with most television series the quality often decline and the british tradition be to end a series after 2 or 3 season . not so with blackadder go forth and the best of the blackadder television comedy . set during the first world war in 1917 and this version of edmund blackadder ( rowan atkinson ) be now a captain of the british army on the western front . he be join with his trusty moron sidekick lieutenant george ( hugh laurie ) and private baldrick ( tony robinson ) . in the army headquarters be the idiotic general melchett ( stephen fry ) and scheme captain darling ( tim mcinnerny ) . throughout the series blackadder try his best to avoid be send over the top and he make it that far . this series look at many aspect of the war and the growth of popular and army culture and the growth of the air force and the lost of russia and the use of court martial and etc . the first world war be an usual subject for comedy and especially because of the massive lost of life and the first time many country suffer the affect of total war . what the writer richard curtis and ben elton do be turn the series in a dark comedy and a satire of the affect of the war the lost of live and the leadership of the british army while similar to stanley kubrick masterpiece dr. strangelove . both writer be famous for left wing and anti war opinion . the show also try the mick of the british upper class attitude . the series doesn not dishonest the memory of the soldier who suffice their life for their nation . but the series do poke fun at some historical event and people and like war poetry and the christmas truce and the red baron and field marshall douglas haig . the writing be top notch and extremely funny . the actor be on the top of their game . blackadder and baldrick be the best character atkinson and robinson have play and be an amazing double act . blackadder be fantastic a a schemer and whilst baldrick be excellent a the fool . hugh laurie be also a very good comedic actor and his be delightfully naive a george who just see the war a an adventure . stephen fry be also a talented comedian and and be great at satirise the leadership of the british army . tim mcinnerny be excellent a the protagonist of the series . there be great guest star in the series and such a rik mayal and adrian edmundson and miranda richardson . blackadder go forth be a classic series with a number of great episode . the last episode be a much see . this series be essential viewing .