Sir Baldrick, Ha!

[jno]

And Blackadder CBE... sounds about the right priorities to me, recognition for the underdog and a farthing for the boss!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22904807

[Spoonboy]

Tis better to keep in with the dirt digging up old relics, that rehasing old potboilers! Blackadder was funny the first time round; but, not any more.

[askyourgran]

Can't stand the man.

[jno]

my OH has had some contact with Sir Baldrick and says he's wonderful, a really nice guy, courteous and helpful. That's good enough for me.

[MyBlackHen]

Whoop, about time.

[maggiebee]

Lucky Bag!!

[Maydup]

Scraping the bottom of the barrel in a non eventful year. Nice guy fr sure, but not a reason to honour a person. But then I'm not a fan of the honours sytem at the best of times.

[douglas9401]

Oh I don't know Spoonster, it stacks up pretty well against elephants and lions in matchboxes.

[FredPuli43]

Clare Balding gets an OBE. At this rate, she'll make it to Dame, as the female National Treasure.

Tony Robinson is a star Labour supporter and worker. Now, if Rowan Atkinson was more into politics...

[Baldric]

Richly deserved imho!

[jno]

true, FredPuli, but Labour are not in power. Atkinson has spoken in favour of a libertarian position whereby comedians can say anything they like without fear of PC complaints, which ought to be a Tory stance; but it seems it isn't.

In truth, I'm quite surprised how these two honours in particular have turned out. But my OH thinks it's dead right.

[Slapshot]

Brilliant news for both of them and for fans of Blackadder everywhere, it was some of the best comedy ever produced

[boxtops]

Sounds like the outcome of the fabled Cunning Plan!

[sandyRoe]

Has the world gone mad altogether? A K for an enlisted man and only a CBE for an officer?

[tiggerblue10]

Very happy for him and Rowan. Blackadder is my all time favourite comedy.

[Old_Geezer]

I do wonder how much chartiy and public and political work gets involved with these awards. Seems to me favoured individuals get given an award for doing their job, being a popular celeb, maybe helping the government party in question, that sort of stuff. Congrats to all given them but I don't think they represent much any more, if they ever did.

[Peter Pedant]

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I unkindly thought exactly that ! jno


an underling had a gong when he joined my nationalised employer and so and so, the chairman HAD to have a gong (same size) to sudduv equalise things

You can hear the sort of thing ringing around the Mandarins' corridor:
"Sir, Jones has a sherbet fountain and I dont and it's just not fair !"
Sir (for it is he) : Yeah OK what about knighting the Nobel prize winner ?
Both Jones and Smith (in unison) : "Sir ! have yo gone out of your majesty's mandarins' mind ? What's HE done for the country ? "
and so on down the list

[Bazile]

I thought Tony Robinson was anti- monarchy or am i just imagining that to be the case ?

[excelsior-1]

sir mr bean and sir baldric

kudos to both of them, thorougly merited