North Face, 29th March - 26th May 2008. Photographs from the national Portrait Gallery

Rowan Atkinson was born in Newcastle. He began to write and perform in comedy revenues when he was at Oxford University. He soon made a name for himself, becoming an international star in film and television. Edmund Blackadder, one of Rowan Atkinson’s best known characters, shares his name with the River Blackadder which runs near Berwick.