The Sun<\/a><\/p>\nROWAN Atkinson has told pals he is \u201cextremely excited\u201d about a planned return of cult comedy Blackadder.<\/p>\n
Atkinson, 64, is set to team up again with co-stars including Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.<\/p>\n
It had been reported they would consider a one-off show but sources said a full fifth series was being considered.<\/p>\n
The BBC show ran for four seasons from 1983 to 1989, with each set in a different period of history. The new instalment would be set in the modern era.<\/p>\n
Edmund Blackadder \u2014 accompanied again by dogsbody Baldrick, played by Robinson, 72 \u2014 would be a university lecturer.<\/p>\n
We can reveal the stars agreed on a return after a meeting at London members\u2019 club Soho House.<\/p>\n
A source said: \u201cThey were all having a great laugh and they are all old friends. So they just said, \u2018Yes, let\u2019s do it\u2019. It is being written now.<\/p>\n
Rowan has been saying he is extremely excited.\u201d<\/p>\n
When World War One-themed Blackadder Goes Forth ended in 1989, co-writers Richard Curtis and Ben Elton said there would be no more.<\/p>\n
But since then there has been a Comic Relief skit and a Christmas special.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Sun is reporting that four of the cast members recently met up in London to discuss the idea of doing a Blackadder (series or special not confirmed) set in a modern University. The idea of Blackadder being a grumpy old uni lecturer has been mentioned in the past, but this recent meet up (if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cast-crew","category-specials"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p54TBn-p5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":462,"url":"https:\/\/www.blackadderhall.com\/?p=462","url_meta":{"origin":1555,"position":0},"title":"Cunning Blackadder plan foiled","author":"admin","date":"6 October 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: SundaySun.co.uk TELLY producers had a cunning plan to mark the 25th anniversary of Blackadder. 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