There was the Neighbours board game, in which you drew various "plot cards" then had to play them out as a storyline. It never got played again after my sister and I argued over her making a story about a newborn baby joining the Foreign Legion.

I'm with you on this. Forth is my least favorite season. I think it says a lot that the only thing people ever mention about it is the last five minutes.

"Oxford's a complete dump!"

Howard Goddall's final piece of music - that sad little piano piece - was recorded in a gymnasium to give the sound a hollow, underwater feel.

There are a number of small rural towns in New Zealand which have now disapearred, but their WW1 war memorials remain. 10% of our male population at the time served; and 10% of them became casualties.

I'll tell you one thing: that scene with Queenie and Nursie is downright terrifying. They've both aged, but they both keep their childish and fickle natures. This shifts the tone from comic to disturbing, as they both now come across as totally psychotic.

There's no real substitute for losing Rothstein. I'll miss him. But I love this show and will follow it to the bitter end, wherever that may go. Not anticipating the flashbacks or the redundant Gillian with any enthusiasm though.

That would be Come And See.

There was also a board game based on Berserk that was huge fun: http://2warpstoneptune.word…

"Aw, yeah, right, y'see, that fucking comment is like just some corporatist crap, y'see? Like yeah, I'm all about the serious and stuff, y'see, I'm a total political activist just like that Jesus guy, know wot I mean? And all you guys are like Hitler like, y'see? Ever driven a VW? Then you're fucking Hitler. …

The Sharpe series is a personal favorite, because it really brings the period to life. There was Soldier, Soldier which was a kind of soap opera but nonetheless did a good job of portraying the changing Army of the 90s. Tumbledown is a grim look at the Falklands. Dennis Potter's Lipstick on your Collar contains…

It certainly hits the same familiar beats, and it owes a lot to the enshrined portrayals of the Great War as seen in O!WALW and the works inspired by the historiography of Alan Clark. Forth leans comfortably on the old tropes : Buffoon Walrus General, Stalwart Tommy, Public Schoolboy Lieutenant, and so on. It…

Something odd is going on with all the character's medals in this series. Blackadder in the intro can be seen wearing two ribbons, the King's and Queen's South Africa medals. This tells us he's a veteran of the fighting with the Boers, and has about 20 year's service - something that always seemed at odds with…

To parahase Samuel Johnson - a woman who understands cricket is like a dog who speaks: very rare! Note how "Bob" asserts her manliness by insisting she knows the rules.

I'm with Kate (Short For Bob) on this one. Private Plane is my least favorite out of all Blackadder eps. The only things I enjoy in it are the return of Bob (thigh-slap and all) and Edmonson's cameo as Richthofen. But neither of them get enough of a chance overall, and the latter's hilarious turn is drowned out by…

"I'm a gabber, see? READYAIMFYAH!"

There's always been some confusion and debate about which regiment Blackadder is a part of. The badge is a curious blending of the Cambridgeshire and Suffolk regiments, suggesting the Blackadder heartland has always lain there. In a later episode he refers to his pre-war service in 19/45th African Rifles, a nod to…

Dear old Mel, Taranaki's pride. God bless 'er. I remember all this going down, so vividly.

The affair thing was invented, the coke addiction downplayed.

"You come here prepared to fight a madman, and instead you found…A GOD!"