A Viciously Sharp Slice Of Mango

Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast

Episode 27: “A Viciously Sharp Slice Of Mango”

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.

This time around, our special guest is writer David Quantick. Already a familiar name to music and comedy enthusiasts, his novel All My Colours came out in April 2019 to great acclaim and his first collection of short stories, And Other Stories, is due out in August 2025. David talks to us about taking comedy beyond the stodgily conventional and why Blackadder Goes Forth in particular is unique among sitcoms.

In our Scene Stealer segment, we also shine a spotlight on sitcom veteran Geoffrey Palmer, who makes a short but memorable appearance as Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig in the final episode of Blackadder Goes Forth. Cue a plan that proves less than cunning and a phrase that rhymes with “clucking bell”.

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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

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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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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