Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Enter the trenches with historian Joshua Levine as he reacts to the iconic Blackadder Goes Fourth. Watch Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry and Tim McInnerny take on WWI in this hysterical fourth season. Were the commanders living a life of luxury in a chateau whilst the men suffered on the front line? Would you be shot for desertion? How boring were the trenches? See for yourself!
0:00 Introduction
0:45 Propaganda
4:01 Over the top
6:49 Conditions in the trenches
9:35 Lions led by donkeys
11:57 Reconnaissance
14:38 Life of luxury
15:13 Phone calls
18:40 Firing squad
24:09 Russian Revolution
25:50 Faking identity
27:54 Entertainment
30:11 Lord Flashheart
31:48 How dangerous was flying?
34:37 The Red Baron
38:39 Boredom
40:43 Deliberate injury
42:38 Spies
44:11 The Royal family
46:06 Tanks
47:44 How did WWI start?
53:10 Christmas truce
55:03 Over the top
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Enter the trenches with historian Joshua Levine as he reacts to the iconic Blackadder Goes Fourth. Watch Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry and Tim McInnerny take on WWI in this hysterical fourth season. Were the commanders living a life of luxury in a chateau whilst the men suffered on the front line? Would you be shot for desertion? How boring were the trenches? See for yourself!
0:00 Introduction
0:45 Propaganda
4:01 Over the top
6:49 Conditions in the trenches
9:35 Lions led by donkeys
11:57 Reconnaissance
14:38 Life of luxury
15:13 Phone calls
18:40 Firing squad
24:09 Russian Revolution
25:50 Faking identity
27:54 Entertainment
30:11 Lord Flashheart
31:48 How dangerous was flying?
34:37 The Red Baron
38:39 Boredom
40:43 Deliberate injury
42:38 Spies
44:11 The Royal family
46:06 Tanks
47:44 How did WWI start?
53:10 Christmas truce
55:03 Over the top
#historyhit #blackadder #expertreacts #moviereview
You can now become a History Hit member right here on YouTube! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world-renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more.
Get an exclusive release every week by signing up here: youtube.com/channel/UCZwU2G-KVl-P-O-B35chZOQ/join
