Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast

Episode 16: And Bob’s Your Auntie

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 odd gleeful tangent.

Our second season starts with a bang courtesy of a very special guest, Gabrielle Glaister, who played “Bob” in three evergreen episodes of Blackadder: Bells, Major Star and Private Plane. Gabby spoke to us about her long and varied career on stage, screen and soap opera and what it was like to be part of such an iconic series in the early days.

There would be a strong case for suggesting that Gabby is the Princess Leia of the Blackadder universe … if there weren’t already an actual Princess Leia in the first series, that is. We pay tribute to possibly the youngest member of the overall Blackadder cast – not counting Pitt the Glint In The Milkman’s Eye – and also ponder on the Elton- and Curtis-penned Madness sitcom that might have happened if Blackadder had not proved such a ball-bouncing hit.

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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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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