The Foretelling The Foretelling "The Foretelling" is the first episode of the BBC sitcom "The Black Adder", the first series of the long-running comedy programme "Blackadder". It marks Rowan Atkinson's début as the character Edmund Blackadder, and is the first appearance of the recurring characters Baldrick (Tony Robinson) and Percy (Tim McInnerny). The comedy actor Peter Cook guest stars as King Richard III. "The Black Adder" is a historical comedy set in late Medieval England on the cusp of the Tudor Period, and centres on the eponymous "Black Adder", the pseudonym adopted from this episode onwards by Edmund Plantagenet, Duke of Edinburgh.
Man O Man (UK game show) in the first series, Tracey McAndrew later changed her stage name to Nell McAndrew and went on to co-host the re-make of "It's a Knockout!" for Channel 5, again working with Richard Hearsey as producer but was produced by Ronin Entertainment. Man O Man (UK game show) Man O Man was a British game show based on a popular German format, which ran from 4 May 1996 to 7 August 1999, hosted by Chris Tarrant. The first series was produced by Richard Hearsey who previously produced another show hosted by Tarrant called "Prove It!". The first series was recorded at