John Lloyd

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

A look back at the making of the entire Blackadder series to commemorate its 40th anniversary, featuring contributions from Blackadder's biggest fans including Jack Whitehall, Darren Harriott, Sarah Hadland, Ardal O'Hanlon and Nina Wadia.

Release Date: 2023-06-16

Department: Crew

Job: Thanks

Character: Self – Contributor

Vote Count: 5

Blackadder: The Lost Pilot

Sir Tony Robinson takes a journey back in time to find out where Blackadder really began, and to uncover the story of the previously-unseen pilot episode.

Release Date: 2023-06-15

Character: Self

Vote Count: 6

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

This documentary explores the legacy of one of the most notorious British sitcoms of all time. Launching alternative comedy onto our screens, the show made household names of its performers and writers and proved to be a huge influence, despite the BBC reportedly being baffled by what they'd commissioned back in 1982. Never before had a flagship comedy show contained so much violence, depravity and anarchy - it was a shot across the bow to mainstream comedians that things would never be the same again.

Release Date: 2018-05-26

Vote Count: 2

No Such Thing as the News

The most interesting events of the week dug up and dusted off by QI's research team.

Release Date: 2016-05-20

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 13

The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure

As part of BBC Two's 50th birthday celebrations, this programme pulls from the shelf some rare and previously unseen comedy moments from some of the greatest names in comedy.

Release Date: 2014-05-11

Character: Self

Vote Count: 1

Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things

A tribute to British comedian Mel Smith, who died in July 2013, aged 60, featuring home video footage, rare archive material and many classic sketches. Far more than a comic actor, Smith also wrote and edited a host of celebrated TV comedies in the 1980s and 90s. He was a theatre and film director, and as a TV producer he was responsible for several innovative comedy series. Friends and colleagues, including Griff Rhys Jones, John Lloyd and Richard Curtis, talk about Smith's talents, both in front of- and behind the camera. The programme also traces his time at Oxford and, before that, Latymer Upper School, where Smith's talents were first spotted.

Release Date: 2013-12-24

Character: Self

Vote Count: 2

QI (SE)

Famous comedians and funny experts meet in a duel where they try to outdo each other with astounding facts. Host is Johan Wester. Based on the hit British program QI.

Release Date: 2012-09-08

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 1

Making Qi

Behind the scenes documentary on British panel show Qi.

Release Date: 2011-09-10

Character: Self

Fry and Laurie Reunited

Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie reunite for a TV special to mark the 30th anniversary of their partnership.

Release Date: 2010-11-24

Character: Self

Vote Count: 5

Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News

A look behind the scenes of satirical sketch show Not the Nine O'Clock News.

Release Date: 2009-12-28

Character: Self

Vote Count: 1

Blackadder Rides Again

This documentary marks the 25th anniversary since the first transmission of The Black Adder in 1983 and reunites the iconic cast to give their opinions on all series and specials. Narrated by John Sergeant, this in-depth guide includes interviews from the cast and crew, a clip from the pilot episode, clips from all four series and the specials, opinions about certain moments in the show, and much more. With interviews by Rowan Atkinson, writers Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, producer John Lloyd, Miriam Margolyes, Rik Mayall, Tim McInnerny, Miranda Richardson, Tony Robinson and editor Chris Wadsworth.

Release Date: 2008-12-25

Character: himself - producer

Vote Count: 18

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 15 genuine Blackadders.

Release Date: 2008-10-16

Character: Self

Vote Count: 1

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

To mark the 25th anniversary since the first transmission of Blackadder in 1983, the iconic cast of the much-loved sitcom appear together in a documentary for the first time. The show includes an exclusive in-depth interview with Edmund Blackadder himself, Rowan Atkinson - the first time he has agreed to be interviewed about his experience making the show.

Release Date: 2008-10-09

Character: Self

Vote Count: 10

Only Connect

The fiendishly difficult quiz show in which two teams of three contestants have to find the connection between seemingly unrelated clues, where patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge.

Release Date: 2008-09-15

Character: Self - Contestant

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 12

How TV Changed Britain

A look at the impact of television on British culture.

Release Date: 2008-06-01

Character: Himself

Episode Count: 1

Best Ever Spitting Image

A documentary about Spitting Image (1984) and the impact it had, including clips of the most memorable moments and contributions from many of the cast, crew and some of celebrities portrayed on the show.

Release Date: 2006-07-25

Character: Self

QI

Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.

Release Date: 2003-09-11

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Character: Self

Episode Count: 164

Vote Count: 255

Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive

Documentary charting the Derek and Clive phenomenon. The two foul-mouthed toilet attendants were the creations of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and were responsible for some of the filthiest comedy to come out of Britain. Despite being banned from radio and television the duo achieved great success and a cult status, but the act broke up one of the greatest comedy partnerships of recent years. Featuring excerpts from the actual records and video footage of Cook and Moore.

Release Date: 2002-12-25

Character: Self

Vote Count: 1

Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python

Steve Martin presents selected sketches from "Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)". It's the well known sketches, though the parrot sketch is not included. Steve Martin has some funny comments on the Pythons.

Release Date: 1989-11-18

Department: Editing

Job: Editor

Vote Count: 18

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.

Release Date: 1988-12-23

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 21

Blackadder

Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of the First World War.

Release Date: 1983-06-15

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 25

Vote Count: 478

Wogan

Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.

Release Date: 1982-05-04

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 6

Doctor Snuggles

Doctor Snuggles is an animated television series created by Jeffrey O'Kelly based on original artwork by Nick Price, about a friendly and optimistic inventor named Doctor Snuggles who has unusual adventures with his friends. The show featured fantastical scenarios which usually involved Doctor Snuggles inventing something outlandish such as a robot helper or diamond-making machine, and had a variety of supporting characters who were mostly anthropomorphic animals.

Release Date: 1981-06-24

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 17

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Don't Panic! The story of Arthur Dent, an average Englishman who life was spared by his friend, who turned out to be an alien, while the planet Earth is destroyed. His friend tells him about the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a guide with anything you ever needed, and wanted to know. They travel across the galaxy, meeting friendly, and not so friendly characters in order to find the great question (the answer being 42).

Release Date: 1981-01-05

Department: Production

Job: Associate Producer

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 34

Not the Nine O'Clock News

Classic sketch comedy show satirising the news and culture of the late 70s and early 80s which introduced Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and Pamela Stephenson.

Release Date: 1979-10-16

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 27

Vote Count: 24

Murder by Decree

Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper, who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned psychic, Robert Lees, Holmes finds that the murders may have their roots in a Royal indiscretion and that a cover-up is being managed by politicians at the highest level, all of whom happen to be Masons.

Release Date: 1979-02-01

Department: Writing

Job: Novel

Vote Count: 148

Comedy Playhouse

Comedy Playhouse is a long-running British anthology series of one-off unrelated sitcoms that aired for 120 episodes from 1961 to 1975. Many episodes later graduated to their own series, including Steptoe and Son, Till Death Us Do Part, All Gas and Gaiters, The Liver Birds, Are You Being Served? and Last of the Summer Wine, which is the world's longest running sitcom, having run from January 1973 to August 2010.

Release Date: 1961-12-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 2

QI News

QI News was an internet television show produced by Quite Interesting Limited, the company which produces the British panel game QI. It was broadcast on ComedyBox.tv. It was a mock news programme, which instead of broadcasting news stories, broadcast "quite interesting" stories. Other than the stories, the show also played on the characters in it, mainly the two news readers.

Department: Creator

Job: Creator