{"id":255,"date":"2011-10-12T11:09:06","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T10:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tonenoir.co.uk\/?page_id=255"},"modified":"2016-11-17T18:11:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T18:11:56","slug":"the-royal-gardener","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blackadderhall.com\/?page_id=255","title":{"rendered":"The Royal Gardener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rowan Atkinson has created a new reincarnation of Blackadder for a TV advert promoting the Queen&#8217;s jubilee concert. The new character, Sir Osmond Darling-Blackadder, is keeper of Her Majesty&#8217;s lawn sprinkler. The following is an edited transcript of the advert (the boring voice over bits have been removed). I must thank Blackadder Hall friend John A. for transcribing it for us.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g8obzWFq3RE?hl=en&#038;fs=1\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The Advert:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Opening<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>[music &#8211; royal type of fanfare]<\/em><br \/>\nCamera pans down to see Rowan Atkinson sitting behind a desk in the state room of Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n<p>[captions &#8211; Sir Osmond Darling-Blackadder &#8211; Keeper of the Queen&#8217;s lawn sprinklers]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scene 1 &#8211; sitting down in the palace: <\/strong><br \/>\nHer Majesty the Queen requests and commands to celebrate her Golden Jubilee. She will be hosting a classical music concert and rock concert here at Buckingham Palace; entry will be open to everyone and will be entirely free. The gardens will host a special event, it has been through an entire make-over with <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetreecenter.com\/schipka-cherry-laurel\/\"> <span style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #666666;\">the Schipka Cherry Laurel tree<\/span><\/a> as it&#8217;s shining star.<\/p>\n<p><em>[standing up]<\/em><br \/>\nNow absolutely not!<br \/>\nWe don&#8217;t want thousands of people wandering around here willy-nilly, leaving orange peel on the petunias and frightening the corgies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scene 2 &#8211; outside in shrubbery area: <\/strong><br \/>\nI said to her, I said you&#8217;re the Queen not Fatboy Slim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scene 3 &#8211; outside on the lawn: <\/strong><br \/>\nI mean, it will be just an absolute scrum, you wont be able to move there will be people here and here and here.<\/p>\n<p><em>[montage of footage with voice over about the concerts]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scene 4 &#8211; close up back in area of scene 2: <\/strong><br \/>\nOh yes, if I had my way it won&#8217;t be happening.<\/p>\n<p><em>[montage of footage with voice over about the concerts]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Closing scene &#8211; i.e. a shot of Buckingham Palace: <\/strong><br \/>\nAnd here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rowan Atkinson has created a new reincarnation of Blackadder for a TV advert promoting the Queen&#8217;s jubilee concert. The new character, Sir Osmond Darling-Blackadder, is keeper of Her Majesty&#8217;s lawn sprinkler. The following is an edited transcript of the advert (the boring voice over bits have been removed). I must thank Blackadder Hall friend John [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":39,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-255","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P54TBn-47","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":349,"url":"https:\/\/www.blackadderhall.com\/?page_id=349","url_meta":{"origin":255,"position":0},"title":"After A Christmas Carol","author":"admin","date":"12 October 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Aftermath of Blackadder's Christmas Carol A piece of fan fiction by Jean Akins, written March 26, 2002 ROWAN ATKINSON as Ebenezer Blackadder TONY ROBINSON as Baldrick MIRIAM MARGOLYES as Queen Victoria Scene: The day after Christmas in London, England, the Victorian Age. Baldrick enters the Moustache Shoppe. 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