The fourth series of Blackadder sees him as a Captain in the trenches of World War One, with Baldrick as his dogsbody. In "Captain Cook" Blackadder volunteers to be a war artist. In "Corporal Punishment" he faces the death squad after killing a pigeon. In "Major Star" he has to put on a Music Hall show. In "Private Plane" he volunteers to be trained as a pilot by Rik Mayall. In "General Hospital" he has to uncover a spy in the wardrooms. In "Goodbyeee" the final big push is looming too close find out more...
A fine dramatic telling of the almost mythical event that took place on Christmas eve 1914 at the beginning of World War One, when soldiers from opposing sides made a tentative cease fire, swapped conversation, presents and played football before inevitably returning to the senseless slaughter. Poignant, sensitive and agonisingly sad, Joyeux Noel was nominated for best foreign film Oscar at the 2006 awards.
find out more...One of Stanley Kubrick's earliest films, Paths of Glory is a seminal anti-war movie. Set during the First World War, the French general staff give the order for Colonel Dax (Douglas) and his men to attack a particularly well fortified German position. The order is little more than authorised suicide and when the remanants of Dax's men return, the high command, looking for something to distact from their murderous incompetence, decide to court-martial three of the surviving soldiers. The outra find out more...