Hello and welcome to Lord of Adders Black – a fan podcast dedicated to the legendary BBC sitcom Blackadder, which ran for four seasons between 1983 and 1989 and has endured as a comedy classic ever since.
Join Ian, Michael and a roster of special guests as we delve deeply into the Blackadder universe, exploring new angles, uncovering trivia and shining a spotlight on key players, scene stealers and the occasional thingy-shaped turnip.
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Hello and welcome to Lord of Adders Black – a fan podcast dedicated to the legendary BBC sitcom Blackadder, which ran for four seasons between 1983 and 1989 and has endured as a comedy classic ever since.
Join Ian, Michael and a roster of special guests as we delve deeply into the Blackadder universe, exploring new angles, uncovering trivia and shining a spotlight on key players, scene stealers and the occasional thingy-shaped turnip.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast
Episode 19: Variations On A Theme
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.
In this episode, we tip our greasy hats to the man behind the music, Howard Goodall. As well as the many inventive variations on the Blackadder theme, he composed the music for some of the best-loved TV shows of the 80s, 90s and beyond. We look at his uniquely character-based approach to theme tunes and summon the Ghosts of Episodes Past to discuss the bleakly beautiful tones conjured up by Howard to accompany our heroes in their final push.
While a familiar voice to many people from his popular music and movie podcasts, our special guest Corey Morrissette is a genuine Blackadder Newbie, never having seen the series in his native Canada. Immersing himself in the six episodes cherry-picked by our listeners for our Newbie List, he talks about his favourite characters and plots, the inherent Englishness of the Blackadder universe and which of the four series he’ll be watching in full when he gets his hands on the box set.
Check out Corey’s podcasts on his brand-new website, www.cmpu.ca, which is due to go online any day now.
Here is a link to the LOAB range of t-shirts 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
Information about Jem Roberts can be found at:
jemroberts.com and talesofbritain.com
The audiobook of The True History Of The Black Adder – is available on Audible:
Thanks to these 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
Follow us on
Bluesky: @lordofaddersblack.bsky.social
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559091752318
Instagram: lord_of_adders_black
e-mail: lordofaddersblack@gmx.net
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 (fpma.breton@wanadoo.fr).
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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