Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast

Bonus Episode 02: Upstart Crow

Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder – or, in this case, something a little different. As well as being the first two-hander since our first couple of episodes were released back in the primordial mists of June, this is the first in a series of occasional “off-topic episodes” in which we will be casting a loving but critical eye on sitcoms other than Blackadder.

Some of these will be shows that one of us loves and the other has never seen – but we will also be covering a handful of timeless classics that can claim to rival Blackadder in greatness and influence. Well, almost.

To set the ball rolling, we will be looking at a relatively recent sitcom that was new to both of us: Upstart Crow, a period comedy created and written by that up-and-coming young go-getter Ben Elton and starring David Mitchell as William Shakespeare.

We will be discussing whether Blackadder fans would warm to Upstart Crow (spoiler: yes, they would), what aspects and actors appeal to us most – and why one particular character annoys the bejaysus out of us. As always, there is lively discussion, wild tangents and more audio clips than you can shake a spear at.

The LOAB range of t-shirts sold on eBay by our friend Mike at Silly Tees, with £5 from each purchase going to Cancer Research UK – short link here: https://shorturl.at/6H6Q8

Jem Roberts:

jemroberts.com and talesofbritain.com

The True History Of The Black Adder – read by the author himself – is available on Audible:

Thanks to the following communities for their valuable support:

Reddit Blackadder community: www.reddit.com/r/blackadder/

Blackadder – quotes, clips and pictures: https://www.facebook.com/share/NVQ6pTtJt8Hzve9X/?mibextid=K35XfP

The Ultimate Blackadder Group:

https://www.facebook.com/share/aLnsHrXM4FiyejuK/?mibextid=K35XfP

Follow us:

Bluesky: @lordofaddersblack.bsky.social

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559091752318

Instagram: lord_of_adders_black

e-mail: [email protected]

Podcast credits:

Compiled and presented by Ian Winick and Michael J. Smith

Blackadder theme music by Howard Goodall

Intro music performed by Pank (@pankp007 on Twitter)

Outro music performed by Chin Topiwalla (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076430403956 

https://www.facebook.com/summer.s.spell.music)

 Cover art drawing by Pierre Breton ([email protected])

Check out his Little Darwin comic here: https://tapas.io/episode/1727663

Big thanks to all of the above and to Captain Spreadsheet for transatlantic technical (and moral) support

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