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Back in his university days, scriptwriter Richard Curtis, the man behind Blackadder,

four weddings and a funeral and love actually, had a girlfriend called Anne.

She left him for Bernard Jenkin, who subsequently

became a Conservative MP. In Richard Curtis's 40 years of TV and film hits, a character

named Bernard appears with suspicious regularity and with certain overlapping traits.

In fact, Richard Curtis may have single-handedly shaped our opinions of Bernard's,

because in the films they're so often hapless and annoying.

Both Bernard and Chad are ancient names associated with bravery and strength.

And I just love how Chad has become shorthand in meme culture for a square-jured muscle bro,

while Bernard, in the UK at least, is just a little bit clueless.

I'm Marnie Chesterton from the BBC World Service.

This is Unexpected Elements.

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