The True History of the Blackadder (79 page)

2nd series 185, 200–1

4th series 274

on Atkinson 119

other work 53, 76, 95, 281, 384

potential
Blackadders
399–400

Marks, Laurence 247

Marriott, Steve 94

Marshall, Andrew 52

Mason, John 12

Mayall, Rik 73–7, 137–8, 237

1st series 121–2

2nd series 194–6

3rd series 247

Atkinson on 196

Back and Forth
362

charity work 166–7, 214, 257

on Elton 141

headlines 352–3

other work 171, 173, 220–1, 247–8, 266, 280, 308, 335, 352, 379n, 384

potential
Blackadders
394

relationships 99, 137, 219

Young Ones, The
99, 142–3

Maybe Baby
354, 378

Mayer, Lise 99, 137, 138, 142, 219, 326n, 333n

Mayhew, Arthur 390

Mayhew Archer, Paul 341

McGivern, Geoffrey 10, 286, 349

McGough, Roger 166, 323

McGrath, Rory 30, 39, 129, 130, 144, 285, 287, 377

McInnerny, Tim 23–4

1st series 106, 107, 112, 127

2nd series 182

3rd series 247

4th series 287, 294, 301, 312, 320

on Atkinson 193

Back and Forth
365

Christmas Carol
273

on Cook 114

on Curtis 241

Darling character 294, 296

on George character 233

on the humour 126

leaving
Blackadder
232

on Margolyes 201

on Mayall 196

other work 354, 383–4, 385, 390

Oxford University 22, 92

Percy character 92, 112, 182–3, 203n, 232

potential
Blackadders
391

on Richardson 189

on Tom Baker 200

warm-ups 192

McIntyre, Phil 171

McKenna, Bernard 12

McMillan, Anthony 76

Me and My Girl
165, 172, 174, 227, 233, 249

‘Meaningless Songs in Very High Voices’ 59

Melchett character 134, 184, 293

Melville, Pauline 75, 275

merchandise 60, 80, 334, 388

Middlemass, Frank 53

Miggins, Mrs, character 238, 239–40, 251

Millar, Jonathan 87

Millennium Dome 354–6, 358, 359, 364

Miller, Barbara 120

Miller, Jonathan 31

Mills, Michael 85

Mirror
178

Mitcheson, John 382

Moffat, Steven 362

Moir, Jim 168

‘Money’ 181, 200, 305

Monty Python
2, 8, 10, 12, 51, 58n, 59, 73, 77, 88, 163, 187, 198, 403

Moore, Dudley 17, 35, 51, 88, 282

Morris, Wayne 285

Morrison, Grant 324

Moss, Kate 362

Moving
186

Moxton-Browne, Bob 305

Mr Bean
43–4, 72, 176, 197, 327, 332–4, 342, 398–9

Mulville, Jimmy 30, 31, 59, 129, 130, 144, 228, 285, 287

Murdoch, Richard ‘Stinker’ 39, 115

Murdoch, Rupert 220, 244

Museum of Curiosity, The
382

music 59, 163, 229, 230, 349, 367–8, 383, 394

theme 123, 181–2, 251, 300, 320

Mustafa, Erkan 274n

My Beautiful Laundrette
267

Naked Video
76

Naylor, Doug 13, 162, 249

Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
,
The
355n

Nerd, The
176

Nether Wallop 166, 167, 217

Never Say Never Again
68

New Humanist
216, 339

New Millennium Experience Company
353

New Revue, The
224–5, 268

New Statesmen, The
248, 257

New York Times
226

Newcastle University 21

Newman, Nick 162

News Huddlines, The
11, 36

News Quiz, The
9, 11, 12, 36, 56

Nightcap
144, 145, 154

‘Nob and Nobility’ 247, 249

Nobbs, David 347

Noel Gay (agents) 27, 93, 149, 153, 157, 165, 173

Norton, Alex 93

Norton, Deborah 281

Not Again
78

Not in Front of the Audience
80

Not Just a Pretty Face
225, 333

Not Necessarily the News
80

NOT Not the Nine O’Clock News But … Rowan Atkinson in Revue - With Richard Curtis and Howard Goodall
71

Not Only But Also
120

Not the Nine O’Clock News
46–9, 55–9, 69, 78, 81, 96, 99, 106n, 129, 179, 325

Notting Hill
30n, 338, 354

Nunn, David 121, 274n

Nursie character 184–5

O’Donoghue, Denise 129, 130, 285

Office, The
377

O’Hanlon, Ardal 378

Old Flames
281

Oliver!
94, 139, 270, 385

Omnibus
217

On the Hour
41

O’Neal, Ryan 258

Only Fools and Horses
44n, 105, 119, 176, 191, 276, 316, 346, 354

Operation Good Guys
377

O.T.T.
238

“Oxbridge Comedy Mafia” 239

Oxford Road Show
142

Oxford University 5, 16, 20, 22, 23, 30–1

Paddick, Hugh 244

Palin, Michael 17, 50, 57, 88, 355, 382

Palmer, Geoffrey 314, 347

Panorama
40

Parsons, Nicholas 219n

Partridge, Alan 350

Peacock, Victoria 236

People Like Us
377

Percy character 91, 92, 122, 134, 182–3, 194

Perkins, Geoffrey 17, 37, 53, 162, 302, 342, 357

Perrier Awards 152

Peter Cook and Company
114

Peter’s Friends
347

‘Pianist’ sketch 50

Pile, Stephen 166

‘Pitt the Younger’ 244

Planer, Nigel 75, 101, 247

Play Away
95

Pleasure at Her Majesty’s
88

Plowman, Jon 25, 154, 355n

‘plumpening’ of scripts 202, 234, 250–1, 274, 297, 300, 401

politics 372–3, 384

Pollard, Justin 3, 67, 135, 211, 264, 265, 331, 406

Popcorn
342

Pope, Philip 59, 129, 162, 227, 243, 285

Posner, Geoff 103, 154, 164, 167, 168, 219, 276–7, 282, 350, 391, 406

Pratchett, Terry 95

Prehistoric Blackadder
392

Price, Peter 200

Prince Harry’s First Quiz Book
80

‘Private Plane’ 306, 307, 308, 309

producing 10, 79n, 99, 107, 185, 297, 300, 313

product placement 364

propaganda, historical 2–3, 62, 64–5, 99, 331

Puttnam, David 176

QI
67, 381, 382

Quarshie, Hugh 16

‘Queen of Spain’s Beard, The’ 118, 125

Queenie character 185, 188

Quote Unquote
11, 36

radio 12, 14, 36, 39, 40, 42, 217, 226, 227, 247, 255, 382, 389

Radio Active
22, 59, 162, 224, 341

Roadshow 238n

Radio Times
291, 298, 321, 395–6

‘Ranting Man’ sketch 80

Ravens, Jan 144, 150

records
see
albums

Red Dwarf
13, 93n, 182, 249, 341

Red Nose Day 256, 324, 381

see also
Comic Relief

RedAdder
393

Redmond, Siobhan 155

Renwick, David 12

Rhys Jones, Griff 6, 10, 13, 30, 31, 42, 47, 57, 80, 112, 129, 166, 257

Rich, Frank 226

Richard, Cliff 214