on Darling 295
on Elton 155, 173
and horses 301
on Laurie 149
Laurie on 201, 281
on Lloyd 308
on Mayall 195
on Only Fools 191
other work 176, 215, 216n, 227, 233, 248n, 280, 347–9, 352–3, 355n, 382, 384n, 390
on religion 385
on Richardson 189
Robinson on 235
Ronnie Barker on 221
Royal Family 369, 372
Saturday Live 217–8, 223
Sayle on 166
Sunetra Sastry 203–4
Thin Blue Line, The 346
on Tom Baker 199
writing 78n, 155, 298, 299
Fundation 75
Gaiman, Neil 13, 324
Gare, Sophie 266
Gascoigne, Bamber 166
Gates, Debbie 228
Get a Grip 378
Giedroyc, Mel 378
GiGax 37
Gilbert, Colin 76
Gilbert, Jimmy 40
Gilliam, Terry 89, 119
Girls on Top 171, 172
Gittins, Jeremy 305
Glaister, Gabrielle 139, 173, 181, 182, 306, 308, 406
Goldblum, Jeff 267
Golden Jubilee concert 373, 375
Goodall, Howard 27–8
1st series music 123
2nd series music 181
3rd series music 251
4th series music 300, 320
on Atkinson 78
Back and Forth 367–8
Bernard & the Genie 336–7
Christmas single 279
Edinburgh 29, 55
honours 375
‘I Hate the French’ 248–9
Not the Nine O’Clock News 59, 79
other work 43, 341, 382
touring 69, 72
‘Goodbyeee’ 312, 313, 323
Goody, Bob 48
Gorman, John 46
Grade, Michael 29, 176, 177, 178, 270
Gran, Maurice 247
Granada 143, 154, 156, 165, 348
Grand Knockout Tournament, The 370
Grant, Hugh 337n, 362
Grant, Rob 13, 162, 249, 389
Gray, Elspet 93
Gray, Simon 280, 352
Green, Michael 258
Green Green Grass, The 44n
Gulf War 301–2
Gun Seller, The 347
Gwenlan, Gareth 276–7
Gygax, Gary 37
Haggard 258
Haig, David 345, 378n
Hamilton, Andy 12, 46, 129, 246, 390
Hanna, Vincent 245
Happy Families 171–3, 217, 249
Hardie, Sean 40, 42, 46, 48, 77, 80
Hardinge, Annie 180
Hardy, Jeremy 305, 406
Harry Potter franchise 105, 384
Hastings, Ronald 204
Hat Trick 130, 228, 285, 326
Hatch, David 9, 10, 11, 36
Hawthorne, Nigel 101
‘Head’ 193
‘Hedge Sketch, The’ 353
Hendra, Tony 53, 162
Henry, Lenny 217, 257, 335
Here Comes the Judge 52
Heroes & Villains 314
Hesketh-Harvey, Kit 341
‘Highwayman’ 240, 246
Higson, Charlie 218n, 350
Hills, Julia 32, 129, 282
Hippopotamus, The 347
Hislop, Ian 162
historical comedy 82–9, 123
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The (H2G2) 36, 38, 52, 79n, 120, 198
Hobbs, Lyndall 100
Holderness, Sue 44
Holiday 326
Holland, Jools 166
honours 375
Hootkins, William 201
Horden, Michael 166
Hordes of Things 52–5, 101
Horrible Histories 390
horses 301
Horton, David 340
Hot Shots! Part Deux 335
House 234, 383, 389
Howard Davies, John 57, 92, 93, 104, 169, 176
Howard Goodall’s 20th Century Greats 341
Howard Goodall’s Choir Works 341
Howerd, Frankie 85–6, 325
Hyde, Jonathan 46
Hysteria 282, 309, 311, 353
I Have a Cunning Plan 389
I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue 9, 227, 341, 405
In the Red 382
Incitement to Religious Hatred Bill 384
International Emmy 128, 246
IRA attack 302
ITV 43, 143, 171, 248, 258, 347
Jackanory 228
Jackman, Jeremy 368
Jackson, Paul 75, 96–8, 166, 171–3, 217, 219, 222–3, 249, 282
Jason, David 191
Jeeves & Wooster 348–9
Jenkin, Bernard 30
Jenkin, Guy 12
Jigsaw 43
Joey 96
Johnny English Reborn 385, 399
Jones, Dr Michael K. 63
Jones, Simon 6, 37, 198
Jones, Terry 2, 17, 50, 62, 88, 331, 406
Jongleurs 218
Judgement at Nuremberg 95
Jules, Danny John 284n
Just a Minute 227
Kahan, Marcy 23
Keeping Mum 385
Kendall, Jo 101
Kick up the Eighties, A 76, 77
Kind Hearts and Coronets 172
‘Kinda Lingers’ 79
King, Natasha 120
King’s Singers 368, 406
Klauber, Gertan 250
Knight School 356
KYTV 30, 238, 251
La Frenais, Ian 68
Labour Party 373, 376
Lacey, Ronald 200
Lambie-Nairn, Martin 162
Langham, Chris 46, 48, 57, 115
Late Night Extra 14
Laughing Matters 307
Laurie, Hugh 143, 144, 145, 147–8, 218n, 280
1st series 161
2nd series 201
3rd series 229, 233–7, 241, 251
4th series 288, 292, 313
advertising 157
Alfresco 155–6, 159, 165
Back and Forth 358
Bit of Fry and Laurie, A 281, 349, 350
Cellar Tapes, The 149–54
Elton on 299
on Fry & Laurie 353
Fry on 250, 294, 296–7, 301
honours 375
Lloyd on 234
music 349, 383
other work 160, 172n, 227, 249, 309, 347, 355n, 383
potential Blackadders 399
Robinson on 234–5
Saturday Live 217–8, 223
Law, Roger 47, 162
Lennon, John 62, 78
Let Them Eat Cake 389
Let Them Talk 383
Lewis, Howard Lew 284, 285
Lewis, Martin 52
Liar, The 347
Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle, The 384
Life of Brian 35, 57, 273
‘Life of Christ’ 57
Likely Lads, The 398
Lill, Denis 274
Lion King, The 338
Live Aid 213
Live from Planet Earth 378
Live from the Lighthouse 353
Lloyd, David 356
Lloyd, John 6–14
1st series 99, 100–2, 107, 114, 116, 126, 128
2nd series 175, 186, 191, 192, 198, 199, 203, 204
3rd series 229, 230, 233, 235, 238, 240, 242, 243, 249
4th series 266, 289–90, 296, 305, 314
acting 9, 27, 52
advertising 326, 354–5
Alfresco 157
armed forces 301
on Armitage 45–6
on Atkinson 57, 245
Atkinson People, The 40, 42
awards 325
Back and Forth 354–5, 357–9
BAFTA 69
on Baldrick character 254
and BBC 9, 11, 12, 13, 47, 325
Behind the Screen
298
Blackadder axed 177–8
Blackadder Chronicles 64–7, 99, 211, 252, 331
Blackadder Rides Again 389, 405
on Boden 275
charity work 216n
Christmas Carol 273, 276, 278–9
on Clarke 246
Comedy Store 49
on Cook 39
Curtis on 299
Edinburgh 9, 13–4, 32
editing 124, 202–3, 247, 276, 319–20
on Elton 173
and Fielding 216
final episode (Goes Forth) 318–20
Fry on 308
Have I Got News for You 326
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The 36–8, 79n
honours 375
Johnny English 385
on Laurie 234
on Mayall 122
on McInnerny 295–6
merchandise 388
move from radio to TV 36, 39–40
Mr Bean 332
Not the Nine O’Clock News 46–9, 56–8, 60, 77–80, 149n
packaging and credits 125, 247, 251–2, 300
pilot 90, 98
‘plumpening’ of scripts 202
potential Blackadders 392–6, 399
QI 381–2
on Richardson 188–9
on Robinson 107
Robinson on 179, 251, 297, 358
‘Shakespeare Sketch, The’ 309
Spitting Image 130, 161–2, 222, 268n
theme music 123–4
writing 99, 144, 167, 300
Young Ones, The 103
Lloyd Webber, Andrew 379
locations 98
Lonergan, Kate 283
Looking at History 102
Loose Ends 226
Love Actually 338
Love Never Dies 379
Loved One, The 29
LWT 28, 29, 88, 114, 217, 218, 223
Lygo, Kevin 25
Lyndhurst, Nicholas 191, 347
Lynn, Jonathan 53
Macdonald, Gus 49
Made in Dagenham 384
Madness 164, 167, 168, 269
Magee, Patrick 53
Magnificent Seven Blackadders, The 392–3
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men 283, 284, 285, 325n, 356
Main Wilson, Dennis 154
‘Major Star’ 306
make-up artists 111, 203–4, 219, 236, 307
Mallett, David 90
Man from Auntie, The 302, 342, 354
Man from the Moors, The 95
Manchester University 5, 74, 137, 140
Margolyes, Miriam
1st series 118–9, 120
2nd series 185, 200–1
4th series 274
on Atkinson 119
other work 53, 76, 95, 281, 384
potential Blackadders 399–400
Marks, Laurence 247
Marriott, Steve 94
Marshall, Andrew 52
Mason, John 12
Mayall, Rik 73–7, 137–8, 237
1st series 121–2
2nd series 194–6
3rd series 247
Atkinson on 196
Back and Forth 362
charity work 166–7, 214, 257
on Elton 141
headlines 352–3
other work 171, 173, 220–1, 247–8, 266, 280, 308, 335, 352, 379n, 384
potential Blackadders 394
relationships 99, 137, 219
Young Ones, The 99, 142–3
Maybe Baby 354, 378
Mayer, Lise 99, 137, 138, 142, 219, 326n, 333n
Mayhew, Arthur 390
Mayhew Archer, Paul 341
McGivern, Geoffrey 10, 286, 349
McGough, Roger 166, 323
McGrath, Rory 30, 39, 129, 130, 144, 285, 287, 377
McInnerny, Tim 23–4
1st series 106, 107, 112, 127
2nd series 182
3rd series 247
4th series 287, 294, 301, 312, 320
on Atkinson 193
Back and Forth 365
Christmas Carol 273
on Cook 114
on Curtis 241
Darling character 294, 296
on George character 233
on the humour 126
leaving Blackadder 232
on Margolyes 201
on Mayall 196
other work 354, 383–4, 385, 390
Oxford University 22, 92
Percy character 92, 112, 182–3, 203n, 232
potential Blackadders 391
on Richardson 189
on Tom Baker 200
warm-ups 192
McIntyre, Phil 171
McKenna, Bernard 12
McMillan, Anthony 76
Me and My Girl 165, 172, 174, 227, 233, 249
‘Meaningless Songs in Very High Voices’ 59
Melchett character 134, 184, 293
Melville, Pauline 75, 275
merchandise 60, 80, 334, 388
Middlemass, Frank 53
Miggins, Mrs, character 238, 239–40, 251
Millar, Jonathan 87
Millennium Dome 354–6, 358, 359, 364
Miller, Barbara 120
Miller, Jonathan 31
Mills, Michael 85
Mirror 178
Mitcheson, John 382
Moffat, Steven 362
Moir, Jim 168
‘Money’ 181, 200, 305
Monty Python 2, 8, 10, 12, 51, 58n, 59, 73, 77, 88, 163, 187, 198, 403
Moore, Dudley 17, 35, 51, 88, 282
Morris, Wayne 285
Morrison, Grant 324
Moss, Kate 362
Moving 186
Moxton-Browne, Bob 305
Mr Bean 43–4, 72, 176, 197, 327, 332–4, 342, 398–9
Mulville, Jimmy 30, 31, 59, 129, 130, 144, 228, 285, 287
Murdoch, Richard ‘Stinker’ 39, 115
Murdoch, Rupert 220, 244
Museum of Curiosity, The 382
music 59, 163, 229, 230, 349, 367–8, 383, 394
theme 123, 181–2, 251, 300, 320
Mustafa, Erkan 274n
My Beautiful Laundrette 267
Naked Video 76
Naylor, Doug 13, 162, 249
Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything, The 355n
Nerd, The 176
Nether Wallop 166, 167, 217
Never Say Never Again 68
New Humanist 216, 339
New Millennium Experience Company 353
New Revue, The 224–5, 268
New Statesmen, The 248, 257
New York Times 226
Newcastle University 21
Newman, Nick 162
News Huddlines, The 11, 36
News Quiz, The 9, 11, 12, 36, 56
Nightcap 144, 145, 154
‘Nob and Nobility’ 247, 249
Nobbs, David 347
Noel Gay (agents) 27, 93, 149, 153, 157, 165, 173
Norton, Alex 93
Norton, Deborah 281
Not Again 78
Not in Front of the Audience 80
Not Just a Pretty Face 225, 333
Not Necessarily the News 80
NOT Not the Nine O’Clock News But … Rowan Atkinson in Revue - With Richard Curtis and Howard Goodall 71
Not Only But Also 120
Not the Nine O’Clock News 46–9, 55–9, 69, 78, 81, 96, 99, 106n, 129, 179, 325
Notting Hill 30n, 338, 354
Nunn, David 121, 274n
Nursie character 184–5
O’Donoghue, Denise 129, 130, 285
Office, The 377
O’Hanlon, Ardal 378
Old Flames 281
Oliver! 94, 139, 270, 385
Omnibus 217
On the Hour 41
O’Neal, Ryan 258
Only Fools and Horses 44n, 105, 119, 176, 191, 276, 316, 346, 354
Operation Good Guys 377
O.T.T. 238
“Oxbridge Comedy Mafia” 239
Oxford Road
Show 142
Oxford University 5, 16, 20, 22, 23, 30–1
Paddick, Hugh 244
Palin, Michael 17, 50, 57, 88, 355, 382
Palmer, Geoffrey 314, 347
Panorama 40
Parsons, Nicholas 219n
Partridge, Alan 350
Peacock, Victoria 236
People Like Us 377
Percy character 91, 92, 122, 134, 182–3, 194
Perkins, Geoffrey 17, 37, 53, 162, 302, 342, 357
Perrier Awards 152
Peter Cook and Company 114
Peter’s Friends 347
‘Pianist’ sketch 50
Pile, Stephen 166
‘Pitt the Younger’ 244
Planer, Nigel 75, 101, 247
Play Away 95
Pleasure at Her Majesty’s 88
Plowman, Jon 25, 154, 355n
‘plumpening’ of scripts 202, 234, 250–1, 274, 297, 300, 401
politics 372–3, 384
Pollard, Justin 3, 67, 135, 211, 264, 265, 331, 406
Popcorn 342
Pope, Philip 59, 129, 162, 227, 243, 285
Posner, Geoff 103, 154, 164, 167, 168, 219, 276–7, 282, 350, 391, 406
Pratchett, Terry 95
Prehistoric Blackadder 392
Price, Peter 200
Prince Harry’s First Quiz Book 80
‘Private Plane’ 306, 307, 308, 309
producing 10, 79n, 99, 107, 185, 297, 300, 313
product placement 364
propaganda, historical 2–3, 62, 64–5, 99, 331
Puttnam, David 176
QI 67, 381, 382
Quarshie, Hugh 16
‘Queen of Spain’s Beard, The’ 118, 125
Queenie character 185, 188
Quote Unquote 11, 36
radio 12, 14, 36, 39, 40, 42, 217, 226, 227, 247, 255, 382, 389
Radio Active 22, 59, 162, 224, 341
Roadshow 238n
Radio Times 291, 298, 321, 395–6
‘Ranting Man’ sketch 80
Ravens, Jan 144, 150
records see albums
Red Dwarf 13, 93n, 182, 249, 341
Red Nose Day 256, 324, 381
see also Comic Relief
RedAdder 393
Redmond, Siobhan 155
Renwick, David 12
Rhys Jones, Griff 6, 10, 13, 30, 31, 42, 47, 57, 80, 112, 129, 166, 257
Rich, Frank 226
Richard, Cliff 214
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
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