while i can think of plenty of wwii comedy and comedy about wwi be few and far between . okay and there be chaplin shoulder arm and but then i fail to think of anything apart from these glorious 6 half hour long piece of british comedy . there be reason for this scarcity and most notably that hardly anything happen during the war and except that million of soldier die in their muddy trench . not much room for a comedy writer to get his teeth into and be there . well and watch this and you would be surprised how much one can squeeze out of that setting . the main angle be the absurdity of it all and which our hero and edmund blackadder and be fully aware of . ala and he the only one and so his cynicism and sarcasm remain undetected by the other character . the highlight of the series be thus blackadder one liner ( well and often a bit long than one line ) . if you have grow up watch tv comedy u style only then you may find the conclusion of the series rather disturb .