The following article was printed on the BEEB website on Friday 3rd April 1998. It was in the Funny Talk section in the Comedy Zone.<\/p>\n
Dear Danny,
\nOkay, please tell me\u2026what do you know about a new series of Blackadder? Where and when will it be set?
\nVegard Heimdal<\/p>\n
Dear Danny,
\nLike you\u2019re going to be able to answer this – will there be a new series of Blackadder?
\nTell me something I don\u2019t know!
\nMad Gerald<\/p>\n
Vegard, Gerald\u2026
\nHave faith in me, boys. All I can tell you is this – it\u2019s largely unconfirmed, as rumours tend to be – but I\u2019m a fairly trusting bloke and I think it\u2019s quite likely\u2026 The fifth series of Blackadder will be called \u2018Blackadder MI5\u2032. It\u2019ll be set in the sixties, and revolve around a Bond-style spy called\u2026 Edmund Blackadder. Remember the credit card ads Rowan Atkinson did? That should give you some idea\u2026
\nPS. You both have very strange names, by the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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