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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

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