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  1. Macbeth (2007 Television)

    Series
    South Bank Show, The
    Director
    Aurora Gunn
    Producer
    Aurora Gunn

    Anthology arts series. The programme examines how the ideas which Shakespeare’s play addresses (tyranny, ambition, power) have resonances in twentieth and twenty-first century politics and political...

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  2. Blackadder Back and Forth (2000 Film)

    aka: Blackadder Back & Forth

    Director
    Paul Welland
    Producer
    Sophie Clarke-Jones

    A film charting British history since Roman times, made especially for the Millennium Dome in London. In the Shakespeare sketch at a 1999 New Year’s Eve dinner party given by Edmund Blackadder for old...

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  3. Lion King, The (1994 Film)

    Director
    Roger Allers; Rob Minkoff
    Producer
    Don Hahn

    Feature animation film. At Pride Rock in Africa, a young lion prince, Simba, is born to Mufasa, king of the lions thus making his embittered and politically ambitious uncle, Scar, the second in line to the...

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  4. Rowan Atkinson: Not Just Another Pretty Face (1992 Television)

    aka: Rowan Atkinson - Live

    Series
    Hbo Comedy Hour
    Director
    Thomas Schlamme
    Producer
    Jeff Ross

    Series showcasing the talents of offbeat and irreverent comedians. This edition, taped before a live audience at the Huntington Theatre in Boston, includes a sketch entitled ‘Pink Tights and Plenty of...

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  5. Hysteria 2 (1989 Television)

    aka: Shakespeare Sketch

    Director
    David G. Croft
    Producer
    Trevor Hopkins

    Television charity variety show to support World Aids Day. The event was directed by Stephen Fry and directed for television by David G. Croft. Includes a sketch (c6 mins) in which Rowan Atkinson (in...

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  6. Sense and Senility (1987 Television)

    Series
    Blackadder the Third
    Director
    Mandy Fletcher
    Producer
    John Lloyd

    Comedy series. Prince George is worried about his popularity after an anarchist throws a bomb at him. He agrees to recite a brilliant speech by Blackadder, "to show the oppressed masses how unusually...

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  7. Foretelling (1485), The (1983 Television)

    Series
    Blackadder, The
    Director
    Martin Shardlow
    Producer
    John Lloyd

    Sitcom. Comedy series set in the Middle Ages featuring the exploits of self-serving Blackadder (Atkinson). Reversing history’s perceptions Richard is a kindly monarch and Henry Tudor a self-serving...

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  8. Secret Policeman’s Ball, The (1979 Film)

    aka: Schoolmaster

    Director
    Roger Graef
    Producer
    Roger Graef; Thomas Schwalm

    A comedy gala to benefit Amnesty International staged at Her Majesty’s Theatre, London. The evening consisted of comedy sketches and music. One sketch, written by Richard Sparks, features Atkinson as a...

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