Variations On A Theme

Lord of Adders Black: A Blackadder Podcast

Episode 19: Variations On A Theme

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.

In this episode, we tip our greasy hats to the man behind the music, Howard Goodall. As well as the many inventive variations on the Blackadder theme, he composed the music for some of the best-loved TV shows of the 80s, 90s and beyond. We look at his uniquely character-based approach to theme tunes and summon the Ghosts of Episodes Past to discuss the bleakly beautiful tones conjured up by Howard to accompany our heroes in their final push.

While a familiar voice to many people from his popular music and movie podcasts, our special guest Corey Morrissette is a genuine Blackadder Newbie, never having seen the series in his native Canada. Immersing himself in the six episodes cherry-picked by our listeners for our Newbie List, he talks about his favourite characters and plots, the inherent Englishness of the Blackadder universe and which of the four series he’ll be watching in full when he gets his hands on the box set.

Check out Corey’s podcasts on his brand-new website, www.cmpu.ca, which is due to go online any day now.

Here is a link to the LOAB range of t-shirts 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

Information about Jem Roberts can be found at:

jemroberts.com and talesofbritain.com

The audiobook of The True History Of The Black Adder – 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 these 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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