Blackadder
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1983 - 2000
- 26 episodes (4 series)
The Blackadder dynasty has run through English history since time immemorial, seemingly always hampered by a Baldrick, and often a Percy and Melchett. Stars Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry and more.
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Blackadder Back & Forth
Further details
When a practical joke goes wrong and a 'time machine' constructed by Baldrick actually works, Edmund finds himself face-to-face with such historical luminaries as Elizabeth I, Robin Hood, William Shakespeare, and even a dinosaur.
Notes
This special episode was commissioned to be shown as a visitor attraction at The Millennium Dome, in a cinema venue run/sponsored by Sky. It was broadcast on Sky One in October, and received its first terrestrial broadcast on BBC One, on Sunday 21st April 2002 - for this a laughter track was added. (It had been due to air on Easter Sunday, at the end of March, but was postponed following the death of the Queen Mother.)
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 1st October 2000
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Sky One
- Length
- 45 minutes
Cast & crew
| Tony Robinson | Baldrick |
| Miranda Richardson | Queen Elizabeth I |
| Stephen Fry | Lord Melchett |
| Patsy Byrne | Nursie |
| Rowan Atkinson | Lord Edmund Blackadder V |
| Stephen Fry | The Duke of Wellington |
| Stephen Fry | All Melchetts |
| Hugh Laurie | All Georges |
| Tim McInnerny | All Darlings |
| Miranda Richardson | All Elizabeths |
| Colin Firth | William Shakespeare |
| Rik Mayall | Robin Hood |
| Kate Moss | Maid Marian |
| Crispin Harris | Friar Tuck |
| Simon Russell Beale | Napoleon |
| Jennie Bond | Royal Reporter (Voice) |
| Richard Curtis | Writer |
| Ben Elton | Writer |
| Paul Weiland | Director |
| Sophie Clarke-Jervoise | Producer |
| Peter Bennett-Jones | Executive Producer |
| Geoffrey Perkins | Executive Producer |
| Guy Bensley | Editor |
| Howard Goodall | Composer |
| Andrew Howe-Davies | Production Designer |
Press
A look back at Blackadder Back & Forth
As a reunion, and a Christmas special, I always thought that Blackadder Back & Forth was brilliant. Ultimately though, I can understand why people didn't want Blackadder's legacy damaged.
Rhianna Evans, Super Ink, 17th September 2019Why Blackadder writers reinvented him after series one
35 years ago, it's fair to say that the now-beloved sitcom was a very different beast to begin with.
Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 13th June 2018Thankfully, they more or less pulled it off; but it's doubtful whether it could - and should - happen again. For Curtis and Elton seem almost too preoccupied, or lazy, or indifferent, to sustain any kind of rekindled comic genius for a whole new series of Blackadder anymore - you sense that half an hour is more or less the limit.
Ian Jones, Off The Telly, 1st October 2000