Blackadder Goes Fortieth
Politics Unpacked
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The Left-Wing Myths of Blackadder
In January 2014, then education secretary Michael Gove attacked what he saw as the left-wing myths about the war. The conflict has for many been seen to the fictional prism of dramas such as Oh What a Lovely War and Blackadder. Miriam Margalois tells me she agrees: 'I think it was very witty and a clever sideways commentary on history'
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