{"id":884,"date":"2012-11-29T11:11:31","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T10:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackadderhall.com\/?p=884"},"modified":"2012-11-29T11:11:31","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T10:11:31","slug":"new-blackadder-sketch-performed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackadderhall.com\/?p=884","title":{"rendered":"New Blackadder Sketch Performed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blackadder & Baldrick - image copyright The Princes Trust<\/p><\/div>\n

Update:<\/strong> The Prince’s Trust charity have confirmed that this sketch will NOT be broadcast on television. I will endeavour to locate the full script and publish it here on Blackadder Hall.<\/p>\n

A new Blackadder sketch written by Ben Elton and starring both Rowan Aktinson and Tony Robinson was performed last evening at a special charity gala event “We Are Most Amused” in aid of the Prince’s Trust. The 13 minute sketch was all about the banks, bankers and banking crisis.<\/p>\n

In the sketch, Rowan played the role of Sir Edmund Blackadder, chief executive of the Melchett, Melchett & Darling bank. While Tony was Sodoff Baldrick, Blackadder’s gardener.<\/p>\n

In the sketch, Sir Edmund was called before a parliamentary inquiry into the banking crisis. The woman chairing the inquiry was played by Miranda Hart (from Miranda and Call the Midwife), with her deputies played by Helen Lederer (Absolutely Fabulous) and Sanjeev Bhasker (The Khumars at No42).<\/p>\n

Here’s a couple of short clips:<\/p>\n