The True History of the Blackadder (76 page)

Blick, Hugo 307

Boat that Rocked, The
97n, 380, 401

Boden, Richard 275, 291, 319, 320

Bond, James 68

Bonneville, Hugh 30n

books 22, 60, 80, 216, 228

Boom Boom Out Go the Lights
75

‘Born to Be King’ 125

Bostock-Smith, Colin 57, 130

Bottom
308

Bowie, David 72

Bradbury, Nicola 275

Brambell, Wilfrid 115, 239

Branagh, Kenneth 347, 364

Brett, Simon 9, 10, 37

Brewis, Peter 59

Bridget Jones’s Diary
380

British Comedy Awards 345

Broadbent, Jim 56, 101, 119, 120, 173, 201, 227, 274, 362, 380, 384

Brooke-Taylor, Tim 50n

Brookside
309

Brown, Gerry 10

Bundle of Bungles, A
43

Burkiss Way, The
12, 14, 40, 44n

Bush, Kate 217

Byrne, John 251

Byrne, Patsy 184, 185, 189, 191, 199, 274, 284, 406

Callow, Simon 53, 54, 281

Cambridge University 5, 6, 146, 148

Canter, Jon 10

‘Cape and Capability’ 246

Captain Blood 390

‘Captain Cook’ 302

Carrington, Simon 368

Carry On
franchise 84, 89, 123, 244, 250

cars 60, 116, 370, 384, 395

cartoons 334

Castle, The
390

Cause Celeb
216

Cecil, Kevin 355

Cell Mates
352

Cellar Tapes, The
149, 150, 151, 153, 154, 347

Central School of Speech and Drama 95

Central TV 162

Central Weekend Live
215

‘Chains’ 202, 243

Chambers, Emma 340

Channel 4 129, 143, 160, 217, 357

Chapman, Graham 12, 50n, 53, 113, 148, 217

charity work 50, 72, 73, 167, 213–5, 254, 282, 372, 376, 402

Charles, Craig 389

Charles, HRH Prince 369–73

Chelmsford 123
285, 286, 363

Cheltenham Literary Festival 103

Children in Need 254–6

children’s television 43, 95, 228, 253, 282–3, 284, 390

chocolates 388–9

church organs 22, 28, 114

Clarke, Warren 246, 406

Clarke-Jervoise, Sophie 357

Cleese, John 6, 12, 27, 34, 39, 47–8, 50, 57, 73, 122n

Clement, Dick 68

Colin, Sid 86

Collins, Forbes 283

Coltrane, Robbie 76n, 103, 128, 155–6, 159, 165–6, 223, 240–3, 274, 384

Comedy Store 49, 73, 75, 77, 103, 141, 142, 155

Comic Relief 205, 213–7, 224n, 253, 256–8, 334, 361, 368, 376, 388, 401

and Curtis 213, 214, 229, 258, 282, 302, 324, 362, 380

Comic Strip 77, 99, 141, 142, 156, 219n, 384

Comic Strip Presents, The
143, 238

comics 324, 360n, 380

Common Pursuit, The
280

complaints 228–9, 279, 288

Complete & Utter History of Britain, The
88

compliance people 223, 279

Connolly, Billy 50, 73, 166, 217

Connor, Kenneth 244

‘Constable Savage’ 59

Cook, Peter 6, 35, 39, 50–2, 113–4, 157, 163, 167, 219n, 227, 282

Cook, Ron 98n

Corbett, Ronnie 217, 221, 350

Cornes, Lee 217, 223, 243, 406

‘Corporal Punishment’ 305, 306

costumes 47, 98, 106, 117, 180, 195, 230, 251, 307

Cotton, Bill 28, 36

credits 125, 181, 247, 251, 252, 300, 302, 367–8

criticism 125–6, 152, 226

Crocker, Jo 406

Cross, John Keir 232

Crossing, Peter 213

Cryer, Barry 215, 405

Crystal Cube, The
160, 280

Cumming, Alan 30n, 335

Curse of Fatal Death, The
361

Curtis, Richard 14–8

1st series 102–3, 106, 112, 124–5, 127, 128

2nd series 168–9, 170, 180–1, 186, 202

3rd series 202, 224, 230, 235, 241, 247

4th series 287, 289, 291, 296, 298, 305, 312, 318, 321

acting 72, 269

on Atkinson 20, 245, 268

Atkinson on 22, 31–2

Back and Forth
354–5, 357, 358, 361, 364

on Baldrick character 183, 292

Bernard & the Genie
335–7

on
Blackadder
403–4

‘Blackadder in Bethlehem’ 271, 273

Blackadder
in schools 323, 404

charity work 167, 213–6, 256–8, 324

Christmas Carol
273, 279

Comic Relief 213, 214, 229, 258, 282, 302, 324, 361, 362, 380

Doctor Who
361–2

Edinburgh 55

on Elton 174–5, 241, 387

honours 375

ideas for
Blackadder
81, 89, 90

an involved writer 299

on Laurie 234

‘Between the Lines’ charity script 402–3

Madness 167–8

on Mayall 194, 195

and McInnerny 92, 318

McInnerny on 241

movies 267, 325, 335, 337–8, 362, 380

Mr Bean
333

Not the Nine O’Clock News
58, 79

Oxford University 28–30

pilot 99

potential
Blackadders
389, 391, 392, 394, 399

radio 40

relationships 24, 28, 216, 337

on Richardson 187

Robinson on 300

Royal Family 370

and Shakespeare 41, 82

‘Shakespeare Sketch, The’ 309, 311

Tall Guy, The
267–8

tension on
Blackadder
296–9

Vicar of Dibley, The
338–9

warming-up 302–3

writing 17, 57–8, 72, 128, 161–4

writing with Elton 163–4, 174–6, 241, 297–8, 341, 401

writing with Robinson 228, 282–3

Young Ones, The
103

Curtis, Tony 23

Dad’s Army
87, 163, 257, 288, 305, 342, 343, 394, 400

Daily Mail
69, 226, 373

Dale, Michael 69

Dance with a Stranger
187, 188

Dangerous Brothers 217, 219

Dark Ages
389

Darling character 294–6

Davies, John Howard 332

Dawkins, Patricia 345

Dawson, Les 247

de la Tour, Andy 171

Dead Famous
267

Dead on Time
100

Death on the Toilet
74

Deayton, Angus 22, 30, 31, 59, 224, 227, 268, 285–6, 326, 326n

Delve Special
227

Desert Island Discs
58, 150

Devil’s Whore, The
384

Dickens, Charles 275, 390

Dicks-Mireaux, Odile 117

‘Dictionary’ 240–1

Didn’t You Kill My Mother-in-Law?
76–7

dinnerladies
377

directing 178, 188, 202, 275–6

‘Dish and Dishonesty’ 245, 274

‘Divorce service’ sketch 73

Do Not Adjust Your Set
88

Doctor Who
37, 361

Dodd, Ken 257

Dogs, Les
384

Double Take
53

Dr Snuggles
37

Dreyfus, James 345, 355n

Dudley, Anne 349

‘Duel’ 240

Dundee University Theatre Group 21, 29

Dungeons and Dragons 37

Dwyer, Penny 150

Dyall, Valentine 115

East, Robert 104, 107, 109, 113, 406

Eastman, Brian 348

Eddington, Paul 53

Edge of Darkness
233

Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Atkinson and 20, 27, 29, 32, 55, 68–9, 152, 224

Cellar Tapes, The
151–2

Lloyd and 9, 13–4, 32

Mayall and Edmondson 74

Nightcap
144