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A cunning plan! Could Ben Elton bring back Blackadder?

More than 40 years after the unlucky antihero first appeared on TV screens, the writer who helped to bring him to life is thinking about a comeback

The Guardian - UK

Catalonia’s 3Cat Digital Platform Adds Classic British Comedies

TV3's iconic shows like Blackadder and Mr Bean now available on 3Cat platform

Zenger

Blackadder 40th anniversary: Where to watch the unaired pilot episode tonight

The lost pilot will finally be shown on BBC television to mark 40 years of the comedy

Evening Standard

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Blackadder's Tony Robinson on why another actor originally played Baldrick

Sir Tony Robinson on unearthing the previously unaired pilot episode of historical sitcom Blackadder and why he's not in it!

WhatToWatch

Twist of fate that handed Tony Robinson his breakthrough in Blackadder

Landing the role of loveable idiot Baldrick in legendary sitcom Blackadder back in the early 1980s dramatically changed the course of Tony’s life

Daily Mirror

Blackadder portrait appears at historic mansion house leaving visitors scratching their heads

The oil painting shows Rowan Atkinson's BBC sitcom character in his Elizabethan attire

Wales Online

Portrait of TV comedy icon sneaked into stately home - and mistaken for Shakespeare

The painting should be instantly recognisable to most Britons - but some visitors to Audley End House wrongly thought it depicted the Bard or Sir Walter Raleigh

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Who's Queen? Queenie stars as Blackadder goes 1st class

The Royal Mail has released a series of 13 Blackadder-themed stamps to celebrate 40 years since the comedy debuted.

WhatToWatch

Royal Mail issuing Blackadder stamps to mark 40 years since classic sitcom first aired

The set comprises 12 stamps featuring a range of designs from the show's four series

Wales Online

Sir Tony Robinson hints new Blackadder project is in development

Sir Tony Robinson has hinted a new Blackadder project is in development after he reprised the role of Baldrick for Comic Relief.

Evening Standard

Comic Relief 2023: Blackadder fans rejoice in Baldrick’s return after 20 years

‘This is a lovely story called Balder-ella,’ Tony Robinson told viewers in special

The Independent UK

Tony Robinson to return as Baldrick for first time in 20 years

Sir Tony previously reprised his role for a Comic Relief Red Nose Day sketch in 1988

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