Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast

Bonus Episode 04: Full Interview with Mike Haskins

Welcome to the Lord of Adders Black fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the universe of cult sitcom Blackadder while diving off at the occasional gleeful tangent.

As we are taking a short break from recording this week, here is a bonus episode from our hallowed vaults: our full interview with comedy writer Mike Haskins, who waxes lyrical about his time writing for the likes of Griff Rhys Jones and Hale & Pace. He also talks about how Peter Cook ended up bequeathing his porn collection to Griff Rhys Jones …

Mike also gives us a comedy writer’s insight into what makes Blackadder such a memorable and influential creation and we revisit this and other comedies from the same era, with clips, laughs and larks a-plenty.

Oh … and we’ve started a new poll asking Blackadder fans to rate the four series of Blackadder in order of fluffiness.

Simply click on the link to take part. As with the last poll, there is no need to sign up: just make your choices and press Send.

https://app.sli.do/event/qcMeAXNSL1yUshzRiJNMLB

Here is a link to the Lord Of Adders Black 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

More information about Jem Roberts and his creative exploits can be found at:

jemroberts.com and talesofbritain.com

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

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-True-History-of-the-Blackadder-Audiobook/B0C82XDHPY?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp  

As always, you can find the Ronald Lacey Fans Twitter account at @RonaldLaceyFans

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

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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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