"Blackadder Goes Forth"
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Season: 1
Year: 1989


Season 1


Season 1, Episode 1: Captain Cook

28 September 1989
Captain Blackadder spots an opportunity to get away from the trenches when General Melchett announces a painting competition for the cover of "King and Country" magazine.

Rowan Atkinson ... Captain Edmund Blackadder
Tony Robinson ... Private S Baldrick

Stephen Fry ... General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett

Hugh Laurie ... Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh

Tim McInnerny ... Captain Kevin Darling

Season 1, Episode 2: Corporal Punishment

5 October 1989
Blackadder hatches a cunning plan to avoid starvation and ignore his orders by eating carrier pigeons.

Rowan Atkinson ... Captain Edmund Blackadder
Tony Robinson ... Private S Baldrick

Stephen Fry ... General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett

Hugh Laurie ... Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh

Tim McInnerny ... Captain Kevin Darling
Jeremy Hardy ... Corporal Perkins
Stephen Frost ... Corporal Jones
Lee Cornes ... Private Fraser
Paul Mark Elliott ... Private Robinson
Jeremy Gittins ... Private Tipplewick

Season 1, Episode 3: Major Star

12 October 1989
Blackadder sees an opportunity to escape the trenches by organizing a variety show as entertainment for the troops.

Rowan Atkinson ... Captain Edmund Blackadder
Tony Robinson ... Private S Baldrick

Stephen Fry ... General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett

Hugh Laurie ... Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh

Tim McInnerny ... Captain Kevin Darling
Gabrielle Glaister ... Driver Parkhurst

Season 1, Episode 4: Private Plane

19 October 1989
Blackadder and his friends join the Air Corps, wrongly believing it will be less dangerous than being in the trenches.

Rowan Atkinson ... Captain Edmund Blackadder
Tony Robinson ... Private S Baldrick

Stephen Fry ... General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett

Hugh Laurie ... Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh

Tim McInnerny ... Captain Kevin Darling
Rik Mayall ... Squadron Commander Lord Flasheart
Adrian Edmondson ... Baron von Richthoven
Hugo Blick ... Lieutenant von Gerhardt (as Hugo E Blick)
Gabrielle Glaister ... Driver Parkhurst

Season 1, Episode 5: General Hospital

26 October 1989
The General asks Blackadder to find a spy in the hospital; one of the patients has a thick German accent and an interest in all things military.

Rowan Atkinson ... Captain Edmund Blackadder
Tony Robinson ... Private S Baldrick

Stephen Fry ... General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett

Hugh Laurie ... Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh

Tim McInnerny ... Captain Kevin Darling

Miranda Richardson ... Nurse Mary
Bill Wallis ... Brigadier Smith

Season 1, Episode 6: Goodbyeee

2 November 1989
Blackadder pretends that he's insane to avoid certain death carrying out the General's order for the "big push".

Rowan Atkinson ... Captain Edmund Blackadder
Tony Robinson ... Private Baldrick

Stephen Fry ... General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett

Hugh Laurie ... Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Barleigh

Tim McInnerny ... Captain Darling
Geoffrey Palmer ... Field Marshal Haig

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