Talk:Blackadder Goes Forth

message: Is this a season of a tv show or it's own series altogether?Joeyramoney 21:59, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a series. We don't really do seasons here in the UK (although there are doubtless some exceptions, not that I can actually think of any). Blood Red Sandman Open Up Your Heart - Receive My EviLove 22:16, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I guess technically it is classed as a "season", although it would be perhaps more accurate to describe it as a sequel. Unlike most sitcoms, each series of Blackadder is almost entirely different, with a new situation in a different time period, all-new characters, etc. Most sources (BBC, IMDb, etc) classify it as a completely different series. The characters of Blackadder and Baldrick are the only true constants, and their personalities are also noticably different in each version. Bob talk 22:18, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

text: I guess series, since that's how it's reffered to in British English, and as a British tv show I think we should use British English in it. Some sort of comparison may be in order, however - but how to avoid violating WP:OR? Blood Red Sandman Open Up Your Heart - Receive My EviLove 22:29, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: (Sorry about that - blasted silent edit conflicts.) -- ALoan (Talk) 22:41, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: (It's OK, I thought I was the only one to get annoyed by that :-) Blood Red Sandman Open Up Your Heart - Receive My EviLove 22:53, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Series or season?

message: Does somebody know why in the last dialogue of "Goodbyeee" Baldrick remarks "Ooh, that's a nasty splinter on that ladder, sir! A bloke could hurt himself on that!"? It seems completely pointless as any of the characters seem to listen or care about it. Does it have a meaning? --Midasminus 16:38, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Isn't it just a joke that he's concerned that somebody might hurt themselves on something trivial, when they're about to go over to certain death? Bob talk 19:24, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the inference may be that Baldrick's last, unspoken, cunning plan to get out of going over the top was something to do with sustaining a trivial injury on the splinter? Jellyman (talk) 23:03, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Last dialogue 

message: This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. Although it is generally up to standard, there are a few minor issues that may need addressing before Blackadder Goes Forth is confirmed as a Good Article. I have listed these below:
* Lead: this should be expanded to meet the criteria at WP:LEAD. Specifically, an article lead is intended to be a summary of the article rather than an introduction to it, and should mention every major point covered by the rest of the article. I would recommend perhaps a sentence or two per section. Also, there is no real requirement for references in the lead, as those points should ideally be referenced in the relevant section underneath where they are dealt with in more detail.
* References: there are one or two paragraphs that are currently unreferenced and could do with citations, but I think generally this is good. However, the quotation at the end of the Plot section definitely needs citing.
* Templates: we recommend using the templates on WP:CITET to format references.
I also fixed a few things as I was going through - for future reference (and in case I missed any!):
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* so are in-line citations.
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thread_title:  GA Sweeps (on hold) 

message: Thank you for addressing the points above; I have now passed this reassessment (apologies for the delay - busy time of year!). The article history has been updated to reflect this review. All the best, EyeSereneTALK 21:04, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA sweep (pass)

message: I'm currently in the process of giving the article a large overhall in terms of referencing, adding and improving sections and getting rid of extraneous elements. If anyone is willing to help, particularly by adding references to reliable sources or improving sections such as Production, that would be excellent. I'm also hoping somebody might be able to find some contemporary newspaper opinions for the 'reception' section. Bob talk 01:40, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: @Bob Castle overhaul. 90.249.6.186 (talk) 08:10, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Overhall 

message: Can anybody think of a good way of saying Atkinson and Robinson reprised their roles as Blackadder and Baldrick, while also making it clear that the characters are sortof different? Bob talk 13:39, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Casting

message: Today, 31.205.19.241 added "This series of Blackadder was one of the first television programmes in Britain to be made and transmitted with stereo sound, using the NICAM digital system, even though most viewers could only afford, or were only able to receive due to their location, the standard FM mono audio carrier signal."
Which I guess is quite interesting, but uncited, so I've had to remove it. Are there any sources which can confirm that this is the case? I seem to vaguely remember that when the BBC repeat them there is still a little "Dolby" thing at the start of the opening titles, but the DVD copies don't seem to have it. Bob talk 00:50, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nicam Stereo 

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message: There are appears to be a post-filming edit to the name of a lawyer - Massingbird or mattingbird or mattingburg. It's not clear on several sources. Was this a reduction in the distasteful racism of the time or ... does anyone have any information as to this post-filming edit? Usually the final filming appears to use the actual audio of produced therein. Any documented reasoning? Mine is purely speculation above.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.79.52.200 (talk) 07:04, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Season 4 epidisode 2 audio edits 

message: The set-up of a captain, junior officer and soldier-servant in a frontline dugout, more irritated by the idiocy of their out-of-touch superiors than by the enemy, is an obvious and acknowledged homage to the classic play Journey's End which used to be widely set to teenagers when I was growing up. I've seen Stephen Fry admit as much in an interview. I'm not going to add it without a cite as somebody will delete it.
Assuming Blackadder is a company commander, like Stanhope in the play, there would have been other lieutenants reporting to him. Platoons were a new invention at that time and were kept very much under the company commander's thumb. But this is just a comedy series, of course. Paulturtle (talk) 02:29, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Journeys End