The True History of the Blackadder (62 page)
LINKS
The Arts Desk:
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; BFI Database:
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; Blackadder @ BBC:
bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder
; Blackadder Hall (Unofficial):
blackadderhall.com
; Book Aid International:
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; Car pool: carpool.co.uk; Comic Relief:
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; Footlights:
footlights.org
; Howard Goodall Official:
howardgoodall.co.uk
; Idler:
idler.co.uk
; Ken Plume Interviews:
asitecalledfred.com
; More Intelligent Life:
moreintelligentlife.com
; Movieweb:
movieweb.com
; Mustard Magazine:
mustardweb.org
; New Humanist:
newhumanist.org.uk
; Oxford Revue:
oxfordrevue.com
; Oxford Student News:
Cherwell.org
; PBJ Management:
pbjmgt.co.uk
; Phil McIntyre Management:
mcintyre-ents.com
; QI Official:
qi.com
; Queenie’s Cunning Page:
lunaestas.com/blackadder
; SOTCAA:
sotcaa.net
; Tibby’s Bowl Online Entertainment:
tibbybowl.com
; Tiger Aspect:
tigeraspect.co.uk
; Tim McInnerny fansite:
tim-mcinnerny.webs.com
; Tony Robinson fansite:
unofficialtonyrobinsonwebsite.co.uk
; TV Time Warp:
tv-timewarp.co.uk
Fig. 2 BLACKADDER EPISODE GUIDE
THE BLACK ADDER (UNTRANSMITTED PILOT)
Recorded 20 June 1982 | |
Prince Edmund | ROWAN ATKINSON |
The King | JOHN SAVIDENT |
The Queen | ELSPET GRAY |
Prince Henry | ROBERT BATHURST |
Percy | TIM McINNERNY |
Baldrick | PHILIP FOX |
McAngus | ALEX NORTON |
Rudkin | SIMON GIPPS-KENT |
Jesuit | OENGUS MACNAMARA |
Written by | RICHARD CURTIS & ROWAN ATKINSON |
Music by | HOWARD GOODALL |
Director | GEOFF POSNER |
Executive Producer | JOHN HOWARD DAVIES |
THE BLACK ADDER
Recorded February (EXT), 10 April
–
15 May 1983
1) THE FORETELLING – TX 15/06/83 BBC1
Cast in Order of Precedence | |
Richard III | PETER COOK |
Richard IV | BRIAN BLESSED |
Henry VII | PETER BENSON |
Harry, Prince of Wales | ROBERT EAST |
Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh | ROWAN ATKINSON |
Percy, Duke of Northumberland | TIM McINNERNY |
The Queen | ELSPET GRAY |
Painter | PHILIP KENDALL |
Goneril | KATHLEEN ST JOHN |
Regan | BARBARA MILLER |
Cordelia | GRETCHEN FRANKLIN |
Baldrick | TONY ROBINSON |
2) BORN TO BE KING – TX 06/07/83
Cast in Geographical Order | |
The Laird of Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles | ROWAN ATKINSON |
Richard XII of Scotland | BRIAN BLESSED |
McAngus, Duke of Argyll | ALEX NORTON |
Percy, Duke of Northumberland | TIM McINNERNY |
Gertrude, Queen of Flanders | ELSPET GRAY |
Harry, Prince of Wales | ROBERT EAST |
Baldrick, Bachelor of the Parish of Chigwell | TONY ROBINSON |
Jumping Jew of Jerusalem | ANGUS DEAYTON |
Celia, Countess of Cheltenham | JOOLIA CAPPLEMAN |
Sir Dominick Prique of Stratford | MARTIN CLARKE |
2nd Wooferoonie | MARTIN SOAN |
3rd Wooferoonie | MALCOLM HARDEE |
Messenger | DAVID NUNN |
3) THE ARCHBISHOP – TX 29/06/83
Cast in Order of Reverence | |
Herbert, Archbishop of Canterbury | PAUL McDOWELL |
Godfrey, Archbishop of Canterbury | ARTHUR HEWLETT |
Percy, Bishop of Ramsgate | TIM McINNERNY |
William, Bishop of London | ARTHUR HEWLETT |
Mother Superior | JOYCE GRANT |
Sister Sara | CAROLYN COLQUOHOUN |
Harry, Prince of Wales | ROBERT EAST |
The Queen | ELSPET GRAY |
The Duke of Winchester | RUSSELL ENOCH |
Cain, A Peasant | BERT PARNABY |
Abel, A Peasant | ROY EVANS |
Messenger | DAVID NUNN |
Sir Justin de Boinod | BILL WALLIS |
Sir George de Boeuf | DAVID DELVE |
Lord Graveney | LESLIE SANDS |
Brother Baldrick | TONY ROBINSON |
King Richard IV | BRIAN BLESSED |
Edmund, Archbishop of Canterbury | ROWAN ATKINSON |
4) THE QUEEN OF SPAIN’S BEARD – TX 22/06/83
Cast in Affable Order | |
Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh | ROWAN ATKINSON |
King Richard IV | BRIAN BLESSED |
The Queen | ELSPET GRAY |
Harry, Prince of Wales | ROBERT EAST |
Percy | TIM McINNERNY |
Baldrick | TONY ROBINSON |
Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain | MIRIAM MARGOLYES |
Don Speekingleesh, An Interpreter | JIM BROADBENT |
Mrs Applebottom | JANE FREEMAN |
Rev. Lloyd | JOHN RAPLEY |
Mr Applebottom | HOWARD LEW LEWIS |
Lord Chiswick | STEPHEN TATE |
1st Messenger | KENN WELLS |
2nd Messenger | RICHARD MITCHLEY |
3rd & 4th Messengers | DAVID NUNN |
Archbishop | WILLOUGHBY GODDARD |
Princess Leia of Hungary | NATASHA KING |
Lady on Ramparts | HARRIET KEEVIL |
5) WITCHSMELLER PURSUIVANT – TX 13/07/83
Cast in Order of Witchiness | |
The Great Grumbledook | ROWAN ATKINSON |
The Witchsmeller Pursuivant | FRANK FINLAY |
The Witch Queen | ELSPET GRAY |
Percy, A Witch | TIM McINNERNY |
Baldrick, A Witch | TONY ROBINSON |
Ross, A Lord | RICHARD MURDOCH |
Angus, A Lord | VALENTINE DYALL |
Fife, A Lord | PETER SCHOFIELD |
Soft, A Guard | STEPHEN FROST |
Anon, A Guard | MARK ARDEN |
Daft Ned, A Peasant | PERRY BENSON |
Dim Cain, A Peasant | BERT PARNABY |
Dumb Abel, A Peasant | ROY EVANS |
Dopey Jack, A Peasant | FORBES COLLINS |
Officer, An Officer | PATRICK DUNCAN |
Jane Firkettle | BARBARA MILLER |
Princess Leia | NATASHA KING |
Piers, A Yeoman | HOWARD LEW LEWIS |
Mrs Field, A Goodwife | SARAH THOMAS |
Mrs Tyler, A Goodwife | LOUISE GOLD |
Richard IV, A King | BRIAN BLESSED |
Stuntman | GARETH MILNE |
6) THE BLACK SEAL – TX 20/07/83
Cast in Order of Disappearance | |
Murdered Lord | JOHN CARLISLE |
Cain, A blind beggar | BERT PARNABY |
Abel, A blind beggar | ROY EVANS |
Trusting Father | FORBES COLLINS |
Person of unrestricted growth | DES WEBB |
Old Man | JOHN BARRARD |
Mad Gerald | HIMSELF (RIK MAYALL) |
Pigeon Vendor | PERRY BEVON |
Friar Bellows | PAUL BROOKE |
Jack Large | BIG MICK |
Three-Fingered Pete | ROGER SLOMAN |
Guy de Glastonbury | PATRICK MALAHIDE |
Sir Wilfred Death | JOHN HALLAM |
The Hawk | PATRICK ALLEN |
Sean the Irish Bastard | RON COOK |
Harry | ROBERT EAST |
The Queen | ELSPET GRAY |
Richard IV | BRIAN BLESSED |
The Black Adder | ROWAN ATKINSON |
Baldrick | TONY ROBINSON |
Percy | TIM McINNERNY |
