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Authors: J. F. Roberts

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The Arts Desk:
theartsdesk.com
; BFI Database:
bfi.org.uk
; Blackadder @ BBC:
bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder
; Blackadder Hall (Unofficial):
blackadderhall.com
; Book Aid International:
bookaid.org
; Car pool: carpool.co.uk; Comic Relief:
comicrelief.com
; Footlights:
footlights.org
; Howard Goodall Official:
howardgoodall.co.uk
; Idler:
idler.co.uk
; Ken Plume Interviews:
asitecalledfred.com
; More Intelligent Life:
moreintelligentlife.com
; Movieweb:
movieweb.com
; Mustard Magazine:
mustardweb.org
; New Humanist:
newhumanist.org.uk
; Oxford Revue:
oxfordrevue.com
; Oxford Student News:
Cherwell.org
; PBJ Management:
pbjmgt.co.uk
; Phil McIntyre Management:
mcintyre-ents.com
; QI Official:
qi.com
; Queenie’s Cunning Page:
lunaestas.com/blackadder
; SOTCAA:
sotcaa.net
; Tibby’s Bowl Online Entertainment:
tibbybowl.com
; Tiger Aspect:
tigeraspect.co.uk
; Tim McInnerny fansite:
tim-mcinnerny.webs.com
; Tony Robinson fansite:
unofficialtonyrobinsonwebsite.co.uk
; TV Time Warp:
tv-timewarp.co.uk

Fig. 2 BLACKADDER EPISODE GUIDE

THE BLACK ADDER (UNTRANSMITTED PILOT)

Recorded 20 June 1982
Prince Edmund

ROWAN ATKINSON

The King

JOHN SAVIDENT

The Queen

ELSPET GRAY

Prince Henry

ROBERT BATHURST

Percy

TIM McINNERNY

Baldrick

PHILIP FOX

McAngus

ALEX NORTON

Rudkin

SIMON GIPPS-KENT

Jesuit

OENGUS MACNAMARA

 

Written by

RICHARD CURTIS & ROWAN ATKINSON

Music by

HOWARD GOODALL

Director

GEOFF POSNER

Executive Producer

JOHN HOWARD DAVIES

THE BLACK ADDER

Recorded February (EXT), 10 April

15 May 1983

1) THE FORETELLING – TX 15/06/83 BBC1

Cast in Order of Precedence
Richard III

PETER COOK

Richard IV

BRIAN BLESSED

Henry VII

PETER BENSON

Harry, Prince of Wales

ROBERT EAST

Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh

ROWAN ATKINSON

Percy, Duke of Northumberland

TIM McINNERNY

The Queen

ELSPET GRAY

Painter

PHILIP KENDALL

Goneril

KATHLEEN ST JOHN

Regan

BARBARA MILLER

Cordelia

GRETCHEN FRANKLIN

Baldrick

TONY ROBINSON

2) BORN TO BE KING – TX 06/07/83

Cast in Geographical Order
The Laird of Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles

ROWAN ATKINSON

Richard XII of Scotland

BRIAN BLESSED

McAngus, Duke of Argyll

ALEX NORTON

Percy, Duke of Northumberland

TIM McINNERNY

Gertrude, Queen of Flanders

ELSPET GRAY

Harry, Prince of Wales

ROBERT EAST

Baldrick, Bachelor of the Parish of Chigwell

TONY ROBINSON

Jumping Jew of Jerusalem

ANGUS DEAYTON

Celia, Countess of Cheltenham

JOOLIA CAPPLEMAN

Sir Dominick Prique of Stratford

MARTIN CLARKE

2nd Wooferoonie

MARTIN SOAN

3rd Wooferoonie

MALCOLM HARDEE

Messenger

DAVID NUNN

3) THE ARCHBISHOP – TX 29/06/83

Cast in Order of Reverence
Herbert, Archbishop of Canterbury

PAUL McDOWELL

Godfrey, Archbishop of Canterbury

ARTHUR HEWLETT

Percy, Bishop of Ramsgate

TIM McINNERNY

William, Bishop of London

ARTHUR HEWLETT

Mother Superior

JOYCE GRANT

Sister Sara

CAROLYN COLQUOHOUN

Harry, Prince of Wales

ROBERT EAST

The Queen

ELSPET GRAY

The Duke of Winchester

RUSSELL ENOCH

Cain, A Peasant

BERT PARNABY

Abel, A Peasant

ROY EVANS

Messenger

DAVID NUNN

Sir Justin de Boinod

BILL WALLIS

Sir George de Boeuf

DAVID DELVE

Lord Graveney

LESLIE SANDS

Brother Baldrick

TONY ROBINSON

King Richard IV

BRIAN BLESSED

Edmund, Archbishop of Canterbury

ROWAN ATKINSON

4) THE QUEEN OF SPAIN’S BEARD – TX 22/06/83

Cast in Affable Order
Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh

ROWAN ATKINSON

King Richard IV

BRIAN BLESSED

The Queen

ELSPET GRAY

Harry, Prince of Wales

ROBERT EAST

Percy

TIM McINNERNY

Baldrick

TONY ROBINSON

Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain

MIRIAM MARGOLYES

Don Speekingleesh, An Interpreter

JIM BROADBENT

Mrs Applebottom

JANE FREEMAN

Rev. Lloyd

JOHN RAPLEY

Mr Applebottom

HOWARD LEW LEWIS

Lord Chiswick

STEPHEN TATE

1st Messenger

KENN WELLS

2nd Messenger

RICHARD MITCHLEY

3rd & 4th Messengers

DAVID NUNN

Archbishop

WILLOUGHBY GODDARD

Princess Leia of Hungary

NATASHA KING

Lady on Ramparts

HARRIET KEEVIL

5) WITCHSMELLER PURSUIVANT – TX 13/07/83

Cast in Order of Witchiness
The Great Grumbledook

ROWAN ATKINSON

The Witchsmeller Pursuivant

FRANK FINLAY

The Witch Queen

ELSPET GRAY

Percy, A Witch

TIM McINNERNY

Baldrick, A Witch

TONY ROBINSON

Ross, A Lord

RICHARD MURDOCH

Angus, A Lord

VALENTINE DYALL

Fife, A Lord

PETER SCHOFIELD

Soft, A Guard

STEPHEN FROST

Anon, A Guard

MARK ARDEN

Daft Ned, A Peasant

PERRY BENSON

Dim Cain, A Peasant

BERT PARNABY

Dumb Abel, A Peasant

ROY EVANS

Dopey Jack, A Peasant

FORBES COLLINS

Officer, An Officer

PATRICK DUNCAN

Jane Firkettle

BARBARA MILLER

Princess Leia

NATASHA KING

Piers, A Yeoman

HOWARD LEW LEWIS

Mrs Field, A Goodwife

SARAH THOMAS

Mrs Tyler, A Goodwife

LOUISE GOLD

Richard IV, A King

BRIAN BLESSED

Stuntman

GARETH MILNE

6) THE BLACK SEAL – TX 20/07/83

Cast in Order of Disappearance
Murdered Lord

JOHN CARLISLE

Cain, A blind beggar

BERT PARNABY

Abel, A blind beggar

ROY EVANS

Trusting Father

FORBES COLLINS

Person of unrestricted growth

DES WEBB

Old Man

JOHN BARRARD

Mad Gerald

HIMSELF (RIK MAYALL)

Pigeon Vendor

PERRY BEVON

Friar Bellows

PAUL BROOKE

Jack Large

BIG MICK

Three-Fingered Pete

ROGER SLOMAN

Guy de Glastonbury

PATRICK MALAHIDE

Sir Wilfred Death

JOHN HALLAM

The Hawk

PATRICK ALLEN

Sean the Irish Bastard

RON COOK

Harry

ROBERT EAST

The Queen

ELSPET GRAY

Richard IV

BRIAN BLESSED

The Black Adder

ROWAN ATKINSON

Baldrick

TONY ROBINSON

Percy

TIM McINNERNY

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