"Baldrick sometimes calls Blackadder ""Mr. B.""). There are three main sets: the Prince's quarters, which are large and lavish, the below-stairs kitchen hangout of Blackadder and Baldrick, which is dark and squalid (though in fairness, very large and with a very high ceiling), and finally Mrs. Miggins' coffeehouse. Mrs. Miggins' pie shop was a never-seen running gag in ""Blackadder II""; she — or at least, a descendant of hers — is now finally shown, played by Helen Atkinson-Wood. The plots of the series feature a number of then-contemporary issues and personalities, such as rotten boroughs, Dr. Samuel Johnson (played by"
"was provided by cast members. Its final sequence, which shows the main characters going ""over the top"", uses slow motion, as the programme's creators were unhappy with the result of the scripted ending. The enhanced scene has been described as bold and highly poignant. Each series of ""Blackadder"" depicts its protagonist, always a scheming and (except in the first series) witty man named Edmund Blackadder, in different periods throughout history. In ""Blackadder Goes Forth"", he is Captain Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson), an officer in the British Army on the Western Front during the First World War. Joined by his colleagues—the poor,"
"an oversimplified view of the war, reinforcing the popular notion of ""lions led by donkeys"". ""Blackadder Goes Forth"" is set in 1917 on the Western Front in the trenches of World War I. Captain Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) is a professional soldier in the British Army who, until the outbreak of the Great War, has enjoyed a relatively danger-free existence fighting natives who were usually ""two feet tall and armed with dried grass"". Finding himself trapped in the trenches with another ""big push"" planned, his concern is to avoid being sent over the top to certain death. The series thus"
"Goodbyeee ""Goodbyeee"", or ""Plan F: Goodbyeee"", is the sixth and final episode of ""Blackadder Goes Forth"", the fourth series of British historical sitcom ""Blackadder"". The episode was first broadcast on BBC1 in the United Kingdom on 2 November 1989, shortly before Armistice Day. Apart from the one-off short film """" made a decade later, it was the last episode of ""Blackadder"" to be produced and transmitted. The episode depicts its main characters' final hours before a British offensive on the Western Front of the First World War, and Captain Blackadder's attempts to escape his fate by feigning madness; after he"
"the popular First World War song ""Good-bye-ee!"", which was based on a catchphrase of the comedian Harry Tate. The song is also heard in an earlier episode — ""Major Star"". The title is a departure from those of previous ""Blackadder Goes Forth"" episodes, which are puns on military ranks. During the filming of the episode, which took place before a studio audience at BBC Television Centre, Rowan Atkinson described sharing his character's dread of impending death and feeling a ""knot in the pit of my stomach"", something that he had never experienced. Hugh Laurie said that filming was sad because"
"same rank as its commanding officer (CO). In 1996, the Royal Bermuda Regiment's second-in-command, staff officer, and adjutant were all on secondment from the Royal Anglians. Additionally, senior NCOs are loaned to the Royal Bermuda Regiment for the duration of its annual recruit camps, with one attached to each platoon of its training company. In 1989, the Band and fifty members of the old 3rd Battalion were featured in the opening and closing sequences of BBC historical sitcom ""Blackadder Goes Forth"" with the band, men and actors Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Tony Robinson and Tim McInnerny dressed in"
"Potato (Blackadder) ""Potato"" is the third episode of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder II"", the second series of ""Blackadder"", which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603. The episode opens with Blackadder at home, preparing to go to court to celebrate the return of Sir Walter ""Oooh what a big ship I've got"" Raleigh (Simon Jones). Blackadder is typically sarcastic and embittered, refusing to join in the festivities and endures much taunting from children outside his house, to which he retaliates by shooting one with an arrow. Melchett arrives and offers Blackadder a potato, the last having just been"
"Captain Cook (Blackadder) ""Captain Cook"", or ""Plan A: Captain Cook"", is the first episode of ""Blackadder Goes Forth"", the fourth series of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder"". The episode starts with Blackadder and Baldrick discussing the latter's latest feeble cunning plan: namely, Baldrick carving his name on a bullet to get around the fact that ""there's a bullet with [his] name on it"". Lt. George enters and provides Blackadder with a copy of the propaganda magazine ""King and Country"", which Blackadder uses for toilet paper, and a new service revolver. Blackadder deduces from these ominous signs that an advance against the"
"they discover that the pirate Blackbeard (Robert Newton) has murdered Bellamy and taken over as captain. Also on board is Edwina Mansfield, a pirate's daughter,who was going to marry Bellamy. Blackbeard knows that Morgan loves Mansfield and will pursue her. Blackbeard orders Maynard to remove a bullet from his neck, and demands sailor Gilly watch him. Gilly slips Maynard a note begging him to slit the pirate's throat, but Maynard declines. Maynard slips into the Blackbeard's quarters and finds Bellamy's logbook, which he hopes will contain evidence that Bellamy gave Morgan stolen goods. Maynard then defends Edwina against the unwanted"
"dressing up as Italian chefs and substituting themselves for Melchett's chef. After serving Baldrick's vile cuisine to Melchett and Darling, the three escape back to the trenches, where Blackadder asks Baldrick how he managed to get so much custard out of such a small cat. Captain Cook (Blackadder) ""Captain Cook"", or ""Plan A: Captain Cook"", is the first episode of ""Blackadder Goes Forth"", the fourth series of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder"". The episode starts with Blackadder and Baldrick discussing the latter's latest feeble cunning plan: namely, Baldrick carving his name on a bullet to get around the fact that ""there's"
"atmosphere and ejects a capsule which parachutes to the Arctic, coordinates 85°N 21°W (approx 320 miles WNW of Nord, Greenland, in the Arctic Ocean ice pack). During an ice storm, a figure soon approaches, guided by a homing beacon, while a second person secretly watches from nearby. The scene shifts to Commander James Ferraday (Rock Hudson), captain of the U.S. nuclear attack submarine USS ""Tigerfish"" (SSN-509), stationed at Holy Loch, Scotland. He is ordered by Admiral Garvey (Lloyd Nolan) to rescue the personnel of ""Drift Ice Station Zebra"", a British civilian scientific weather station moving with the ice pack. However,"
"Goddard), who is condemned to death by a British court, then offered clemency if she will become an indentured servant in America. There is a bidding competition between Captain Christopher Holden (Gary Cooper) and Martin Garth (Howard Da Silva), which Holden wins. He then sets her free. Unfortunately, Garth is a sore loser; he kidnaps Abby and takes her to the western frontier, where he is involved in illegal arms sales to the Native Americans. Soon, Holden becomes involved in the conflict with the warring tribes and is reunited with Abby; he also has further confrontations with Garth and his"
"""shell shock"" (post traumatic stress disorder) upon his return to civilian life. Bunter taught himself photography in order to assist His Lordship in his detective activities. In the novel ""Cold Days"" by Jim Butcher, the lead character, Harry Dresden is assigned a batman, and initially both Harry and Cat Sith are very unhappy with this assignment. In the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder Goes Forth"", set during World War I, actor Tony Robinson portrays Private S. Baldrick, the bumbling and incompetent batman to Captain Edmund Blackadder. In the earlier series, taking place between the 1400s and the early 1800s, he plays Edmund"
"Tom Chandler (The Last Ship) Thomas William ""Tom"" Chandler is a fictional character and the protagonist of the cable network TNT post-apocalyptic drama TV series ""The Last Ship"". He is portrayed by Eric Dane. The son of United States Army veteran Jed Chandler (Bill Smitrovich), Tom Chandler was born on December 9 and raised in Virginia along with a brother and a sister. As a young man, Tom joined the United States Navy to spite his father, an army officer. At an unknown point in time, he married a woman named Darien (Tracy Middendorf). They have a daughter, Ashley (Grace"
"Black). Facing Reyes and his allies in battle is the commander of the starship ""Olympus Mons"", and leader of the SDF, Rear Admiral Salen Kotch (Kit Harington), and his senior commander Akeel Min Riah (Jim Pirri). UFC fighter Conor McGregor makes a cameo appearance as SDF Captain Bradley Fillion, while Formula One racer Lewis Hamilton appears as ""Retribution"" Electro-technical Officer Carl Hamilton. A UNSA special forces team is sent to a secret UNSA weapons research facility on Europa to investigate a SDF attack and recover a prototype weapon before initiating the facility's self-destruct. The team is able to destroy the"
"such as """" (1989), """", ""Avatar"" (known as ""Matrix Hunter"" in USA), """" (1991), ""Titanic"" (the third time he has appeared in a film that is about or includes reference to ) and ""Scream 2"". In 2001, he played Captain James Sawyer in two episodes of A&E's adaptation of C.S. Forester's ""Hornblower"" series. He appeared in three episodes of the second season of ""Twin Peaks"" (1991) as ""Thomas Eckhardt"". He also continues to play classical roles. In """", a 6th-season episode of """", he was a Cardassian interrogator. He based his portrayal on the evil ""re-educator"" from ""1984"". His less-spectacular"
"described his own performance in this episode as ""appalling"". Baker was quoted: ""Someone should have taken away my Equity Card. It was terrible and the buggers keep playing it."" Potato (Blackadder) ""Potato"" is the third episode of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder II"", the second series of ""Blackadder"", which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603. The episode opens with Blackadder at home, preparing to go to court to celebrate the return of Sir Walter ""Oooh what a big ship I've got"" Raleigh (Simon Jones). Blackadder is typically sarcastic and embittered, refusing to join in the festivities and endures"
"of actor Nicholas Courtney as Colonel Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart, subsequently better known as the Brigadier, and acts as a precursor to the numerous later serials involving the UNIT organisation. Currently, five of the six episodes are held in the BBC Archives. For four decades only episode 1 of the story survived in the BBC Archives, the others being presumed lost. Episodes 2, 4, 5, and 6 were recovered from Nigeria in 2013, however, leaving only episode 3 missing. Following events at the end of ""The Enemy of the World"", Jamie manages to close the TARDIS' doors, stabilising its flight. The TARDIS"
"era), and ""Blackadder Goes Forth"" (1989) (set in World War I). The ""Blackadder"" series became one of the most successful of all BBC situation comedies, spawning television specials including ""Blackadder's Christmas Carol"" (1988), """" (1988), and later """" (1999), which was set at the turn of the Millennium. The final scene of ""Blackadder Goes Forth"" (when Blackadder and his men go ""over the top"" and charge into No-Man's-Land) has been described as ""bold and highly poignant"". During the 2014 centennial of the start of World War I, Michael Gove and war historian Max Hastings complained about the so-called ""Blackadder version"
"Blackadder: Back & Forth Blackadder: Back & Forth is a 1999 sci-fi comedy film based on the BBC period sitcom ""Blackadder"" that marks the end of the ""Blackadder"" saga. It was commissioned for showing in the specially built 'SkyScape' cinema, erected southeast of the Millennium Dome on the Greenwich peninsula in South London. The film follows Lord Edmund Blackadder and his idiotic servant, Baldrick, on a time travel adventure that brings the characters into contact with several figures significant to British history. In a 1999 interview, Richard Curtis described it as ""an irreverent trek through British history – a time"
"are charged with holding the port for two months, at which time they are to be relieved. The defending Allied general (Robert Douglas) chooses British Captain ""Tammy"" MacRoberts (Richard Burton), an experienced field officer, to take command of a company of newly arrived, untried Australian troops. The no-nonsense MacRoberts is disliked by the undisciplined Australians. He is surprised to see in their ranks his former schoolmaster, Tom Bartlett (Robert Newton). Bartlett, an alcoholic, later explains that after being dismissed from his job in Britain due to his drinking, he went to Australia and joined the army while intoxicated. MacRoberts offers"
"This had some hallmarks of an ""-er"" coinage and the form would have been familiar to many young officers, but ""Wipers"" was essentially an attempt to anglicize a name () that some soldiers found difficult to pronounce. In the BBC TV series ""Blackadder Goes Forth"" (Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, 1988), a comedy series set in the trenches during the First World War, Captain Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) and Lieutenant George (Hugh Laurie) occasionally addressed Private Baldrick (Tony Robinson) as Balders. A common extension of the ""-er"" (though here the schwa sound is usually spelled ""-a"" rather than ""-er"") is"
"Whitehead was cast as the lead in March 2016, while Jack Lowden, Aneurin Barnard, and Harry Styles were added shortly after. Cillian Murphy joined the following month. James D'Arcy, Barry Keoghan, and Tom Glynn-Carney were included later that May. Michael Caine was cast in a spoken cameo role as Fortis Leader, as a nod to his role in the film ""Battle of Britain"" (1969). According to D'Arcy and Nolan, Winnant and Bolton act as a Greek chorus to give the audience context. Whitehead went through a secretive auditioning process lasting several months. His character was named after the slang term"
"Hunter, Black Heart"" (1990) with Clint Eastwood, ""Patriot Games"" (1992) with Harrison Ford, ""Braveheart"" (1995) starring Mel Gibson and """" (2006) with Johnny Depp. He played Captain Bellamy, a captain of a supposedly haunted ship; a rumour sparked the discovery of Elizabeth Swann's dress on board. Norton's character Bellamy picked up the character of William Turner who was lost at sea. This decision ultimately lead to his death by the Kraken. This role was suited to Norton to play because of his Scottish roots. He portrayed a perfectly believable, honest and logical Scottish Pirate. Norton also voiced Thurston McCondry in"
"from the TV soundtrack is available on Cassette and CD. All 4 series and the Christmas special are also available for download on iTunes. The complete scripts of the four television series were released in 1998 as ""Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty 1485–1917"", and later reissued by Penguin Books in 2009. Blackadder Goes Forth Blackadder Goes Forth is the fourth and final series of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder"", written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, which aired from 28 September to 2 November 1989 on BBC One. The series placed the recurring characters of Blackadder, Baldrick and George in a"
"his book ""Mud, Blood, and Poppycock"", which was an attempt to ""dispel various myths"" about the war. Goodbyeee ""Goodbyeee"", or ""Plan F: Goodbyeee"", is the sixth and final episode of ""Blackadder Goes Forth"", the fourth series of British historical sitcom ""Blackadder"". The episode was first broadcast on BBC1 in the United Kingdom on 2 November 1989, shortly before Armistice Day. Apart from the one-off short film """" made a decade later, it was the last episode of ""Blackadder"" to be produced and transmitted. The episode depicts its main characters' final hours before a British offensive on the Western Front of"
"William Fichtner William Edward Fichtner Jr. (born November 27, 1956) is an American actor who has appeared in a number of films and TV series. He is known for his roles as Sheriff Tom Underlay in ""Invasion"" and Alexander Mahone on ""Prison Break"". His film appearances include ""Heat"", ""Contact"", ""Armageddon"", ""The Perfect Storm"", ""Go"", ""Crash"", ""Blades of Glory"", ""Black Hawk Down"", ""The Longest Yard"", ""Mr. & Mrs. Smith"", ""The Dark Knight"", ""Date Night"", ""The Lone Ranger"", ""Elysium"", """" and ""Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"". Fichtner was born on Mitchel Air Force Base on Long Island, and was raised in Cheektowaga, New"
"the two more sequels ""Blackadder the Third"" (1987) (set in the Regency era), and ""Blackadder Goes Forth"" (1989) (set in World War I). The ""Blackadder"" series became one of the most successful of all BBC situation comedies, spawning television specials including ""Blackadder's Christmas Carol"" (1988), """" (1988), and later """" (1999), which was set at the turn of the Millennium. The final scene of ""Blackadder Goes Forth"" (when Blackadder and his men go ""over the top"" and charge into No-Man's-Land) has been described as ""bold and highly poignant"". During the 2014 centennial of the start of World War I, Michael"
"by John Hay and starring Nick Frost as Captain Pugwash and Jason Flemyng in an unknown role. Production is set to begin in 2018, with the plot following Captain Pugwash travelling to Botany Bay, where he eventually finds himself at the helm of The Black Pig on a mission to rescue Tom the Cabin Boy's father, who is marooned on a volcanic island. Captain Pugwash Captain Pugwash is a fictional pirate in a series of British children's comic strips and books created by John Ryan. The character's adventures were adapted into a TV series, using cardboard cut-outs filmed in live-action"
"which has been ordered to hunt down the mysterious underwater saucer and stop its disruption of sea commerce. A submarine is destroyed near the North Pole by a mysterious undersea light. The loss of this and several other ships in the Arctic alarms the world. Governments temporarily close the polar route and convene an emergency meeting at The Pentagon. Present is Commander Dan Wendover (Dick Foran), the captain of the atomic submarine ""Tigershark"", and Nobel Prize winning scientist Sir Ian Hunt (Tom Conway). The United States Secretary of Defense (Jack Mulhall) leads the meeting; he explains all that is known"
"to an island where they meet with her pirate mentor Captain Blackbeard (played by Thomas Gomez), who takes an instant dislike to LaRochelle although he, at first, holds back as he can see Anne has affection for him. Blackbeard eventually realises he has seen LaRochelle before in the French navy when a pirate was hanged. When he reveals this, LaRochelle claims he has left the French navy. Anne believes him, but when Blackbeard attacks him, she defends him and sends Blackbeard and his men away, making an enemy of Blackbeard. It eventually transpires that LaRochelle is working for the British"
"called in one last favor for his detectives and had the boss-to-be transferred out. She was replaced by Lt. Tony Rodriguez. Arthur Fancy Capt. Arthur Fancy is a fictional character and protagonist in the television series ""NYPD Blue"". He was played by James McDaniel from season one through eight. Fancy was able to rise through the ranks at a very rapid speed according to coworkers either because of or in spite of being an African American on the NYPD. Fancy was one of the newer African American commanders on a force previously controlled by Irish American police officers. According to"
"repeated as part of an otherwise wholly serious BBC2 Armistice Day programme without anyone batting an eyelid."" The series won the British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Series in 1989. In addition, for his performance as Captain Blackadder, Rowan Atkinson won Best Light Entertainment Performance. In 2000, the series was placed 16th by industry professionals in a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes compiled by the British Film Institute. In 2004, championed by John Sergeant, the whole ""Blackadder"" series came second in the BBC poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom with 282,106 votes. Journalists and historians have"