10 Things About....Blackadder
1) G.O.L.D celebrates Blackadder's 25th anniversary with this special tribute featuring cast members and celebrity fans
2) The four series featured different incarnations of Edmund Blackadder and Baldrick, spanning 600 years.
3) The 1982 pilot, in which Baldrick was played by Philip Fox, has never been shown.
4) The show was cancelled after the first series, but was given a reprieve when Ben Elton teamed up with Richard Curtis to write the scripts.
5) Tim McInnerny played Lord Percy in the first two series, then returned as Captain Darling in series 4.
6) The Blackadder family motto is 'Veni, Vidi, Castratavi Illegitimos' or 'I came, I saw, I castrated the rascals'.
7) 'The eyes are open, the mouth moves, but Mr Brain has long since departed, hasn't he, Percy?' from Blackadder II came third in a list of the best TV put-downs of the last 40 years.
8) Suggestions foe further adventures included a film set during the Russian revolution called The Red Adder
9) The opening titles of series 2 parody I Claudius
10) A special sketch was performed at Prince Charles' 50th birthday gala.
__________________
Orbis non sufficit 'I'd sit alone and watch your light,
My only friend through teenage nights,
And everything I had to know, I heard it on my radio'
|
Navigation
Linear Mode
