BlackAdder
Louise
Gold featured as Mrs Tyler - a Goodwife, in Series 1, Episode 5 ‘Witchsmeller Pursuivant, first
broadcast on BBC 1 at 21:25 on 13 July 1983.
Cast
Credited In The Radio Times
The Witchsmeller Pursuivant - Frank Finlay
The Great Grumbledook - Rowan Atkinson
Richard IV, A King - Brian Blessed
The Witch Queen - Elspet Gray
Harry, Prince Of Wales - Robert East (credited in The Radio Times but not in the credits on the episode)
Baldrick, A Witch - Tony Robinson
Percy, A Witch - Tim McInnery
Ross, A Lord - Richard Murdoch
Angus, A Lord - Valentine Dyall
Officer, An Officer - Patrick Duncan
Soft, A Guard - Stephen Frost
Anon, A Guard - Mark Arden
Jane Firkettle - Barbara Miller
Princess Leia - Natasha King
Dopey Jack, A Peasant - Forbes Collins
Dumb Abel, A Peasant - Roy Evans
Daft Ned, A Peasant - Perry Benson
Dim Cain, A Peasant - Bert Parnaby
Credited In the TV Credits but uncredited in The Radio Times
Piers, A Yeoman - Howard Lew Lewis
Mrs Field, A Goodwife - Sarah Thomas
Mrs Tyler, A Goodwife - Louise Gold
Stuntman - Gareth Milne
Production Team
Written by - Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson
Additional Dialogue by - William Shakespeare (well that’s what it says in the programme’s credits)
Directed by - Mark Sharlow (credited in Radio Times) and Geoff Posner (uncredited in Radio Times)
Producer - John Lloyd
Original Music by - Howard Goodall
Designers - Chris Hill and Nigel Green
Producer
John Lloyd was also working on UNTV
the pilot episode of the TV puppet show that was to become Spitting Image.
When that pilot’s Leading Puppeteer asked the producer for a job on BlackAdder, the result was a memorable
appearance in this episode.
John
Lloyd went on to
appear, along with Louise Gold, at Spitting
Image - BFI Event, and in the documentary Best Ever Spitting Image.
Richard
Curtis was also a
writer for UNTV and went on to write
for Spitting Image. Some of his lyric writing
can be found on the (banned by BBC Radio 1) B side of the first Spitting Image single Da
Do Run Ron, namely the song I’m Just A Prince Who Can’t Say No.
Blue Peter, Joint
Account, Allo Allo, The House Of Eliott, Casualty, Doctors, Gina’s
Laughing Gear, and, That Puppet Game
Show have all also been first broadcast on BBC 1.
Frank
Finlay may have gone on
to appear in Comedy Tonight.
Brian
Blessed
has gone on to appear on Roland Rat The Series,
and, A Week In The West End.
Rowan Atkinson went on to take part in Comic Relif 1986, on which Howard Goodall also featured, and with which Richard Curtis, and, Geoff
Posner also helped.
Rowan
Atkinson’s recording
credits include Utterly Utterly Live Comic Relief, for which Richard Curtis
also wrote material, and which Howard Goodall featured on as both a
writer and performer.
Rowan Atkinson’s recording credits also include Oliver! (Recording).
Robert
East went on to appear
in Allo Allo,
which was also first broadcast on BBC 1.
Howard
Lew Lewis went on to
appear, along with Louise Gold, in Rachel
And The Roarettes.
Rowan Atkinson went on to appear (along with Louise Gold) in a big revival of the
musical Oliver!
(a show which Tony Robinson had been
in the original production of).
Critics Comments
Links about BlackAdder
(Please
note that I am only including sites which are written in English)
BBC
Comedy page for the programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/ , and in particular the page for this
episode: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/epguide/one_witchsmeller.shtml
Internet
Movie Database Entry: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0084988/
Muppet
Central Interview with Louise Gold
(Her appearance in BlackAdder is specifically
mentioned): http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/interviews/gold.shtml
Wikipedia
Entry for the programme: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackadder
BlackAdder Powertie.org - A BlackAdder
Reference Site (full of cast lists, episode guides and transcripts): http://blackadder.powertie.org/
in particular section for this episode: http://blackadder.powertie.org/episodes/1/5/
TV.Com
/ TV. Tome’s section for the programme: http://www.tv.com/the-black-adder/show/4747/summary.html In particular
the page for this episode:
Rowan
Atkinson’s fansite’s page for the programme: http://www.rowanatkinson.org/blackadder.htm
British
TV Comedy’s page for the programme: http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/adder/
The
British Sitcom Guide’s page for the programme: http://www.sitcom.co.uk/blackadder/
Theme
tune Composder Howard Goodall’s official site: http://www.howardgoodall.co.uk/ In particular the page for TV Themes: http://www.howardgoodall.co.uk/tvthemes/tv.htm
The
Adder’s Laire (one of the older Blackadder fansites): http://freespace.virgin.net/elaine.wildish/adder.htm
in particular the section for this episode: http://freespace.virgin.net/elaine.wildish/ba1-5.htm (Note Woman 2, is Mrs Tyler in other
words Louise Gold).
Queenie’s
Cunning Page Of Blackadder (particularly good for
links): http://www.lunaestas.com/blackadder/
The BlackAdder Logbook: http://www.thelogbook.com/log/blackadder/ In particular the section dealing with this episode: http://www.thelogbook.com/log/blackadder/year1.htm#ep5
The BlackAdder Guide To Reincarnation: http://members.aol.com/trogrann/blackadder.htm
Black
Adder page by D Brewer: http://uk.geocities.com/magoos_universe/ba_main.htm , in particular Episode Guides
(compiled by D Brewer): http://uk.geocities.com/magoos_universe/ba_guide.htm
Aveleyman page for the programme: http://www.aveleyman.com/TVShows/TV00000041.HTML
Totse.Com’s page for this episode: http://www.totse.com/en/ego/science_fiction/ba1-6.html
Dunsel’s BlackAdder
Page: http://hem.passagen.se/dunsel/ba1-5.htm
in particular the page for this episode: http://hem.passagen.se/dunsel/ba1-5.htm
2 Tube.com’s site for the programme: http://www.2ube.com/blackadder/black-adder.shtml , in particular the page devoted to
this episode: http://www.2ube.com/blackadder/05-witch-smeller.shtml
Mongers
Org’s Jokes: http://mongers.org/jokes/ in particular page for this series of BlackAdder: http://mongers.org/jokes/black_adder_one
John
Lucas’s complete list of BlackAdder credits: http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:gqLUv3ydq5EJ:home.comcast.net/~john.lucas/a2e/blackadder.pdf+%22Blackadder%22+%2B+%22Louise+Gold%22&hl=en
Ulrik Christiensen’s
site for the programme, in particular the page for this episode: http://www.ulrikchristensen.dk/scripts/blackadder/blackadder_1_5.htm
Memorable
TV’s page for the programme: http://www.memorabletv.com/episodeguides/blackadder.htm
The
Media Database’s page for the programme (includes episode airdates): http://www.themediadb.com/show/TheBlackAdder/
Mat
Mice’s BlackAdder fansite: http://www.matmice.com/home/blackadder
In particular the page for the first series: http://www.matmice.com/home/blackadderi
Do You Remember.co.uk’s page for
the programme:
http://www.doyouremember.co.uk/memory.asp?memID=789
NB: I would not recommend the site: BlackAdder
Hall:
http://www.blackadderhall.co.uk/ although many people seem to like
it, however, when I went onto it my computer picked up a virus (which I had to
get a specialist to remove). If you do go on to it, whatever you do, don’t
attempt the quizs - that is how my computer got
infected with a virus.