlight3296]

@@melesmelesfaber3866 You mean British comedy. 🇬🇧

[@rrbaggett7]

@@veronikabystarlight3296 Forgive me, but what's the difference? Why threw distinction of "British" in lieu of "English"? I honestly want to learn.

[@router9717]

@@rrbaggett7 they’re the same thing except english can be interpreted as simply the language not the nationality

[@v4valentin]

The last scene never fails to send chills down my spine. What an amazing way to end a series.

[@Ratigan2]

Baldrick: Well I was hoping to persuade the slug to cling on sir. Blackadder: Baldrick, the slug is *dead.* If it failed to cling onto life, I see no reason why it should cling onto you.

[@davej9]

That line had me in stitches 🤣

[@davidec.4021]

*onto your upper lip, which makes it even funnier imo

[@natureslover3313]

@@davej9 me too

[@yukatoshi]

Love that line lmao.

[@sockington1]

why have you written this out ? we all heard it

[@darrenleelayton6052]

34 years ago, I was a 14 year old boy choked up at the ending. I remember it so well. Still heart wrenching now.

[@adamtoms761]

‘Are you Private Baldrick?’ ‘No.’ Gets me Every. Single. Time

[@capriumnoir6426]

When he says *NO* is the part is my favorite

[@stevenwebb3634]

No it doesn't

[@A-TRA1N]

@@stevenwebb3634 Yes it does

[@MrShamrock56]

"Baldrick in the amazonian rainforest there are tribes as yet untouched by civilisation that have developed a more convincing Charlie Chaplin impression then you" this gets me every time🤣

[@jonnoknowles8164]

" the last Turkey in the shop. CHIPMUNK!!!" The screenplay is out of this world. Atkinson at his finest. His delivery is impeccable.

[@Roihan54]

Blackadder: "Deny everything Baldrick" Baldrick: literally denies every bloody thing

[@camtou914]

Beats Justin Trudeau's denials every time.

[@МихаилПенев-ф6с]

No he doesn't

[@ppdomino8565]

I mean he did a good bloody job

[@onthewattle]

@@camtou914 holy shit imagine being that obsessed. Give it a rest mate

[@davie8906]

"literally" not verbally?

[@williamwallacedebruce9221]

No matter how many times I've watched the last scene I always have tears in my eye, or do I mean cry. There's never been an ending like it in any film or TV production. Pure class

[@davtash69]

"She was only the ironmonger's daughter, but she knew a surprising amount about fish as well." Series 4 was the peak of a brilliant show.

[@smaakjeks]

I've never understood that "joke", or that set-up.

[@keithmills778]

Smaakjeks K It’s a mixup of two jokes or, more accurately, the start of a joke with a not funny punchline from another joke. First would be, “She was only the ironmongers daughter, but she knew a lot about screwing.” The second joke would start like, “She was only the fishmongers daughter . . .” but George messes up the punchline.

[@55445]

@@smaakjeks Alternatively it could mean that she was sleeping with the fisherman.

[@smaakjeks]

@@keithmills778 Thanks!

[@Wesssss84]

Oh god I nearly started crying when Darling realised he wouldn’t be getting through the war and get back home to see “Doris” Excellent show with an even better ending Even if it was so sad

[@CheeseDudInTheOven]

I believe the ending is perfect and is a good but sad send off to blackadder. His’ family legacy started off with a dimwitted coward who would chuck anyone to their death just to get rich and ended with an intellectual man whom might have the ego of his’ ancestors but in the end puts it aside and dies in a noble sense once he realises his’ fate is sealed . (Edit) should probably clarify that i don't mean the war was the noble part but rather Blackadder not abandoning his post when he had the chance during the final moments before going over, aka after he hears of his comrade's fears and worries but rather leading the charge, being well aware he was a dead man

[@jt9360]

Well said!

[@StuntXKnightMare]

Why O why am I reading this in the blackadder's voice

[@tommerker8063]

you are confusing it with the world war 2, world war 1 had nothing noble it was just a colossal waste of life

[@ernestasjarmak9884]

@@tommerker8063 both wars were, but the first one still had things like honor. In the very start soldiers still walked in formation like in the napoleonic times. Planes were first used for reconnaissance, and when the enemy saw you in one, they would wave, and you would wave back. Later they realized you can drop bombs, and they would do so by hand. Ever heard of the christmas truce of 1914? Things like this are now laughable, cause they are impossible.

[@_______-ln6hn]

@@ernestasjarmak9884 In war doesn't exists honor, only death and horror.

[@rnw2739]

"Don't forget your stick, Lieutenant.." "Rather, Sir. Wouldn't want to face a machine gun without this!!" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TechnikMeister2]

A great poignant ending. My Anzac great uncle arrived at the front at Armentieres on 6th December 1916. He was blown to bits by a mortar shell two days later. They never found his head or right leg. He's buried there in the CWG cemetary near the village along with hundreds of his comrades. His sweetheart back in Australia was not notified officially until 1922. She died ten years later of a broken heart. My second son is named after him in his memory.

[@Downhomeherbwife]

So very sorry for your loss 🙏

[@colonelfustercluck486]

One of my great, great uncles was dispatched very quickly on his 1st or 2nd day after being sent to Pachendaele about 1916. Even on his enlistment photo he looked pissed off, and knew that he was doomed. Really, his eyes in the Army photo, looked like he knew he was screwed

[@restaurantattheendofthegalaxy]

That’s horrible, I’m sorry. US soldiers killed in Vietnam during the first 30 days in country were considered fortunate; they didn’t have to live through a year of bullshit only to die on day 364.

[@joshualeonpearl3724]

My great-great uncle was German. He was drafted into the army and died in the 1st Battle of Ypres on 11 November 1914. He was only 19-years-old and he's buried in a mass grave in Langemark German Military Cemetery.

[@Absolute_GLORY]

@@joshualeonpearl3724 my great grandfather was german and was on the eastern front when they attacked Normandy, his unit was eventually captured and held as pow. They were seven brothers who went to the war but only two made it back home. when Russians entered city of berlin, his mother and aunt blew the house up along with themselves in fear of what was going to happen. If there's anything that war brings, it's misery and pain to the common man.

[@paulhagen5645]

It's amazing, this show is over 30 years old and still holds up. It was a great piece of writing.

[@abdorizk2108]

I love Blackadder

[@mogshade66]

❤️

[@KabirChattopadhyay1991]

"Oh look sir, there's a splinter on that ladder. Some bloke could get hurt." Baldrick's childlike concern when they are about to go over the top hits me like a hammer everytime.

[@Wizardaron]

Perhaps that was his cunning plan, to deliberately get hurt to avoid having to go OTT

[@stipser1]

@@Wizardaron yeah, sounded more like the beginning of an excuse to me than chidlish concern

[@rockstarJDP]

"Made a note in my diary on the way here... simply says Bugger" Such a good line cause it makes you laugh and cry at the same time. Genius writing.

[@nigelbilsby3826]

I love when blackadder says "who'd notice another mad man around here?", the laughter stops and the gravity of the war hits you in the feels!

[@RYN988]

Baldrick’s impression of Chaplin always gets me! Such a great show.

[@gurugurukuma]

even Hugh Laurie is struggling hard not to laugh.

[@garyl5128]

His slug balancing skills were extraordinary...

[@alanhutchinson4987]

​@gurugurukuma yes indeed

[@royboiiiluo6178]

I have big respect for George he was afraid to die, yet volunteered to stay in the front for final push, while given then chance to leave for a desk job in HQ. He’s probably not the best LT in any army, but I’d be willing to going to combat with him.

[@StrahilMinev]

Not gonna lie, I shed a tear when I first saw the last scene. War is so meaningless.

[@ChilledfishStick]

Not all wars, but this one is pretty much the embodiment of pointless.

[@juliusmorgan2292]

means alot when you win

[@TheAmbulatoryAnarchist]

I've seen it a thousand times, and I still shed a tear. One of the finest moments of TV history.

[@aidanmattys7488]

War is the gateway to innovation and change. Technology in medicine, mechanics, and electronics progressed immensely during the world wars and the Cold War. We would be set back by at least a hundred years if those wars didn't occur, though then again humans are territorial and violent by nature, so there would have been wars regardless

[@StrahilMinev]

@@aidanmattys7488 This used to be true, but the years of innovation since the end of The Cold War has shown that it isn't so anymore.

[@peterelmer9114]

I remember when this WW1 series was announced; l thought, how can this possibly work ? As it turned out, it was the best of the Blackadder series imo - just brilliant actors, scripting, prop creativity and filming. A classic which will endure no doubt.

[@tangomoggynoengi8518]

The final scene brings tears to my eyes and I well up... because my grandfather and his brother both fought in the Battle of the Somme. My grandfather came home... his brother didn't... There will forever be a poppy on Flanders' Fields for a family member that was part of that great sacrifice...! Lest we forget...

[@dca-Letsplay]

It does take a lot for a comedy series to write itself into legend and then suddenly left turn with the most sad moment ever, the moment George says “I’m scared sir” is truly marvellous here is the most keen soldier you can imagine and he admits his fear of going over the top, and the fact that a comedy episode was chosen to be shown on Remembrance Day says a lot about the quality of the serious moment

[@LMTM-gh1hw]

The entirety of that final episode is pure genious, hilarious an solemn in equal measure. The line that really got me the first time was "the great war 1914-1917" when they were so close to the end but we knew they wouldn't make it 😥😥

[@Wes_d4]

The best comedy show ever made “Blackadder goes forth” I believe this was the absolute peak of these actors here, as well as the writers who did an excellent job.

[@blackbird5634]

So few people say 'Wibble' any more. It's a pity.

[@josephkyle1557]

wibble.

[@josephkyle1557]

wibble.

[@blackbird5634]

@@josephkyle1557 'Cluck cluck, jibber, jibber, my old man's a mushroom etc.' -the list goes on, and on!

[@olliefoxx7165]

Wibble is okay but I prefer wobble

[@thesecondromuluan8216]

A wibble.

[@lss74]

The candles, the music.... the HUGE moustache 😂❤😂❤

[@MelancoliaI]

"Maybe the war's over. Maybe it's peace." Just...no words, only chills.

[@SpiritmanProductions]

It doesn't matter how many times I see that ending, it always brings a tear to my eye.

[@SquirrelRed1]

The final scene is truly humbling. It never ceases to bring tears to my eyes. Rest in Peace brave soldiers. Lest We Forget.

[@user-vh6ts9uf6c]

The only scene where Blackadder is kind to Baldrick. They knew what was waiting for them. Such a brilliant scene.

[@grease_monkey6078]

"God I love nurses, they're so disgustingly clinical"

[@ArgonYouTube]

@MichaelKingsfordGray What?

[@rosePetrichor]

The moment Darling arrives seems like it might be played mostly for comedy, the smarmy pencil-pusher finally getting his comeuppance and being forced to slum it with the squaddies just as they're told to charge to their deaths. We even get one last jab at his unfortunate last name to break up the stoic mood. But then he says 'marry Doris' and it breaks your heart. At the end of the day this guy was just doing what he needed to survive in a world gone mad same as Blackadder, because he wanted to get back to playing cricket and be with the love of his life. What an ending this show had.

[@RobertJW]

"Bugger."

[@Tigs2]

I remember watching the last episode when it was first scheduled on TV. I had no idea what to expect but the ending overwhelmed me with emotion. My Great Uncle was in the first War and wrote some haunting poems about his experiences. The ending conjured up by the team on this occasion was one of the best moments on TV ever! It still makes me sad to watch it. My Great Uncle came back, his brother did not and lies somewhere amongst those now peaceful fields.

[@AmishMacCain]

Something that i just saw was that on Baldrick's hat he has the fieldmarshal crest on it so he may have found it on the dead body of a field marshal (which is the highest rank in the army)

[@satireisnotdead5804]

For all the billions of times I've watched this, I will never get over the final scene, does a better job than most war films

[@cecilfoster3788]

i like the way it ended...makes you realise the seriousness of the war they had to go through for real. brilliant programme.

[@thorn6070]

Flashheart's reaction to seeing Private Baldrick for the first time is just priceless.

[@petertwiggable]

Sir Rowan entertained us all over many episodes of this classic comedy. An outstanding choice of closure to the Blackadder line. Despite centuries evading peril the futility absolute war brought him to an end.

[@peterblazeby4783]

Gets me every time,one can only imagine what these poor souls were going through when they went over the top ,breaks my heart 😢

[@peterjansen8262]

That ending never fails to move me to tears. So simple yet so profound.

[@martinnevey7258]

The ending of the last episode..is perfection

[@PowermadNavigator]

Not only do they not make any more exemplary genius works like this anymore, I am not sure they can... the world has changed far too much. The Blackadder series really make you think sometimes, if you catch all the nuances. Not only this series, the other ones too. The food for thought moments aren't only in the ending, but in other places as well. The part where they make fun of the totally illogical way WW1 started, when pride and power trampled logic and reality. The medieval series also make you think about how filthy politics actually are. Shot in a time when politics may even seem cleaner to some people, compared to today... This stuff makes you think and makes you think about things that aren't always obvious. Subtle shadows and deeds...

[@iambaguette4963]

I'm Glad I Found this Series with Rowan Atkinson at 5:AM in the morning its old themed and everything I needed

[@smbsuperfan271]

23:08 and here starts the indisputable best scene the BBC has ever put to screen, and one of the best godamn endings ever given to a TV show.

[@terranova1203]

One of the most brilliant shows in history.

[@DogSerious]

Blackadder is a Time Lord, he'll be back, sometime in the past!

[@darthraver]

The saddest part of the ending is that Baldrick's plan would've worked if Blackadder had listened. When Baldrick saw the splinter he was thinking of using it to injure himself and get out of the push. Which was a real technique used by some soldiers. Not entirely sure if that is true but if it is, that makes this ending more sad

[@Giveme1goodreason]

I don’t think you’d have got out of it with a splinter. Perhaps a severe infection due to one that probably results in amputation. But certainly not on the brink of an attack.

[@ollyf5088]

Remember watching that last scene as a child and found it totally unexpected and harrowing. Will always have an effect on me.

[@Tout-Le-Monde02]

Absolutely priceless .... the fourth season should be preserved in Louvre .....

[@redsquirrel1086]

The finest comedy series in television history for me, and the last scene of the final episode was utter perfection. After all the comedy that field of poppies was a deeply touching tribute to the millions who died in that pointless slaughter.

[@maguffintop2596]

First ending I didn't see coming in decades. Good Show - seriously. From a humbled American girl.

[@1mkfangirl]

Rik Mayall forever a British legend...

[@ElGrecoDaGeek]

Agreed

[@jamescooper-hope6930]

"... the wind rushing through your hair.." 🤣

[@andrewcleall8667]

Brilliant series , that will likely never be surpassed .

[@gvantsasakaruli9900]

Fry and Laurie have always been so adorable working together

[@ThePurple1968]

"can you make your obscene phone call somewhere else" - I use this at work all the time LOL

[@jimbo_1312]

"Made a note in my diary on the way here, it simply says bugger" kills me everytime

[@TheIrishdriveby]

What perfectly sums up the First World War is the very last line of dialogue of the entire series which is “who would’ve noticed another mad man around here?”

[@misfit2022]

I don’t think there is a bad line in the whole series. I rewatched Goodbyeeeee and the ending still catches you in the throat like the bayonet Edmund threatens Baldrick with when he could recite poetry all night. Near the end “Who’d notice one more mad man here?.” Even Baldrick’s final cunning plan will have to wait. A golden age of comedy.

[@Tobbedans]

This "forth" series of Blackadder is brilliant, the best of them all. I can watch this forever.

[@lemmor6791civ]

That ending always gets me...

[@areallemone]

The sad thing is that baldrick's cunning plan was likely to injure their hands on the splinter, rendering them incapable of using the rifle exempting them from going over the top. It's ironic because all of baldrick's plans before sucked, but that one would have saved them all.

[@Johnnywhamo]

They were seconds from going over the wall, getting a splinter wouldn’t have excluded them from anything. That said the very idea a splinter would get you a pass is in itself ridiculous, please tell me you were only joking, you must have been.

[@areallemone]

@@Johnnywhamo no I'm not, it actually happened during world war 1. People would injure their trigger finger so they couldn't use their rifles.

[@Johnnywhamo]

@@areallemone ....There's a big difference between blowing your trigger finger off or heavily damaging it and....getting a splinter. Are you seriously trying to suggest people got sent home from the front for getting a freakin splinter in their trigger finger?

[@areallemone]

@@Johnnywhamo no, but that will prevent them from going over the top.. at least until their hand heals

[@Johnnywhamo]

@@areallemone ........not a chance, not even the slightest chance.

[@ohmypaper]

did they really end the series with this scene? it's simply incredible and stunning. it takes a real genius to make such a finale. I'm speechless and shaken to the bottom of my soul. it's dramatic art at its best.

[@roryslaine7896]

"However, there was one slight flaw with the plan..." "What was that sir? "It was bollocks." 😂

[@MarkOfArgyll]

That ending. Every time I watch it, it gets me.

[@TakenWithout]

It’s the ending that’s one of the things that makes this show so good. It spends the entire time being a satire and a comedy but right at the end it reminds you, this was a war, one that claimed the lives of millions in some of the most gruesome ways a modern war has. Truly incredible

[@dontknow6175]

The transition from comedy to tradegy really hits hard. This made me tear up :(

[@chatita9527]

Being German and the right age, I had the luck to be able to start of my job career with the Allied Forces in Berlin, first with the British, then with the US. I loved it! And I and many many Germans cried hard when the Allied Forces left Berlin and Germany for good! To this very day we have Allied Forces museums and theme clubs, where we cherish the wonderful time and the unique atmosphere in Berlin with the Forces stationed here, very nostalgic! I love British humour, and enjoy Blackadder so much! The ending of this episode is so sad and shows the insanity of war as such, and even more when you know the the "arch enemies" were later on living as friends in my country, beloved by so many of us. ... 😞🤔

[@PhoenixT70]

@Abu Ibrahim Ahmad Those were largely committed by the Soviets. The Allied Forces in question refer to the postwar occupation forces of Great Britain and the United States; I'm fairly sure that that was the official name of that command.

[@briantitchener4829]

@Abu Ibrahim Ahmad Perpertrated by Russians troops. No different today.

[@Downhomeherbwife]

My grandfather was stationed in Germany twice after the war and my mother spoke fluent German. 🙏

[@samuelgordino]

Wrong war

[@dassemultor6940]

That ending always gets me. Bugger. They shall never grow old.

[@LynchyVidz]

"Can you see Captain Blackadder anywhere in this courtroom?"- Melchett looks around the room...😂

[@Poet1968]

Every episode perfectly acted, comic timing down to a tee. I have seen Season 4 at least 10 times, still makes me laugh :-)

[@sethleoric2598]

Ngl when George revealed that all his friends are dead and Darling revealing he has a lady waiting for him back home, that really felt like a punch in the gut.

[@adamdd09]

My whole family just fell silent at the last scene after all the laughs the 4 Blackadders had given us.