Tag: Tony Robinson

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

by Derelict Space Sheep on February 25, 2024 in 42 Word Retrospectives • 0 Comments

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

by Richard Curtis & Ben Elton; dir. Mandie Fletcher (BBC, 1988)

This 15-minute Comic Relief special is by far the best of the Blackadder one-offs. Though Stephen Fry’s King Charles is a bit laboured, Rowan Atkinson plays Blackadder Version 2.5 with sardonic, simile-prone precision, ably supported by Tony Robinson as the dogsbody Baldrick.

Charmed Life

by Derelict Space Sheep on September 21, 2019 in 42 Word Retrospectives • 2 Comments

Charmed Life

by Diana Wynne Jones (Macmillan, 1977); audiobook read by Tony Robinson (AudioGO, 2011)

Jones deftly establishes a parallel world in which magic is commonplace, and a cast of characters where the identity of the villain—and even that of the protagonist!—remains convincingly ambiguous. Tony Robinson’s audiobook reading elevates the story to a new level.