Tim McInnerny 2007 McInnerny spoke candidly about his love of ITV sitcoms, after receiving criticism for his views expressed on the BBC cult show: Since 2012, McInnerny has also been a patron of the Norwich Film Festival. Tim McInnerny Tim McInnerny ( ; born 18 September 1956) is an English actor. He is known for his many roles on television and stage. Early in his career he featured as Lord Percy Percy and Captain Darling in the "Blackadder" series. McInnerny was born in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, the son of Mary Joan (née Gibbings) and William Ronald McInnerny. He was brought up in
Blackadder Goes Forth repeated as part of an otherwise wholly serious BBC2 Armistice Day programme without anyone batting an eyelid." The series won the British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Series in 1989. In addition, for his performance as Captain Blackadder, Rowan Atkinson won Best Light Entertainment Performance. In 2000, the series was placed 16th by industry professionals in a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes compiled by the British Film Institute. In 2004, championed by John Sergeant, the whole "Blackadder" series came second in the BBC poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom with 282,106 votes. Journalists and historians have