Lord 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-known obsession with drains and his lesser known fear of spoons. And speaking of obsessions, we also look at how a writer’s blunder gave the humble turnip a prominent position in the Blackadder annals.

Prolific podcaster and British comedy enthusiast Bill Peters from New South Wales makes a welcome return to our podcast to fight the corner for Blackadder The Third as the best of the four series. Bill talks about what he loves about the team’s third outing and why, for him, it is the quintessential series of Blackadder.

Choose your top five Scene Stealers, go to the following link:

https://app.sli.do/event/9nF95VosBzxyqmmcTbMTv3

Send us a voice message to include in the show, SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/Lord_Of_Adders_Black.

Link to Ciarán’s new podcast:

https://bio.link/thesoundof

Jem Roberts can be found at:

jemroberts.com and talesofbritain.com

The audiobook of The True History Of The Black Adder is available on Audible:

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-True-History-of-the-Blackadder-Audiobook/B0C82XDHPY?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp

Thanks to the following communities:

Reddit Blackadder community: www.reddit.com/r/blackadder/

Blackadder – quotes, clips and pictures: https://www.facebook.com/share/NVQ6pTtJt8Hzve9X/?mibextid=K35XfP

The Ultimate Blackadder Group:

https://www.facebook.com/share/aLnsHrXM4FiyejuK/?mibextid=K35XfP

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Bluesky: @lordofaddersblack.bsky.social

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559091752318

Instagram: lord_of_adders_black

e-mail: lordofaddersblack@gmx.net

Podcast credits:

Compiled and presented by Ian Winick and Michael J. Smith

Blackadder theme music by Howard Goodall

Intro music performed by Pank (@pankp007 on Twitter)

Outro music performed by Chin Topiwalla (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076430403956

https://www.facebook.com/summer.s.spell.music)

Cover art drawing by Pierre Breton (fpma.breton@wanadoo.fr).

Check out his Little Darwin comic here: https://tapas.io/episode/1727663

Big thanks to all of the above and to Captain Spreadsheet for transatlantic technical (and moral) support.

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Lord 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 played that role and in what direction they might have taken it.

This episode also introduces the first of four interviews with special guests making the case about why their own preferred series of Blackadder is THE definitive one. To set the turnip rolling, we are joined by fellow podcaster, Queen fan and long-time friend of the show, Paul Bradbury, who waxes lyrical about his own personal favourite, Blackadder II.

If you would like to send us a voice message to include in the show, we have set up a special page on SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/Lord_Of_Adders_Black. All you have to do is click on the link, record your message and press send.

“Waters of Love” sting used with kind permission from Randy Woods:

https://www.youtube.com/@RandyWoodsBand

More information about Jem Roberts and his creative exploits can be found at:

jemroberts.com and talesofbritain.com

The audiobook of The True History Of The Black Adder – read by the author himself – is available on Audible:

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-True-History-of-the-Blackadder-Audiobook/B0C82XDHPY?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp

Thanks to the following communities for their valuable support:

Blackadder – quotes, clips and pictures: https://www.facebook.com/share/NVQ6pTtJt8Hzve9X/?mibextid=K35XfP

The Ultimate Blackadder Group:

https://www.facebook.com/share/aLnsHrXM4FiyejuK/?mibextid=K35XfP

Follow us on

Bluesky: @lordofaddersblack.bsky.social

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559091752318

Instagram: lord_of_adders_black

e-mail: lordofaddersblack@gmx.net

Podcast credits:

Compiled and presented by Ian Winick and Michael J. Smith

Blackadder theme music by Howard Goodall

Intro music performed by Pank (@pankp007.bsky.social on BlueSky)

Outro music performed by Chin Topiwalla (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076430403956

https://www.facebook.com/summer.s.spell.music)

Cover art drawing by Pierre Breton (fpma.breton@wanadoo.fr).

Check out his Little Darwin comic here: https://tapas.io/episode/1727663

Big thanks to all of the above and to Captain Spreadsheet for transatlantic technical (and moral) support.

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Lord 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 series, we also look at Miranda Richardson’s extraordinary performance as the young Queen Bess, memorably described by Richard Curtis as “a strange mixture of woman, child, nymphomaniac and tyrant”. As well as casting an eye over Miranda’s career – and reflecting on why so much of it seems to have passed us by – we revisit our favourite quintessential Queenie moments in Blackadder II.

If you would like to send a voice message to include in the show, we have set up a page on SpeakPipe:

https://www.speakpipe.com/Lord_Of_Adders_Black

Link to Ciarán’s new podcast:

https://bio.link/thesoundof

Link to Fandomental podcast (episode on 31 August):

FandomentalsPodcast | Instagram | Linktree

More information about Jem Roberts and his creative exploits can be found at:

jemroberts.com and talesofbritain.com

The audiobook of The True History Of The Black Adder is available on Audible:

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-True-History-of-the-Blackadder-Audiobook/B0C82XDHPY?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp

Thanks to the following communities for their valuable support:

Reddit Blackadder community: www.reddit.com/r/blackadder/

Blackadder – quotes, clips and pictures: https://www.facebook.com/share/NVQ6pTtJt8Hzve9X/?mibextid=K35XfP

The Ultimate Blackadder Group:

https://www.facebook.com/share/aLnsHrXM4FiyejuK/?mibextid=K35XfP

Follow us on

Bluesky: @lordofaddersblack.bsky.social

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559091752318

Instagram: lord_of_adders_black

e-mail: lordofaddersblack@gmx.net

Podcast credits:

Compiled and presented by Ian Winick and Michael J. Smith

Blackadder theme music by Howard Goodall

Intro music performed by Pank (@pankp007 on Twitter)

Outro music performed by Chin Topiwalla (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076430403956

https://www.facebook.com/summer.s.spell.music)

Cover art drawing by Pierre Breton (fpma.breton@wanadoo.fr)

Check out his Little Darwin comic here: https://tapas.io/episode/1727663

Big thanks to all of the above and to Captain Spreadsheet for transatlantic technical (and moral) support.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.