Blackadder the Third Baldrick sometimes calls Blackadder "Mr. B."). There are three main sets: the Prince's quarters, which are large and lavish, the below-stairs kitchen hangout of Blackadder and Baldrick, which is dark and squalid (though in fairness, very large and with a very high ceiling), and finally Mrs. Miggins' coffeehouse. Mrs. Miggins' pie shop was a never-seen running gag in "Blackadder II"; she — or at least, a descendant of hers — is now finally shown, played by Helen Atkinson-Wood. The plots of the series feature a number of then-contemporary issues and personalities, such as rotten boroughs, Dr. Samuel Johnson (played by
The Outcast (UK TV series) The Outcast (UK TV series) The Outcast is a British two-part television adaptation of Sadie Jones's debut novel of the same name. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 12 July and 19 July 2015. The screenplay for the television adaptation of "The Outcast" was written by the author Sadie Jones from her own novel of the same name. It was directed by Iain Softley and produced by Celia Duval on behalf of Blueprint Pictures Limited. Lewis Aldridge (Finn Elliot) is ten years old when he goes on a picnic with his mother (Hattie Morahan) and witnesses her drowning.