Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
- TV documentary
- Gold
- 2023
- 1 episode
Sir Tony Robinson goes on a quest to discover the truth of Blackadder's beginnings. Features Tony Robinson, Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, Adil Ray, Nina Sosanya and more.
Press clippings
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot review
The fascinating, Fawltyesque origins of a classic.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 16th June 2023Blackadder: The Lost Pilot review
'It's funnier than we thought it was going to be.' That seems to be the unanimous verdict of the celebrity Blackadder fans given a first look at the show's pilot episode, which had been languishing in the vaults for 41 years.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th June 2023Blackadder: The Lost Pilot review
UKTV channel Gold has broadcast the show's original pilot - which featured some different faces - for the first time.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 15th June 2023Tony Robinson interview
Comedy favourite Blackadder had a couple of false starts - and nearly had a completely different actor as the hopeless sidekick.
Robin Parker, Radio Times, 6th June 2023Tony Robinson: 'I feel sorry for the other Baldrick - he wasn't so lucky'
Forty years on from Blackadder, Robinson reflects on working with Rowan Atkinson and Stephen Fry - and how he almost didn't play Baldrick.
Rachel Corcoran, The Telegraph, 3rd June 2023Blackadder pilot to be broadcast for the first time
TV channel Gold will celebrate Blackadder's 40th anniversary in June with two new documentaries, Blackadder: The Lost Pilot and Blackadder: A Cunning Story. It will include a special screening of the never-before-broadcast pilot.
British Comedy Guide, 21st April 2023