Blackadder Goes Forth Starring Rowan Atkinson as Capt. Edmund Blackadder with Tony Robinson as Pte. S. Baldrick Stephen Fry as Gen. Sir Anthony Hogmanay Melchett Hugh Laurie as Lt. The Hon. George Colthurst St. Barleigh and Tim McInnerny as Capt. Kevin Darling Written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton Directed by Richard Boden Produced by John Lloyd The Western Front 1917:  There's disorder in the ranks when that numb-headed ninny, Captain Blackadder, stumbles onto the battlefields of World War I and discovers that people are trying to kill him.  When he's not dodging bullets...not to mention idiots, Blackadder makes a general nuisance of himself.  The British may be able to defeat the Germans, but it's unlikely they'll ever survive a comic assault by Blackadder.
The Blackadder theme music is the same in each episode of this series. With no words this time, the music is played in the style of a military band by the Band of the 3rd Battalion, the Royal Anglican Regiment (The Pompadours).
Episode 1: Captain Cook When General Haig unveils a new strategy to move his liquor cabinet six inches closer to Berlin, Blackadder volunteers to be official War Artist. Episode 2: Corporal Punishment Orders for Operation Insanity arrive and Blackadder breaches regulations by eating the messenger - who just happens to be General Melchett's closest boyhood friend. Episode 3: Major Star The Russian Revolution produces two appalling results - an offensive by Germany and a really offensive Charlie Chaplin impression by Baldrick. Episode 4: Private Plane German machine guns in front, British firing squads behind and guess who's in the middle?  It'll take a better man than Blackadder to escape this prickly predicament.  Co-starring Rik Mayall as Lord Flasheart Episode 5: General Hospital Ordered to find a spy in the hospital, Blackadder discovers a man with a strong German accent, a beautiful nurse and a chance for three weeks in bed.  Co-starring Miranda Richardson as Nurse Mary Episode 6: GOODBYEEE Millions have died, but the troops have advanced no further than an asthmatic ant with some heavy shopping.  Now at last the final big push looms...so, with the help of two pencils and a pair of underpants, Blackadder gets a bit crazy.
The program, and the BLACKADDER series, ends with the sound of a piano playing the theme music as everyone goes over the trenches to glory.
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