* "Madder than Mad Gerald McMad?, winner of last year's Mr Madman competition." * "I've got a plan so cunning, you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel." |
* "Madder than Mad Jack McMad, winner of last year's Mr Madman competition." * "I've got a plan so cunning, you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel." or "As cunning as a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University." |
* "I'm as weary as a dog with no legs that's just climbed Ben Nevis" |
* The Black Adder - Middle Ages * Black Adder II - Elizabethan * Black Adder III - Regency * Blackadder Goes Forth - World War I |
* The Black Adder (Middle Ages) - The Foretelling, Born to be King, The Archbishop, The Queen of Spain's Beard, Witchsmeller Pursuivant, The Black Seal. * Blackadder II (Elizabethan) - Bells, Head, Potato, Money, Beer, Chains. * Blackadder The Third (Regency) - Dish and Dishonesty, Ink and Incapability, Nob and Nobility, Sense and Senility, Amy and Amibility, Duel and Duality. * Blackadder Goes Forth (World War I) - Captain Cook, Corporal Punishment, Major Star, Private Plane, General Hospital, Goodbyeee. |
* Lord Percy |
* Lord Percy; Capt. Darling; Lord Topper and Lord Frou-Frou (Tim McInnerny?) * Scarlet Pimpernel (Tim McInnerny? and Nigel Planer) |
* Lt.George/Prince? George ([Hugh Laurie]?) * Lord/General? Melchett?; The Duke of Wellington (Stephen Fry) * Queenie; Highwaywoman (Miranda Richardson) * Nursie * Lord Flasheart (Rik Mayall) * 'Bob'?(aka Kate); Cpl. Parkhurst * Capt. Darling (Tim McInnerny?) * Firing squad * Mr. & Mrs. Ploppy * a guest appearance by [Ben Jonson]? played by [Robbie Coltrane]? * Mrs. Miggins * Lord Frou-Frou * Scarlet Pimpernel * Evil Revolutionary * Wise woman of Putney heath * [Mad Beggar]? (Poor Tom) |
* Prince Ludwig; Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St Bartleigh; Prince George ([Hugh Laurie]?) * Lord/General Melchett?; The Duke of Wellington (Stephen Fry) * Queenie; Amy Hardwood (Miranda Richardson) * Nursie (Patsy Byrne) * Lord Flashheart (Rik Mayall) * Bob/Kate; Cpl. Parkhurst (Gabrielle Glaister) * Firing squad - Sgt. Jones and Privates Fraser, Robinson and Tipplewick (Stephen Frost, Lee Cornes, Paul Mark Elliot, Jeremy Gittins) * Gaoler Ploppy (Bill Wallis) * Mrs Ploppy (Linda Polan) * a guest appearance by [Samuel Johnson]? played by [Robbie Coltrane]? * Mrs. Miggins (Helen Atkinson-Wood) * Evil Revolutionary (Chris Barrie) * Wise woman of Putney heath (Babara Miller) * [Mad Beggar]? (Tom Aitken) |
* Mr Hardcastle * His daughter (a highwayman) * King 'Penguin' (aka George) * Sir Walter Raleigh * Witchsmeller persuivant * Isabella (ugly Spanish infanta), Lady Whiteadder |
* Mr Hardwood (Warren Clarke) * King George III (Gertan Klauber) * Sir Walter Raleigh (Simon Jones) * Witchsmeller persuivant (Frank Finlay) * Isabella (ugly Spanish infanta), Lady Whiteadder (Miriam Margolyes) * Lord Whiteadder (Daniel Thorndike) * Mollie (Cassie Stuart) |
It popularised the use of similie and associated devices for comic effect in the UK. Examples include:
Four series:
Specials:
Characters:
Written by [Ben Elton]? and [Richard Curtis]?. (with additional dialogue by Wm. Shakespeare)