Arden, Mark 121, 217, 305
armed forces 301–2
Armitage, Richard 27, 42, 45, 149, 153, 156, 173, 177, 227, 332, 406
As Seen on TV 280
Ash, Leslie 68, 101, 103
Aston, Mick 357
Aston Martins 60, 370, 395
Atkinson, Rowan 18–22
1st series 102, 105, 106, 115–9, 125, 127
2nd series 169, 170, 178, 180, 182, 191, 193, 203
3rd series 224, 231–2, 242–3, 250–2
4th series 288, 290, 296–8, 305, 307–8, 313, 323, 400
advertising 355
agents 26–7
Atkinson People, The 40–2
awards 69, 325
Back and Forth 355, 398
on Baldrick character 252, 254
Behind the Screen 297
Beyond a Joke 31–2
Blackadder axed 176–8
on Blackadder character 89–90, 127, 252, 291
cars and driving 60, 116, 384
charity work 50–1, 72–3, 167, 216n, 217, 309, 311, 380
Christmas Carol 270
Cornes on 243
on Curtis 22, 31
Edinburgh 20, 27, 29, 32, 55, 68–9, 152, 224
on Elton 196
final episode (Goes Forth) 318–9
on Fry 301
Fry on 195, 386
Goodall and 28
ideas for Blackadder 81, 87
Incitement to Religious Hatred Bill 385
leaving Not 77–8
on Mayall 196, 197, 307
on McInnerny 295
Mr Bean 332, 342
Never Say Never Again 68
Not the Nine O’Clock News 57–60, 80
other work 114, 176, 227, 270, 281, 314, 335, 338
Oxford University 28–33
perfectionism 115–6
potential Blackadders 393, 395, 396–7, 398
radio 40–2
relationships 68, 203–4, 326–7
on Richardson 187
Royal Family 369–70
Royal Variety Performances 69, 176, 369–70
stammer 33, 119, 193, 308
talent 24–6
Tall Guy, The 268–9
Thin Blue Line, The 342–3, 345, 346
Tiger TV 332
writing 107
Atkinson People, The 40
Atkinson-Wood, Helen 311, 342n, 382, 383, 390, 406
audiences
1st series 115, 126, 161
2nd series 190, 193
4th series 314
Back and Forth 360
lack of studio 126
live 190, 193, 308, 377, 391
and sound 247
warming-up 191–2, 303
Australia 125, 266, 378
awards
Atkinson 69
BAFTA 81, 246
International Emmy 128
Me and My Girl 227
Perrier Award 152
Popcorn 342
Thin Blue Line, The 345
Yes, Prime Minister 246
BAFTA 81, 231, 246, 325, 337, 349, 383
Baker, Tom 198, 199
Baldrick character 91, 106n, 236–7, 291–2
Atkinson on 252, 254
boils 237
“a cunning plan” 112, 122
Robinson on 93, 183, 292, 400
Barber, David 274n
Barclay, Humphrey 9, 28, 29, 36, 43, 45, 88, 114, 285, 382, 406
Barclaycard adverts 354–5, 385
Barker, Ronnie 221
Barlow, Patrick 119, 355n
Barrie, Chris 249
BatAdder 380
Bathurst, Robert 93, 143, 144, 285, 355n
BBC 13, 28, 37, 194, 204, 220, 232, 368
audience tickets 115
axing Blackadder 176–8
Bar 221, 237
Bit of Fry and Laurie, A 349–50
CBBC 253, 390
Comic Relief 257
costumes 98, 230
Crystal Cube, The 160
industrial action 96
Light Entertainment 12, 124, 178
and Lloyd 9, 11, 12, 13, 47, 325
and pilots 97
rehearsal rooms 109
Scotland 76
Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie 334
Beautiful Game, The 379
‘Beer’ 200
Behind the Screen 297
Bell, Simon 216n
‘Bells’ 181, 194, 196
Bennett, Alan 17, 87
Bennett-Jones, Peter 30n, 171, 213, 332, 357, 406
Bentine, Michael 215
Bergman, Martin 143, 153, 347
Berkeley, Ballard 53
Bernard & the Genie 335–7
Bernards 30, 100, 184
‘Between the Lines’ charity script 402–3
Bevan-Jones, Hilary 97, 111
Beyond a Joke 31, 32, 35, 41
Beyond the Fringe 50, 87
Big Top 391
Biggins, Christopher 101
Billingham, Mark 356
Bird, John 382
Birkin, John 314
Birt, John 29
Bit of Fry and Laurie, A 201, 281, 349, 351
Black Death 384
‘Black Seal, The’ 168
Blackadder
American versions 258–9
axed 176
Blackadder character 89–90, 127, 252, 291
Cavalier Years 257, 258
coat of arms 90, 118
film 399
final episode (Goes Forth) 316–21
ideas for 81–2, 89
name 92
pilot 90–3, 96–7, 102
radio serial 232
in schools 323
as a surname 231
what might have been … 392–6
Blackadder 5 394
Blackadder at Oxford 395–6
Blackadder Back and Forth 353–68
Blackadder Christmas Carol 121, 232, 243, 270–9, 284
Blackadder Chronicles 3–4, 65–7, 125, 133–5, 169, 208–9, 256, 264–5, 287, 330, 360 and Lloyd 64–7, 99, 211, 252, 331
‘Blackadder in Bethlehem’ 270–3
Blackadder in Colditz 393–4
Blackadder Rides Again 389, 405
Blackadder: The Thatcher Years 394–5
Blair, Jon 162
Blake, Roger 201
Blast from the Past 342
Bleak Old Shop of Stuff 390
Blessed 378
Blessed, Brian 104, 107, 113, 114, 119, 126, 185, 186, 355n, 398, 406
Blick, Hugo 307
Boat that Rocked, The 97n, 380, 401
Boden, Richard 275, 291, 319, 320
Bond, James 68
Bonneville, Hugh 30n
books 22, 60, 80, 216, 228
Boom Boom Out Go the Lights 75
‘Born to Be King’ 125
Bostock-Smith, Colin 57, 130
Bottom 308
Bowie, David 72
Bradbury, Nicola 275
Brambell, Wilfrid 115, 239
Branagh, Kenneth 347, 364
Brett, Simon 9, 10, 37
Brewis, Peter 59
Bridget Jones’s Diary 380
British Comedy Awards 345
Broadbent, Jim 56, 101, 119, 120, 173, 201, 227, 274, 362, 380, 384
Brooke-Taylor, Tim 50n
Brookside 309
Brown, Gerry 10
Bundle of Bungles, A 43
Burkiss Way, The 12, 14, 40, 44n
Bush, Kate 217
Byrne, John 251
Byrne, Patsy 184, 185, 189, 191, 199, 274, 284, 406
Callow, Simon 53, 54, 281
Cambridge University 5, 6, 146, 148
Canter, Jon 10
‘Cape and Capability’ 246
Captain Blood 390
‘Captain Cook’ 302
Carrington, Simon 368
Carry On franchise 84, 89, 123, 244, 250
cars 60, 116, 370, 384, 395
cartoons 334
Castle, The 390
Cause Celeb 216
Cecil, Kevin 355
Cell Mates 352
Cellar Tapes, The 149, 150, 151, 153, 154, 347
Central School of Speech and Drama 95
Central TV 162
Central Weekend Live 215
‘Chains’ 202, 243
Chambers, Emma 340
Channel 4 129, 143, 160, 217, 357
Chapman, Graham 12, 50n, 53, 113, 148, 217
charity work 50, 72, 73, 167, 213–5, 254, 282, 372, 376, 402
Charles, Craig 389
Charles, HRH Prince 369–73
Chelmsford 123 285, 286, 363
Cheltenham Literary Festival 103
Children in Need 254–6
children’s television 43, 95, 228, 253, 282–3, 284, 390
chocolates 388–9
church organs 22, 28, 114
Clarke, Warren 246, 406
Clarke-Jervoise, Sophie 357
Cleese, John 6, 12, 27, 34, 39, 47–8, 50, 57, 73, 122n
Clement, Dick 68
Colin, Sid 86
Collins, Forbes 283
Coltrane, Robbie 76n, 103, 128, 155–6, 159, 165–6, 223, 240–3, 274, 384
Comedy Store 49, 73, 75, 77, 103, 141, 142, 155
Comic Relief 205, 213–7, 224n, 253, 256–8, 334, 361, 368, 376, 388, 401
and Curtis 213, 214, 229, 258, 282, 302, 324, 362, 380
Comic Strip 77, 99, 141, 142, 156, 219n, 384
Comic Strip Presents, The 143, 238
comics 324, 360n, 380
Common Pursuit, The 280
complaints 228–9, 279, 288
Complete & Utter History of Britain, The 88
compliance people 223, 279
Connolly, Billy 50, 73, 166, 217
Connor, Kenneth 244
‘Constable Savage’ 59
Cook, Peter 6, 35, 39, 50–2, 113–4, 157, 163, 167, 219n, 227, 282
Cook, Ron 98n
Corbett, Ronnie 217, 221, 350
Cornes, Lee 217, 223, 243, 406
‘Corporal Punishment’ 305, 306
costumes 47, 98, 106, 117, 180, 195, 230, 251, 307
Cotton, Bill 28, 36
credits 125, 181, 247, 251, 252, 300, 302, 367–8
criticism 125–6, 152, 226
Crocker, Jo 406
Cross, John Keir 232
Crossing, Peter 213
Cryer, Barry 215, 405
Crystal Cube, The 160, 280
Cumming, Alan 30n, 335
Curse of Fatal Death, The 361
Curtis, Richard 14–8
1st series 102–3, 106, 112, 124–5, 127, 128
2nd series 168–9, 170, 180–1, 186, 202
3rd series 202, 224, 230, 235, 241, 247
4th series 287, 289, 291, 296, 298, 305, 312, 318, 321
acting 72, 269
on Atkinson 20, 245, 268
Atkinson on 22, 31–2
Back and Forth 354–5, 357, 358, 361, 364
on Baldrick character 183, 292
Bernard & the Genie 335–7
on Blackadder 403–4
‘Blackadder in Bethlehem’ 271, 273
Blackadder in schools 323, 404
charity work 167, 213–6, 256–8, 324
Christmas Carol 273, 279
Comic Relief 213, 214, 229, 258, 282, 302, 324, 361, 362, 380
Doctor Who 361–2
Edinburgh 55
on Elton 174–5, 241, 387
honours 375
ideas for Blackadder 81, 89, 90
an involved writer 299
on Laurie 234
‘Between the Lines’ charity script 402–3
Madness 167–8
on Mayall 194, 195
and McInnerny 92, 318
McInnerny on 241
movies 267, 325, 335, 337–8, 362, 380
Mr Bean 333
Not the Nine O’Clock News 58, 79
Oxford University 28–30
pilot 99
potential Blackadders 389, 391, 392, 394, 399
radio 40
relationships 24, 28, 216, 337
on Richardson 187
Robinson on 300
Royal Family 370
and Shakespeare 41, 82
‘Shakespeare Sketch, The’ 309, 311
Tall Guy, The 267–8
tension on Blackadder 296–9
Vicar of Dibley, The 338–9
warming-up 302–3
writing 17, 57–8, 72, 128, 161–4
writing with Elton 163–4, 174–6, 241, 297–8, 341, 401
writing with Robinson 228, 282–3
Young Ones, The 103
Curtis, Tony 23
Dad’s Army 87, 163, 257, 288, 305, 342, 343, 394, 400
Daily Mail 69, 226, 373
Dale, Michael 69
Dance with a Stranger 187, 188
Dangerous Brothers 217, 219
Dark Ages 389
Darling character 294–6
Davies, John Howard 332
Dawkins, Patricia 345
Dawson, Les 247
de la Tour, Andy 171
Dead Famous 267
Dead on Time 100
Death on the Toilet 74
Deayton, Angus 22, 30, 31, 59, 224, 227, 268, 285–6, 326, 326n
Delve Special 227
Desert Island Discs 58, 150
Devil’s Whore, The 384
Dickens, Charles 275, 390
Dicks-Mireaux, Odile 117
‘Dictionary’ 240–1
Didn’t You Kill My Mother-in-Law? 76–7
dinnerladies 377
directing 178, 188, 202, 275–6
‘Dish and Dishonesty’ 245, 274
‘Divorce service’ sketch 73
Do Not Adjust Your Set 88
Doctor Who 37, 361
Dodd, Ken 257
Dogs, Les 384
Double Take 53
Dr Snuggles 37
Dreyfus, James 345, 355n
Dudley, Anne 349
‘Duel’ 240
Dundee University Theatre Group 21, 29
Dungeons and Dragons 37
Dwyer, Penny 150
Dyall, Valentine 115
East, Robert 104, 107, 109, 113, 406
Eastman, Brian 348
Eddington, Paul 53
Edge of Darkness 233
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Atkinson and 20, 27, 29, 32, 55, 68–9, 152, 224
Cellar Tapes, The 151–2
Lloyd and 9, 13–4, 32
Mayall and Edmondson 74
Nightcap 144
Radio Active Roadshow 238n
editing 124, 319, 320
Edmonds, Mike 284n
Edmonds, Noel 214, 253
Edmondson, Adrian (Ade)
4th series 307
20th Century Coyote 74–5, 77, 141
Manchester University74, 137–8
other work 101, 172, 217, 219–20, 308
writing 219
Young Ones, The 160, 219
Edward, HRH Prince 370
Edwards, Gareth 390
Elgood, Richard 20
Elliott, Paul Mark 217
Elton, Ben 138–43
1st series 161
2nd series 169, 170, 173–4, 180, 194, 202
3rd series 224, 229–30, 238, 240, 247
4th series 287, 289, 294, 316, 323
Alfresco 155–6, 158, 161, 165
Atkinson on 196
audience warm-ups 191–2
Back and Forth 354–5
Blackadder axed 177
cameo 244
charity work 215
Curtis on 174–5, 241, 387
Filthy, Rich & Catflap 220–1
Girls on Top 171–2
Happy Families 171, 173
on Laurie 234
Laurie on 155
Lloyd on 173
music 163–4, 394
novels 342, 354
other work 162, 167–8, 215, 266–7, 302, 325, 342, 354, 377–9, 378n
potential Blackadders 392–4, 396, 404
Robinson on 183
Royal Family 373
Saturday Live 218–9, 222–3
Thin Blue Line, The 341, 343, 345
touring 171, 238n
uncle Geoffrey 315
writing 103, 138, 140, 143
writing with Curtis 163–4, 174–6, 241, 297–8, 341, 401
Elton, Geoffrey 170, 315
Emmett, Chris 48
Emmy, International 128, 246
End of Part One 44n
Enfield, Harry 218, 227, 257n, 274n, 326n, 388n
English, Johnny 385
‘Eric Swannage of Liverpool’ 57
Evans, Mark 390
Everett, Rupert 101
Every Packet Carries a Government Health Warning 6
Express 224
external sequences 98
Exton, Clive 348, 349
Fable 390
Fact or Fiction – Richard III 63
fans 205, 254, 303, 318, 387
Fast Show 350
Fat Chance 352
Fatal Attraction 187
‘Fatal Beatings’ 224
Fawlty Towers 47–8, 81, 192, 403
Feldman, Marty 50n
Fenton, Ann 236
Fenton Stevens, Michael 22
Ferguson, Craig 311
Fielding, Helen 24, 216, 239, 337, 380
Film 89 268
Filthy, Rich & Catflap 220, 221
Fincham, Peter 30, 216
Finlay, Frank 111, 116
First Casualty, The 379
Firth, Colin 364
Fisher, Bert 11
Flash Gordon 104
Fletcher, Mandie 178–81, 191, 195, 201, 202, 238, 275, 275n, 406
Fluck, Peter 47, 162
Footlights 6–10, 13, 30–1, 38, 53, 73, 93, 144, 148, 149, 152, 165
‘Foretelling, The’ 117, 302
Four Weddings and a Funeral 30n, 335, 337
‘Four Yorkshiremen’ sketch 50
Fox, Philip 96
Franklyn, Gretchen 120
French, Dawn 275n, 282, 284
Christmas Carol 270
French & Saunders 280, 338
Girls on Top 171, 172n
other work 227, 342, 389
Vicar of Dibley, The 340
French, the 248–9, 286, 365, 375, 385
French & Saunders 280, 338
Freud, Emma 311, 337
Friday Night Live 279
Friday Night, Saturday Morning 154
Frost, Stephen 6, 121, 217, 305
Fry, Stephen 143, 145–7, 218n
1st series 161
2nd series 174, 184, 194, 205
3rd series 230, 237, 249–50
4th series 288, 291, 293–7, 303
advertising 157
Alfresco 155–6, 159–60, 165
on Atkinson 195, 386
Atkinson’s wedding 326
Back and Forth 354, 359, 363
Bit of Fry and Laurie, A 281, 349–51
‘Blackadder in Bethlehem’ 271
on Blackadder’s legacy 391, 400
Bruges episode 352
Cavalier Years 257–8
Cellar Tapes, The 149–54
charity work 282, 311
Christmas Carol 276
Crystal Cube, The 160
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