Episodes

  • Welcome to the Blackadder Podcast

    Welcome to the Blackadder Podcast
    May 6 2017
    From the team behind the Columbo Podcast and the Jonathan Creek Podcast comes the Blackadder Podcast, an affectionate retrospective of the iconic BBC comedy series. The show will look at each series of Blackadder, as well as the special episodes, beginning with Blackadder II (don't worry, we'll circle around to The Black Adder in due course!).
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    16 mins
  • Bells – Episode 1

    Bells – Episode 1
    May 17 2017
    Bells was the first episode of Blackadder II as the show returned after the two-and-a-half year hiatus that followed The Black Adder. This series is set in Elizabethan London and re-introduced audiences to Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson in their now-familiar roles as Blackadder and Baldrick. In this podcast Gerry and Iain take a look at the plot, characters, actors and others involved in the creation of Bells as well as some more general thoughts on the series.
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    39 mins
  • Head – Episode 2

    Head – Episode 2
    May 31 2017
    Head was the second episode of Blackadder II and features a new course of employment for Lord Blackadder and a couple of cracking impersonations. In this podcast Gerry and Iain take a look at life working on death row in Elizabethan London.
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    29 mins
  • Potato – Episode 3

    Potato – Episode 3
    Jun 14 2017
    Potato was the third episode of Blackadder II and features an epic voyage of discovery, a remarkable historical figure and a unique, if somewhat eccentric, captain.  In this podcast Gerry and Iain take a look at fine wine from distant shores and other such riches.
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    35 mins
  • Money – Episode 4

    Money – Episode 4
    Jun 28 2017
    Money was the fourth episode of Blackadder II and features Edmund's increasingly desperate endeavours to raise enough cash to settle a debt owed to the Bank of the Black Monks.  In this podcast Gerry and Iain take a look at a delicious piece of blackmail.
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    36 mins
  • Beer – Episode 5

    Beer – Episode 5
    Jul 12 2017
    Beer was the fifth episode of Blackadder II and features the unfortunate confluence of two wholly incompatible social events. In this podcast Gerry and Iain take a look at a little goblin and his little feet.
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    35 mins
  • Chains – Episode 6

    Chains – Episode 6
    Jul 26 2017
    Chains was the final episode of Blackadder II and features a dramatic escape from the clutches of a ruthless villain. In this podcast Gerry and Iain consider an unfortunate incident with a sheep in the nighttime and look back on the series.
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    35 mins
  • Dish and Dishonesty – Episode 7

    Dish and Dishonesty – Episode 7
    Aug 9 2017
    Dish and Dishonesty was the first episode of Blackadder the Third and features political shenanigans of the highest order. In this podcast Gerry and Iain consider a rotten borough and the ennoblement of a most unlikely Lord.
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    39 mins