Tiger Aspect Receives UKTV Gold Commissions

LONDON, June 13: UKTV Gold
has commissioned IMG Media’s Tiger Aspect to produce Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga and Blackadder’s Most Cunning Moments, two specials providing a behind-the-scenes look
at the BAFTA-winning comedy series Blackadder, which was on the air from 1983 to 1999.

Each two-hour special,
both premiering this July, features candid interviews with cast and crew as
they share their personal experience of working on Blackadder. They will feature previously unseen footage of
the show’s cast in rehearsals, getting into character during make-up sessions
and donning their elaborate costumes.

Blackadder: The Whole
Rotten Saga will include exclusive
interviews with writers/creators Richard Curtis, Ben Elton and cast members
such as Stephen Fry (QI, BBC
Two), Academy Award-nominee Miranda Richardson (Sleepy Hollow) and Tony Robinson (Time Team, Channel 4). BAFTA-winning comedian, David
Mitchell (Peep Show, That
Mitchell and Webb Look) provides
the voiceover, with Howard Goodall rewriting the Blackadder theme tune for the new show.

Blackadder’s Most
Cunning Moments will see the cast,
crew and a diverse mix of celebrity fans reveal their favorite moments from the
series. The special also features regular cast members rating their favorite
moments out of ten, including Tim McInnerny (the only other actor alongside
Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson to appear in all four seasons), among others.

Blackadder Exclusive:
The Whole Rotten Saga and Blackadder’s
Most Cunning Momentswill be executive produced by Jane Rogerson, UKTV’s
director of commissioning, factual and factual entertainment, alongside Tiger Aspect’s
Ricky Kelehar.

Rogerson said: “Blackadder
Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
is a fascinating show which reveals—for the first time—the greatest
comedic geniuses creating the most hilarious series in history. And Blackadder’s
Most Cunning Moments is an utterly
brilliant accompaniment to it. Tiger Aspect has coming up with a truly cunning
plan in bringing these two shows with masses of appeal to UKTV Gold.”

—By Irene Lew