Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
By: Michael Smith and Ian Winick
Language: en
Categories: Tv, Film, Comedy
Hello and welcome to Lord of Adders Black – a fan podcast dedicated to the legendary BBC sitcom Blackadder, which ran for four seasons between 1983 and 1989 and has endured as a comedy classic ever since.Join Ian, Michael and a roster of special guests as we delve deeply into the Blackadder universe, exploring new angles, uncovering trivia and shining a spotlight on key players, scene stealers and the occasional thingy-shaped turnip. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Bonus Episode 09 - Uncut Jem
Dec 15, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Bonus Episode 09: “Uncut Jem”
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
This bonus episode contains the full interview with Jem Roberts, friend of the show and author of The True History Of The Black Adder, two parts of which were released back in the mists of September and October 2024.
Here, Jem recounts some of the many rosy-cheeked caperings that occurred...
Duration: 01:35:20Scene Stealers and Time Travelers
Dec 08, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 35: “Scene Stealers and Time Travelers”
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
In this, our second-last regular episode, we are joined by an old friend of the podcast, GoonPod’s Tyler Adams, to talk about Blackadder: Back & Forth, which was described by its main star as the most expensive and least satisfying half-hour in the canon. Our deep dive into this expensive folly travels back t...
Duration: 00:57:46Bonus Episode 08 - @pitchblacksteed on Series 1
Dec 01, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Bonus Episode 08: “@pitchblacksteed on Series 1”
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
This bonus episode contains the full interview with our friend Mark Lane, aka @pitchblacksteed – the brains and heart behind the ever-popular King Of Blackadder community on Twitter. As well as the sections already included in Episode 33, where Mark talks about why he views the original series as Blackadder in its most iconic form, he exp...
Duration: 00:55:07"Poetry First, Sausage Later"
Nov 24, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 34: “Poetry first, sausage later”
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
Our special guest in this episode is our good friend Steve Ursell, who makes a strong case for Blackadder Goes Forth being the most truly iconic of the four series. We talk about the memorable characters and storylines, examine the impact that the series has had on British society and cherry-pick our favourite mome...
Duration: 00:49:03The Amazing Beardless Woman
Nov 10, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 33: “The Amazing Beardless Woman”
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent
This week’s Major Star is Mrs Miggins, the warm-hearted coffee shop owner with a weird predilection for that patented Blackadder blend of sharp sarcasm and even sharper cheekbones. A welcome female addition to the sausage fest that is Blackadder The Third, she claims to have a “brain the size of a sultana” but then r...
Duration: 00:49:42Bonus Episode 07 - Flight Of The Conchords
Oct 27, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Bonus Episode 07: “Flight Of The Conchords”
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
Hot on the heels of our recent Father Ted deep dive, it’s now Michael’s turn to introduce Ian to a series he’d never seen before: Flight Of The Conchords. In this special bonus episode, we look at New Zealand’s “fourth most popular comedy-folk duo” and their award-winning HBO show, which cent...
Duration: 01:05:18"It's The Lying I Find Most Hurtful"
Oct 13, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 32: “It’s The Lying I Find Most Hurtful”
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
This week’s Major Star segment is a twofer featuring two of our favourite characters in the original series: Elspet Gray as the Queen and Robert East as Prince Harry. We take a look at their respective roles in the court of Brian Blessed while touching upon Prince Harry’s well-kno...
Duration: 00:45:01"Many Apoh-loh-ghies for the Inconwenience"
Oct 01, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 30: “Many Apoh-loh-ghies for the Inconwenience”
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
As the title might suggest, the Scene Stealer for this episode is none other than the dastardly Prince Ludwig, a man whose powers of disguise know no limits – apart from, it would seem, his accent. We look at Hugh Laurie’s first major role in Blackadder and speculate on who else could have pla...
Duration: 00:48:54"An Absolutely Scrummy Dream About Ponies"
Sep 15, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 30: “An Absolutely Scrummy Dream About Ponies”
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
This episode opens with a Points Of View-type segment where we channel our inner Anne Robinson (albeit less grumpy) and present a selection of messages and voice recordings from listeners around the world waxing lyrical on Harry Enfield, Baldrick and some of our recent guests.
Continuing our Major Star seri...
Duration: 00:46:53Bonus Episode 06 - "Ted Talk", on Father Ted
Sep 01, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Bonus Episode 6: “Ted Talk”
Down with this sort of thing! (Careful now.)
One of our ideas for bonus episodes was to introduce each other to sitcoms that we love. This time around, Ian initiates Michael into the weird and wonderful world of Father Ted, which was hugely popular in Britain and Ireland in the mid- to late 90s and, like Blackadder, is still widely loved, watched and quoted to this day.
In this special “Ted Talk”, we examine why an oddball comedy about...
Duration: 01:07:41"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!"
Aug 18, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 29: “Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!”
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
In this two-hander Baldrick special – which was almost called A Turnip For The Books – we look at the various incarnations of Blackadder’s longsuffering sidekick throughout that dastardly dynasty, from Baldrick Son of Robin The Dung Gatherer to Private S. Baldrick in the trenches of the Somme.
As well as cast...
Duration: 00:44:42A Lorry-Load of Paper Clips
Aug 04, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 28: “A Lorry-Load Of Paper Clips”
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
In this episode, we are joined by budding comedy writer and Blackadder enthusiast Molly McDade, who talks about why Tim McInnerny’s Captain Darling is her favourite character in Blackadder Goes Forth. With Molly’s help, we also solve the age-old question of whether carrier pigeons really are in their prime in their...
Duration: 00:49:54A Viciously Sharp Slice Of Mango
Jul 21, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 27: “A Viciously Sharp Slice Of Mango”
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
This time around, our special guest is writer David Quantick. Already a familiar name to music and comedy enthusiasts, his novel All My Colours came out in April 2019 to great acclaim and his first collection of short stories, And Other Stories, is due out in August 2025. David talks to us a...
Duration: 00:50:45My Fluffy Bunny Act
Jul 07, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 26: “My Fluffy Bunny Act”
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
Our special guest in this episode is fellow Blackadder enthusiast Dr Kel Pero, who casts an expert eye on the differences between the language used in the various series of Blackadder and reflects on why it is always such a treat for word nerds. And why you should never let historica...
Duration: 00:47:14Bonus Episode 05 - Cartoon Crossover - With Tyler from GoonPod
Jun 23, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Bonus Episode 5: “Cartoon Crossover”
Hidely-hodely, neighborinos! Welcome to our Cartoon Crossover episode in which we join forces with GoonPod’s very own Tyler Adams to talk about a shared lifelong love of ours –The Simpsons.
In this extra-long bonus episode, Michael, Ian and Tyler have each come armed with five hand-picked classics from the purple-patch years and will be counting them down one by one to reveal their all-time favourite. With, needless to say, bants, clips, music and trivia aplenty!
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More information about Jem Roberts a...
Duration: 01:23:33"Look Behind You, Mr Caesar!"
Jun 09, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 25: “Look Behind You, Mr Caesar!”
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
In this episode’s Major Star segment, we will be looking at Hugh Laurie’s thick-as-a-whale-omelette Prince George in Blackadder The Third. And who better to discuss this with us than our old friend Simon Osborne who makes a welcome return to the fold to reminisce about working with Hugh and also recalls...
Duration: 00:49:43"Chiswick! Fresh Horses!"
May 26, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 24: “Chiswick! Fresh Horses!”
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
This episode’s Major Star is actor, explorer and all-round force of nature Brian Blessed. As well as reflecting on his endearingly boisterous performance as King Richard IV in The Black Adder, we look at Brian’s early acting roles on stage and screen and marvel at his remarkable zest for life. And, on a more s...
Duration: 00:42:26Bonus Episode 04 - Full Mike Haskins Interview
May 12, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Bonus Episode 04: Full Interview with Mike Haskins
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
As we are taking a short break from recording this week, here is a bonus episode from our hallowed vaults: our full interview with comedy writer Mike Haskins, who waxes lyrical about his time writing for the likes of Griff Rhys Jones and Hale & Pace. He also talks about how Peter...
Duration: 01:11:17Diss and Distillery
Apr 28, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 23: Diss and Distillery
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
In this first ever face-to-face episode, Michael takes a short break from leap-frogging around Europe to drop in on Ian in Cologne and record an episode in the same hallowed space, over the same microphone and drinking from the same bottle of scotch.
As well as reminiscing about our first...
Duration: 00:43:55Sacred Cows and Silly Bulls
Apr 14, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 22: Sacred Cows and Silly Bulls
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
Michael’s two favourite 80s sitcoms – one from the past, one from the future – come together to give us this episode’s Scene Stealer: Red Dwarf’s very own Chris Barrie. We talk about the leading roles at the centre of Chris’s curiously un-chequered career and his memorable appearance in Nob & Nobili...
Duration: 00:50:23Shout, Shout and Shout Again!
Mar 31, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 21: Shout, Shout and Shout Again!
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
Rather than having a special guest on as usual, we decided it was time for another two-hander episode – and for a celebration of all things Stephen Fry!
We begin by taking a look at His Tweediness’s work outside Blackadder, including Fry & Laurie, Jeeves & Wooster and his winni...
Duration: 00:44:34Bonus Episode 03 - Soapy Twits
Mar 28, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Bonus Episode 03: Soapy Twits
Welcome to a special bonus episode of the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where we will be talking to Jem Roberts, author of The True History of The Black Adder, about the new and updated version of his official Fry & Laurie book Soupy Twist.
This book – and audiobook – explores the life and work of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, both of whom play a key part in the Blackadder story, and includes a treasure trove of unperformed Fry & Laurie s...
Duration: 00:54:22It's The Moffatt Show!
Mar 17, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 20: It’s The Moffatt Show!
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
In our twentieth episode, we cast a wary eye over the “Blackadders that got away” – the ideas for a fifth series that never got off the ground because they lacked potential or because they strayed too far from the core make-up of the series. Or because they were bollocks.
Having taken part...
Duration: 00:50:02Variations On A Theme
Mar 03, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 19: Variations On A Theme
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
In this episode, we tip our greasy hats to the man behind the music, Howard Goodall. As well as the many inventive variations on the Blackadder theme, he composed the music for some of the best-loved TV shows of the 80s, 90s and beyond. We look at his uniquely character-based approach to theme...
Duration: 00:46:29Ointment!
Feb 17, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 18: Ointment!
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
Continuing our new Major Star segment, we shine a spotlight on Nursie, played by the late Patsy Byrne as a “sad, insane old woman with an udder fixation”. We take a look back at the busy career on stage and screen that was Patsy’s bread and butter before her, ahem, udderworldly performance in Blacka...
Duration: 00:48:01Damn His Duckpond!
Feb 03, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 17: Damn His Duck Pond!
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.
In our ceaseless quest to gauge the influence of Blackadder on the world around us, we decided to take a look at how the TikTok generation takes to our favourite series. Luckily, two longstanding friends of the show, Ruth and Bill – along with Michael – were only too happy to sign up thei...
Duration: 00:49:18And Bob's Your Auntie!
Jan 20, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 16: And Bob’s Your Auntie
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the odd gleeful tangent.
Our second season starts with a bang courtesy of a very special guest, Gabrielle Glaister, who played “Bob” in three evergreen episodes of Blackadder: Bells, Major Star and Private Plane. Gabby spoke to us about her long and varied career on stage, screen and soap opera and what it was like...
Duration: 00:43:54Bonus Episode 02 - Upstart Crow
Jan 06, 2025Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Bonus Episode 02: Upstart Crow
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder – or, in this case, something a little different. As well as being the first two-hander since our first couple of episodes were released back in the primordial mists of June, this is the first in a series of occasional “off-topic episodes” in which we will be casting a loving but critical eye on sitcoms other than Blackadder.
Some of these will be shows...
Duration: 00:48:02Christmas Special 2024
Dec 23, 2024Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 15: Christmas Special
Welcome to a very special Christmas episode of Lord Of Adders Black, where we have invited back two old friends – comedian Harry Hussey and author Jem Roberts – and one new one, Australian podcaster and comedy obsessive Ciarán Moffat.
This episode takes the form of a quiz on Blackadder’s Christmas Carol, lovingly compiled and presented by Chairman Jem. Here, two teams – Ireland (Ian and Harry) and Australia (Michael and Ciarán) – face off in a battle of wits, knowledge and ill-educated guesses that...
Duration: 01:19:46Just an Old Quack
Dec 16, 2024Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 14: Just An Old Quack
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the odd gleeful tangent.
We are joined again by our old friends Paul and Pank to chat about the second half of our Newbie List, featuring our voters’ two favourite episodes from Blackadder Goes Forth and their favourite episode of all: Ink & Incapability from Blackadder III. We talk about the love of language at the heart of Blac...
Duration: 00:53:26Begone, Satan!
Dec 02, 2024Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 13: Begone, Satan!
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the odd gleeful tangent.
The Scene Stealer for our thirteenth episode is the force of nature that is Miriam Margoyles as Lady Whiteadder, just one of the memorable roles she brought to life throughout the Blackadder saga. We talk about her slap-happy rehearsal methods, her portrayal of Edmund’s fiercely puritanical aunt and the disastrously low to...
Duration: 00:48:19Hello Sailor!
Nov 18, 2024Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 12: Hello Sailor!
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the odd gleeful tangent.
This episode’s special guest is Welsh man-mountain John Pierce Jones, who played Arthur The Sailor in the iconic Blackadder II episode, Money. John talks to us about his career as a bilingual TV, film and theatre actor, and about all the fun he had working and socialising with the Blackadder team. He als...
Duration: 00:44:22Up Diddly Up!
Nov 04, 2024Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 11: Up Diddly Up!
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the odd gleeful tangent.
Our special guest in Episode 11 is Mark, aka @pitchblacksteed, who is the brains – and the heart – behind the longstanding King Of Blackadder fan community on Twitter. Mark talks to us about his enduring love for Blackadder, the rewarding interactions with fellow fans from all over the world and the endless fun that...
Duration: 00:43:46Ten Shun!
Oct 21, 2024Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 10: Ten Shun!
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the odd gleeful tangent.
As the title suggests, our tenth episode has a military theme as our friend Kevin Brown – formerly a lowly Lance Corporal in the British army before moving to Canada to scale the dizzying heights of podcast fame – drops in on our squalid bit of line to talk about Blackadder Goes Forth and how ac...
Duration: 00:42:37A Comedy History Jem - Part 2
Oct 07, 2024Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 9: A Comedy History Jem (Part Two)
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the odd gleeful tangent.
Our ninth episode concludes our two-part interview with Jem Roberts, author of The True History Of The Black Adder, who talks to us about writing and researching his favourite book (and ours!) – with input from virtually everyone of note in the Blackadder universe.
This time ar...
Duration: 00:46:52A Comedy History Jem - Part 1
Sep 23, 2024Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 8: A Comedy History Jem (Part One)
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional tangent.
We kick off episode number eight with a Scene Stealer feature on Peter Cook, who lost his head in the very first outing of The Black Adder – but not before defining the landscape of British comedy as we know it.
All great TV comedy stories start with Peter...
Duration: 00:42:05Bottomless Pitt - Bonus Episode
Sep 09, 2024Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Bonus Episode 1: Bottomless Pitt – a full interview with Simon Osborne (Pitt The Younger)
If you’re reading this, then one of us is on holiday or life has dropped a spanner in our usual clockwork schedule. Which is why it always pays to have a bonus episode or two at the ready!
This one contains our full interview with Simon Osborne, who played the wonderfully snotty Pitt The Younger in Dish & Dishonesty, the fast-paced opener for the third season of Blackadder.
Parts have a...
Duration: 00:57:52No Word For "Fluffy"
Aug 26, 2024Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 7: No Word For ‘Fluffy’
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional tangent.
Episode number seven has a distinctly international flair, with voice messages from far-flung listeners sparking lively discussions about people actually called Blackadder in real life and what cameos Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones might have had in Blackadder The Third.
We also chat with German linguist...
Duration: 00:42:07Pitt the Slightly Older - Part 2
Aug 12, 2024Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 6: Pitt The Slightly Older (Part 2)
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional tangent.
Our sixth episode includes the second part of our interview with that splendid acting fellow, Simon Osborne, who played the scheming adolescent Pitt The Younger in the opening episode of Blackadder The Third.
This time around, our Scene Stealer is Ade Edmondson as the Red Baron, the ge...
Duration: 00:42:13Pitt the Slightly Older - Part 1
Jul 29, 2024Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 5: Pitt The Slightly Older (Part 1)
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional tangent.
Barely 24 hours after we chalked up our thousandth download, our latest offering – Pitt The Slightly Older – marks another important milestone: our first ever interview with an actor from the series.
As the title suggests, the episode features the first of a two-part interview with Simon Osborne, who gave a mem...
Duration: 00:40:07Long on Beard, Short on Legs
Jul 15, 2024Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 4: Long On Beard, Short On Legs
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional tangent.
Episode 4 is called Long On Beard, Short On Legs. As the title subtly suggests, our Scene Stealer is none other than Tom Baker chewing up the scenery as Captain Rum in the Season 2 classic “Potato”, which we will be discussing with our special guest, comedian Harry Hussey.
And spe...
Duration: 00:39:56Percy & Perspicacity
Jul 01, 2024Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 3: Percy and Perspicacity
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional tangent.
For our third episode, Percy and Perspicacity, we are joined by our very first guest – writer, poet and fellow Blackadder buff Jan Miklaszewicz – who waxes lyrical about Tim McInnerny and the various roles he plays in all four series. And, in one case, three different roles in the same episode!
We will...
Duration: 00:41:09Repayment or Revenge
Jun 16, 2024Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 2: Repayment or Revenge!
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional tangent.
In our second episode – Repayment or Revenge! – we look at the force of nature that is writer and stand-up comedian Ben Elton. As well as revisiting his earlier work, we talk about what Ben brought to the table when he teamed up with Richard Curtis to pen the historic second season of Blackad...
Duration: 00:39:28Best Fighting Trousers on, Chaps!
Jun 01, 2024Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 1: Best Fighting Trousers On, Chaps!
Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian will be exploring the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder.
In this introductory episode, we’ll be talking about our (cunning) plans for a Blackadder podcast – including regular features, special guests and a generous helping of audio clips from our favourite comedies. And, we hope, yours too.
Most of all, this first episode will be a nostalgic time capsule in which w...
Duration: 00:42:26