Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast

Episode 30: “Many Apoh-loh-ghies for the Inconwenience”

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 the title might suggest, the Scene Stealer for this episode is none other than the dastardly Prince Ludwig, a man whose powers of disguise know no limits – apart from, it would seem, his accent. We look at Hugh Laurie’s first major role in Blackadder and speculate on who else could have played that role and in what direction they might have taken it.

This episode also introduces the first of four interviews with special guests making the case about why their own preferred series of Blackadder is THE definitive one. To set the turnip rolling, we are joined by fellow podcaster, Queen fan and long-time friend of the show, Paul Bradbury, who waxes lyrical about his own personal favourite, Blackadder II. 

If you would like to send us a voice message to include in the show, we have set up a special page on SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/Lord_Of_Adders_Black. All you have to do is click on the link, record your message and press send. 

 “Waters of Love” sting used with kind permission from Randy Woods:

https://www.youtube.com/@RandyWoodsBand 

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  

Thanks to the following communities for their valuable support:

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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Podcast credits:

Compiled and presented by Ian Winick and Michael J. Smith 

Blackadder theme music by Howard Goodall 

Intro music performed by Pank (@pankp007.bsky.social on BlueSky) 

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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