The New Year Honours for 2025 have been released, and they include the appointment of former QI host Stephen Fry as a knight bachelor.
I thought fit to compile a tracker for where each major actor in the Blackadder franchise now stands within the British honours system:
Sir Tony Robinson (Baldrick)
Knight Bachelor, 15th June 2013 (Queen’s Birthday), for public and political service.
Sir Stephen Fry (Melchett)
Knight Bachelor, 30th December 2024 (New Year), for services to Mental Health Awareness, the Environment and Charity.
Richard Curtis (Writer)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire, I can’t find the date or cause.
Howard Goodall (Composer)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 31st December 2010 (New Year), for services to music education.
Hugh Laurie (George)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 30th December 2017 (New Year), for services to drama.
Miriam Margolyes (Maria Escalosa/Whiteadder/Victoria)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, 31st December 2001 (New Year), for services to drama.
Robbie Coltrane (Johnson)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, 31st December 2005 (New Year), for services to drama.
Brian Blessed (Richard IV)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, 10th June 2016 (Queen’s Birthday), for services to the arts and charity.
Ben Elton (Writer)
Member of the Order of Australia, 11th June 2023 (King’s Birthday), for significant service to the entertainment industry as a comedian, actor, writer and director.
Tom Baker (Redbeard)
Member of the Order of the British Empire, 30th December 2024 (New Year), for services to television.
So far Tim McInerny (Percy/Darling) and Miranda Richardson (Queenie/Amy) are still without anything from the fons honorum. Rik Mayall (Flasheart), Patsy Byrne (Nursie) and Peter Cook (Richard III) all went to the grave unadorned.
Robin Stanley Taylor 