November 2, 1989 –
BBC One aired the screaming funny conclusion to the Blackadder Goes Forth series, Goodbyeee starring Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson, written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, on this date.
The decision to set Blackadder in the trenches of World War One did not come from Ben Elton, Richard Curtis or any of the cast or producers. The BBC received an unsolicited script for a new Blackadder series, set in France during WWI, from a young first-time writer. The scripts themselves were rejected, but Elton and Curtis did like the idea of a WWI setting and subsequently wrote Blackadder Goes Forth using this idea.
The Haus of Dcaligari 