The True History of the Blackadder (63 page)
SERIES CREDITS
Written by
RICHARD CURTIS & ROWAN ATKINSON
With additional dialogue by
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Music by | HOWARD GOODALL |
Graphic Designer | STEVE CONNELLY |
Production Assistant | JAN HALLETT |
Assistant Floor Manager | HILARY BEVAN-JONES |
Costume Designer | ODILE DICKS-MIREAUX |
Make-Up Designer | DEANNE TURNER |
Technical Manager | TERRY BRETT |
Lighting | BRIAN CLEMETT |
Sound | RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN |
Production Manager | MARCUS MORTIMER |
Videotape Editor | MYKOLA PAWLUK |
Vision Mixer | ANGELA WILSON |
Designers | NIGEL CURZON, CHRIS HULL |
Director | MARTIN SHARDLOW |
Producer | JOHN LLOYD |
A BBC TV Production in association with the Seven Network, Australia. Made in glorious TELEVISION. |
BLACKADDER II
Recorded 30 May (EXT), 9 June
–
7 July 1985
1) BELLS – TX 09/01/86 BBC1
Edmund Blackadder | ROWAN ATKINSON |
Lord Percy | TIM McINNERNY |
Baldrick | TONY ROBINSON |
Queen Elizabeth I | MIRANDA RICHARDSON |
Lord Melchett | STEPHEN FRY |
Nursie | PATSY BYRNE |
AND | |
Kate | GABRIELLE GLAISTER |
Flashheart | RIK MAYALL |
Dr Leech | JOHN GRILLO |
Kate’s Father | EDWARD JEWESBURY |
Wisewoman | BARBARA MILLER |
Young Crone | SADIE SHIMMIN |
2) HEAD – TX 16/01/86
Lady Farrow | HOLLY DE JONG |
Gaoler Ploppy | BILL WALLIS |
Mrs Ploppy | LINDA POLAN |
Earl Farrow | PATRICK DUNCAN |
3) POTATO – TX 23/01/86
Captain Rum | TOM BAKER |
Sir Walter Raleigh | SIMON JONES |
4) MONEY – TX 06/02/86
Bishop of Bath and Wells | RONALD LACEY |
Molly | CASSIE STUART |
Mrs Pants | LESLEY NICOL |
Mr Pants | BARRY CRAINE |
Arthur the Sailor | JOHN PIERCE JONES |
Mad Beggar/Minstrel | TONY AITKEN |
Leonardo Acropolis | PHILIP POPE |
Messenger | PIERS IBBOTSON |
5) BEER – TX 13/02/86
Lady Whiteadder | MIRIAM MARGOLYES |
Lord Whiteadder | DANIEL THORNDIKE |
Simon Partridge | HUGH LAURIE |
Geoffrey Piddle | ROGER BLAKE |
Monk | WILLIAM HOOTKINS |
6) CHAINS – TX 20/02/86
Prince Ludwig | HUGH LAURIE |
Torturer | MAX HARVEY |
1st Guard | MARK ARDEN |
2nd Guard | LEE CORNES |
SERIES CREDITS
Written by | RICHARD CURTIS & BEN ELTON |
Music by | HOWARD GOODALL |
Graphic Designer | GRAHAM KERN |
Costume Designer | ANNIE HARDINGE |
Make-Up Designer | VICKY POCOCK |
Production Assistant | AMITA LOCHAB |
Assistant Floor Manager | SARAH GOWERS |
Videotape Editor | CHRIS WADSWORTH |
Technical Co-Ordinator | RAY HIDER |
Lighting | DON BABBAGE |
Sound | NEIL SADWICK |
Production Manager | PRUE SAENGER |
Designer | ANTONY THORPE |
Director | MANDIE FLETCHER |
Producer | JOHN LLOYD |
© BBC MCMLXXXV A.D. |
BLACKADDER THE THIRD
Recorded 5 June
–
20 July 1987
For the BENEFIT of SEVERAL VIEWERS MR CURTIS & MR ELTON’S Much Admir’d Comedy … was performed with appropriate Scenery, Dresses etc. by …
1) DISH AND DISHONESTY – TX 17/09/87 9.30pm BBC1
Edmund Blackadder | MR ROWAN ATKINSON |
Baldrick, a dogsbody | MR TONY ROBINSON |
The Prince Regent, their master | MR HUGH LAURIE |
Mrs Miggins, a coffee shoppekeeper | MISS HELEN ATKINSON-WOOD |
AND | |
Mr Vincent Hanna, his own great-great-great-grandfather | MR VINCENT HANNA |
Sir Talbot Buxomly | MR DENIS LILL |
Pitt the Younger, the Prime Minister | MR SIMON OSBORNE |
Ivor Biggun, a candidate | MR GEOFF McGIVERN |
Pitt the Even Younger, a tiny Whig | MASTER DOMONIC MARTELLI |
2) INK AND INCAPABILITY – TX 24/09/87
Dr Samuel Johnson, noted for his fat dictionary | MR ROBBIE COLTRANE |
Shelley, romantic junkie poet | MR LEE CORNES |
Byron, romantic junkie poet | MR STEVE STEEN |
Coleridge, romantic junkie poet | MR JIM SWEENEY |
3) NOB AND NOBILITY – TX 01/10/87
Lord Topper, fop | MR TIM McINNERNY |
Lord Smedley, fop | MR NIGEL PLANER |
Ambassador, a fearsome revolutionary | MR CHRIS BARRIE |
4) SENSE AND SENILITY – TX 08/10/87
Keanrick, thespian | MR HUGH PADDICK |
Mossop, thespian | MR KENNETH CONNOR |
Anarchist | MR BEN ELTON |
5) AMY AND AMIABILITY – TX 15/10/87
Amy Hardwood, the elusive Shadow | MISS MIRANDA RICHARDSON |
Mr Hardwood, her father | MR WARREN CLARKE |
Sally Cheapside, a young lady of doubtful virtue | MISS BARBARA HORNE |
The Duke of Cheapside, her father | MR ROGER AVON |
6) DUEL AND DUALITY – TX 22/10/87
The Duke of Wellington, a famous soldier | MR STEPHEN FRY |
King George III, a mad Monarch | MR GERTAN KLAUBER |
SERIES CREDITS
Music (never perform’d before) | MR HOWARD GOODALL |
Designer of graphics | MR GRAHAM McCALLUM |
Buyer of properties | MISS JUDY FARR |
Designer of costumes | MISS ANNIE HARDINGE |
Designer of make-up | MISS VICKY POCOCK |
Mixer of vision | MISS SUE COLLINS |
Designer of visual effects | MR STUART MURDOCH |
Editor of videotape | MR CHRIS WADSWORTH |
Assistant to production | MISS NICKY COCKCROFT |
Assistant manager of floors | MR DUNCAN COOPER |
Manager of production | MISS OLIVIA HILL |
Designer | MR ANTONY THORPE |
Director | MISS MANDIE FLETCHER |
Producer | MR JOHN LLOYD |
To conclude with Rule Britannia in full chorus. | |
NO MONEY RETURN’D |
BLACKADDER: THE CAVALIER YEARS
Recorded 10 January 1988, TX 05/02/88 BBC1
Sir Edmund Blackadder | ROWAN ATKINSON |
Baldrick | TONY ROBINSON |
King Charles I | STEPHEN FRY |
Oliver Cromwell | WARREN CLARKE |
Narrator | HARRY ENFIELD |