Additional Appearances
| Title (unofficial) | Writer | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| "Woman's Hour Invasion" | Richard Curtis, Ben Elton | 28 September 1988 (1988-09-28) |
| Woman's Hour is a show on BBC Radio 4 consisting of reports, interviews and debates aimed at women, and also includes short serials during the last quarter of the show. On one instance of the show, in 1988, Blackadder and Baldrick show up, travel back in time and talk to Shakespeare and others. The purpose of the "invasion" was to raise money for Children in Need. | ||
| "Children in Need" | Richard Curtis, Ben Elton | 1988 (1988) |
| Terry Wogan interviews Blackadder and Baldrick, both of which appear and behave as they are in series 3, with Blackadder insulting both Baldrick and Terry Wogan. This special cameo was done during a TV appeal for Children in Need. | ||
| "Clown Court" | 1988 (1988) | |
| "Clown court" was an item on Noel's Saturday Roadshow in which Noel Edmonds presented blooper compilations in a mock court setting. Tony Robinson appeared as Baldrick, who stands accused of a numer of bloopers from the third series, and is sentenced to death. | ||
| "Blackadder and the King's Birthday" | 12 January 1998 (1998-01-12) | |
| A short sketch performed at the Prince of Wales' 50th Birthday Gala. It featured Rowan Atkinson as Lord Blackadder and Stephen Fry as King Charles II, and was televised on ITV (in the UK) on 14 November 1998. | ||
| "Shakespeare Sketch" | Richard Curtis, Ben Elton | 18 September 1989 (1989-09-18) |
| This non-canonical sketch was performed on stage at the Sadlers Wells Theatre on 18 September 1989. It was written for and performed at an AIDS benefit concert directed by Stephen Fry, and features Hugh Laurie as "Bill" Shakespeare and Rowan Atkinson as his agent or manager, whose name is not mentioned in the sketch. They discuss cutting various sections of Hamlet – in particular the "To be or not to be" soliloquy. Shakespeare is very reluctant to cut any dialogue, but ultimately, Rowan Atkinson's character talks Shakespeare down from an over-long speech to the familiar 'snappy' phrase. Because the agent's name is never given, it is not certain he is an incarnation of the Blackadder family, although he is often identified as a Blackadder. However, Richard Curtis later stated that it was never intended as a Blackadder sketch. The sketch was available on video as part of Hysteria 2 – The Second Coming, released by Palace Video on 21 May 1990. | ||
| "Blackadder: The Army Years" | Ben Elton | 19 October 2000 (2000-10-19) |
| A short monologue performed at the Dominion Theatre for the Royal Variety Performance 2000. It features Rowan Atkinson as the modern-day Lord Edmund Blackadder of Her Royal Highness's regiment of Shirkers. The sketch was written and introduced by Ben Elton, who was the compère of the evening. | ||
| "The Jubilee Girl" | Richard Curtis | 29 December 2002 (2002-12-29) |
| The Jubilee Girl was a BBC special about Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee Concert. The concert was hosted by Sir Osmond Darling-Blackadder (Keeper of Her Majesty's Lawn Sprinklers) and Dame Edna Everage. Earlier, a BBC "advertisement" for the celebrations also featured this incarnation of Blackadder, in which Sir Osmond is told to announce the event, even though he thinks it is a terrible idea. | ||
| "Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga" | 8 October 2008 (2008-10-08) | |
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A 50 minute documentary produced by Tiger Aspect for UKTV Gold. It featured interviews with most of the major cast members and other contributors, including Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, Miranda Richardson, Tim McInnerny and Tony Robinson and was narrated by comedian David Mitchell. Rowan Atkinson did not appear. It was followed by another hour with a compilation called `Most Cunning Moments´ where celebrities and invited guests vote on their favourite scenes. |
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| "Blackadder Rides Again" | 25 December 2008 (2008-12-25) | |
| A 60 minute documentary produced by Tiger Aspect for the BBC and broadcast on 25 December 2008, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the show. It featured interviews with all of the major cast members and other contributors, including Rowan Atkinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, Miranda Richardson, Tim McInnerny and Tony Robinson. Rather than relying on 'talking head' interviews and clips from the show, the documentary included several pieces of rare, and even unseen material (behind the scenes clips, cut scenes from Series 1 etc.). It also reunited certain cast and crew members with their costumes, visited cast members on their current ventures, or took them to the original filming locations. | ||
| "Blackadder 2012" | Ben Elton | 28 September 2012 (2012-09-28) |
| A new Blackadder sketch about the banking crisis, performed at a special charity gala event “We Are Most Amused” in aid of the Prince’s Trust. Sir Edmund Blackadder is the chief executive of the Melchett, Melchett & Darling bank, who brings his gardener Sodoff Baldrick to an enquiry. |
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