The True History of the Blackadder (80 page)

Richardson, Miranda 186–9, 223–5, 246, 311, 384, 392, 400

Richardson, Peter 75, 99, 141

Riley, Andy 355

Ripping Yarns
158

Rivron, Rowland 218, 219n

Robbin, Barbara 219n

Robin Hood 81, 160

Robinson, Tom 50

Robinson, Tony 94–6, 232, 287

1st series 106, 124, 174

2nd series 183, 187–9, 204–5

3rd series 229, 230, 234, 241–3

on Atkinson 33–4, 116, 192, 245

Atkinson on 197

Back and Forth
355, 358, 362

Baldrick character 93, 96, 104, 183, 236, 236–7, 254, 292, 400

cast/colleagues 178, 196, 239, 298, 300, 308

Cavalier Years
258

“a cunning plan” 112

final episode (
Goes Forth
) 319

Fry on 184

on Laurie 234–5, 399

on Lloyd 251, 297

Lloyd on 107

Maid Marian
283–4, 325n, 356

other work 63, 96, 103, 128–9, 130, 166, 184, 227–8, 246, 253, 279, 282–3, 285, 356–7, 391, 400n

pilot 96, 98

politics and charity work 375–6, 380

potential
Blackadders
395–9

on Richardson 187–9

writing 228, 282, 283

Roland Rat 228

Room 101
378

Ross, Jonathan 257

Ross, Sandy 143

Rothwell, Talbot 84, 85

‘Rotten Boroughs’ 240, 245

Rowan Atkinson Live in Belfast
69

Rowan Atkinson’s Presents … Canned Laughter
43–6

Rowan Atkinson’s Profiles
40

Rowley, Laurie 46

Royal Family 369–70

Royal Variety Performances 69, 176, 369, 370, 373

Royle Family, The
377

Rudman, Michael 33

Rudner, Rita 347

Russell Beale, Simon 150, 365

Russian revolution, the 393

Sabotage!
365

Sacred Cows
40

Sam on Boff’s Island
95

Sarchet, Tony 25, 130, 227

Sastry, Sunetra 203, 204, 326

Saturday Live
158, 217, 219, 223, 229, 341

Saturday Night Fry
227

Saunders, Jennifer 171, 172, 275n, 280, 284, 338, 384, 389

Savident, John 93

Sawalha, Julia 362

Sax, Geoffrey 44

Sayle, Alexei 73, 75, 166, 215, 284

Scacchi, Greta 101

‘Scarlet Pimpernel’ 240

Schofield, Philip 258

‘Schoolmaster’ sketch 33, 34, 50, 70, 73

science fiction 396

Scooby Doo
335

Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer
259

Secret Policeman’s Ball, The
50, 72, 88, 213, 282

sets 31, 192, 232, 319

Seven Network 111

Severance
232

Shakespeare 16, 64, 151, 244n, 401

Atkinson and 21

Back and Forth
306, 364

and
Blackadder
102, 110, 117, 134, 181, 231, 311

Blessed on 104

Curtis and 41, 82

influence of 339–40

Mayall and 74

‘So That’s the Way You Like it’ sketch 87

‘Shakespeare Masterclass’ 151, 166

‘Shakespeare Sketch, The’ 309

Shand, Neil 215

Shardlow, Martin 105, 116, 128, 129, 185, 335

Shaw, Sandie 350

Shearer, Paul 150, 156

Shelley
246

Sherrin, Ned 86

Shue, Larry 176

Silly Cow
342

Six Wives of Blackadder
,
The
392

Sky 368

Slattery, Tony 150

Sleepy Hollow
384

Slings and Arrows
378n

Sloman, Roger 76, 121

‘Small Sketch, A’ 309

Smith, Mel 22, 48, 56, 59, 71, 79, 80, 129, 167, 267, 268

Smith, Mike 256

Sno 7 and the White Dwarfs
13

‘So That’s the Way You Like it’ sketch 87

songs 59, 79, 248–9, 268n, 279, 312, 334

sound effects 70, 247

Sparks, Richard 33, 73

Spider-Plant Man
380

Spitting Image
46–7, 130, 161, 163, 201, 203, 222, 229, 249, 268n, 325, 355

St Mary’s Street Hall 30

Stalag Luft
347

Stanshall, Vivian 157

Staradder
396

Stark
266, 267

Stay Tooned
284

Steadman, Alison 56

Steadman, Ralph 166

Steed, Maggie 53

Steen, Steve 243

Stephenson, Pamela 56, 80, 90

Stephenson’s Rocket
90

Stewart, Rod 379

Stigwood, Robert 13

Stilgoe, Richard 42, 76

Story of Elsie and Jane, The
228

Stroud, John 391

Sun, The
81, 323

Sunday People
367

Sunday Times
358

Sweeney, Jim 243

Tales from Fat Tulip’s Garden
228

Tales from the Poopdeck
251, 390

Talkback 80

Tall Guy, The
41n, 267–9, 370

Tambor, Jeffrey 258

Tarses, Jay 390

Tati, Jacques 19, 28, 176

Tatler
204

Tavener, Mark 382

Taylor, Tim 357

Telegraph, The
25, 51, 204

Tesco 364

Tewson, Jane 167, 213, 214

Thames TV 332

That Was the Week That Was
129

Thatcher era 49, 222, 245, 394–5

That’s Life
10

That’s Love
285

theatre 270, 379

There’s Nothing to Worry About
143, 157

Theseus and Odysseus: The Greatest Hero of Them All
228

Thick of It, The
383

Thin Blue Line, The (TTBL)
341–7, 377

This is David Lander
227–8

Thomas, Hugh 41

Thompson, Emma 144–5, 149

Alfresco
159–60

Cellar Tapes, The
151, 153

Happy Families
172

Me and My Girl
165, 172

Saturday Live
223

Tall Guy, The
269

Thorndike, Daniel 201

Thorpe, Antony 192, 231

Three of a Kind
76

Tickets for the Titanic
246

Tiger Aspect 332, 342, 357

Time Bandits
119

Time Out
35, 176

Time Team
357

Times, The
12, 99, 244n, 296

Tiswas
238

To the Manor Born
39

Toksvig, Sandi 144

‘Tom, Dick and Harry’ 282

Tonight’s the Night
379

‘Top of the Form’ sketch 73

Townshend, Pete 50

‘Trouble’ 167

Troughton, Michael 248

Turvey, Kevin 76–7

TVAM 228

Twice a Fortnight
88

UKTV Gold 389

Ullman, Tracey 76

undergraduate humour 126

University Challenge
154, 165

Unpleasantness at Brodie’s Close, The
14, 27

Unstead, R.J. 102

UNTV
162

Unwin, Stanley
166

Up
franchise 86, 87, 89, 123, 250, 288

USA 74, 77, 80, 224, 258–9, 333, 335

Vicar of Dibley, The
339–41, 345