A half hour of genius

My partner and I have been rewatching 'Blackadder Goes Forth', prompted by reading John O'Farrell's comic history of Britain and Stephen Fry's recent event here in Melbourne.

'Blackadder Goes Forth' has all the trademark humour of the preceding series, and all the writers' penchants for including historically accurate jokes. It all leads to this final half hour – perhaps the best written, best acted 30 minutes of television ever made.

I say this because the comedy remains very funny, but...