His descendant, Squadron Commander the Lord Flashheart, was a significant character in the fourth series episode titled "Private Plane", with comedy icon Rik Mayall taking on the role.

His descendant, Squadron Commander the Lord Flashheart, appeared as a major character in the fourth series in an episode called "Private Plane", comedy legend Rik Mayall played the part.

Even Lord Blackadder himself would tell you to wake up and smell the reasonably priced coffee before your sales figures end up as dead as Prince George’s chances of being crowned anytime soon. What ...

From playing the pompous ‘radical’ Rick in that anarchic student-flat sitcom to being sleazy self-serving Tory MP Alan B’Stard in The New Statesman plus scene-stealing cameos in Blackadder ...

It’s daft, but it’s very funny, and the aristocratic, Maid Marian-fixated Robin Hood of some of the later stories is a decent template to put Flashheart’s character on. 12. Russell Crowe in ...

Rik Mayall lived many lives. He was Rik, of course, and Richard “Richie” Richard. There was Sir Richard Dangerous, Alan B’Stard, Drop Dead Fred and Lord Flashheart. Then there was the actual ...

Rik Mayall “opened the door for many of the young alternative comedians that are coming out today”, a producer who worked with the comedian and actor has said. Mayall, who died a decade ago on Sunday, ...

Rik Mayall “opened the door for many of the young alternative comedians that are coming out today”, a producer who worked with the comedian and actor has said.