‘Blackadder’ May Be Coming Back For Another Series, And No One Quite Knows How To Feel
It's been 26 years since their final episode and it was one of the best in TV history. Is this plan all that cunning?
A hell of a lot has happened in the 26 years since Blackadder‘s fourth and final series went to air. I have been born and become what’s technically classified as an adult; Rowan Atkinson became Mr Bean; Hugh Laurie was House; and Tony Robinson, who played the ever-bewildered Baldrick is now a knight. When receiving the honour in 2013, he pledged to “slaughter all unruly dragons and rescue any damsels who request my help”.
This is truly a brave new world.
Despite all this, adding the never-ending string of nostalgic reboots in recent times, Robinson has today revealed to The Sun that the show may come back some time soon. “I do think a new series of Blackadder is on the cards,” he said. “I have spoken to virtually all the cast about this now. The only problem is Hugh’s fee. He’s a huge star now — or so he’d like to think.”
Somewhat appropriate for an actor who was best known for playing a pompous prince, Hugh Laurie went onto huge success for his role in House reportedly taking home up to £250,000 per episode. However, being well regarded as an A-grade lovely guy and maintaining friendships with all the rest of the show’s incredible comedic cast, it’s hard to imagine that Laurie would be a stickler for the cash.
The bigger question seems to be about public reception — with its four original series held in such high regard in the comedic canon, what can actually be gained from a resurrection? To mark the 25th anniversary of the show’s first episode, the crew already reunited for a BBC documentary and since then one of the main cast members has tragically died. What would Blackadder even be without Lord Flasheart’s unsoliticed air-humping?