Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast

Episode 18: Ointment!

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.

Continuing our new Major Star segment, we shine a spotlight on Nursie, played by the late Patsy Byrne as a “sad, insane old woman with an udder fixation”. We take a look back at the busy career on stage and screen that was Patsy’s bread and butter before her, ahem, udderworldly performance in Blackadder II made her a household name.

Our special guest this time around, Mike Haskins, has also had a busy career in comedy, writing for the likes of Griff Rhys Jones and Hale & Pace. Following a lively chat about the highs and lows of this career – which we will be releasing in full as a bonus episode in due course – Mike gives us a comedy writer’s insight into what makes Blackadder such a memorable and influential creation.

Here is a link to the Lord Of Adders Black range of t-shirts sold 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

More information about Jem Roberts and his creative exploits can be found at:

jemroberts.com and talesofbritain.com

The audiobook of The True History Of The Black Adder – read by the author himself – is available on Audible:

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-True-History-of-the-Blackadder-Audiobook/B0C82XDHPY?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp

As always, you can find the Ronald Lacey Fans Twitter account at @RonaldLaceyFans

Thanks to the following 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

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Bluesky: @lordofaddersblack.bsky.social

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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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