Could our prayers be answered? (Picture: Shutterstock/BBC)
Blackadder might have not been on our screens for 24 years, but Richard Curtis has teased that some exciting plans for the sitcom could be in the pipeline.
In 1989, the very first episode of the beloved, farcical British TV series was released, in which Rowan Atkinson’s Edmund Blackadder was introduced for the very first time.
Co-created by Rowan and Richard, the historical comedy went on to become a cultural phenomenon, spawning 24 episodes over a six-year period as well as four specials, the last of which aired in 1999.
Speaking to Metro’s Tori Brazier for 60 Seconds, Richard has addressed the prospect of Blackadder returning in the near future, as well as opening up about his crowd-pleasing new festive Netflix film That Christmas.
After it was mentioned that the 68-year-old had previously said that he wasn’t interested in reviving Blackadder, the Notting Hill writer gave an intriguing response.
‘Well, oddly, Rowan and I have a plan for something we might do which would just be a bit of fun sometime in the next few years,’ he shared.
Richard and Rowan have been collaborators for many years (Picture: Comic Relief/Getty Images)
Blackadder fans would love to see Edmund and Baldrick reunite (Picture: Avalon/Getty Images)
It’s been 41 years since the first episode aired (Picture: Don Smith/Radio Times via Getty Images)
‘I’d love to work with Rowan one more time on something.’
In addition to Edmund Blackadder, Tony Robinson’s Baldrick also starred in every episode of the show.
Each series of the sitcom was set in different time periods, including the First World War and the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
From Mr Bean to Bridget Jones’ Diary, Love Actually and Four Weddings and a Funeral, Richard has led an extremely prolific career creating comedy gold.
Now, his latest venture has seen him take a merry turn in That Christmas, an animated film released on Netflix starring Brian Cox, Fiona Shaw, Jodie Whittaker and Lolly Adefope.
In the animated film That Christmas, Santa makes a ‘big mistake’ (Picture: Courtesy of Netflix)
Richard was relieved to write fewer swear words for the animated film compared to his previous works (Picture: Courtesy of Netflix)
Speaking to Metro, he admitted that it was ‘an enormous relief not to have to write so many swear words’.
‘In About Time, they said to me, if you can get it down to 16 swear words, it can be a PG or whatever it was. And I remember saying to the editor, “Well, that’s great, there are only like 20!”’
Richard continued: ‘And he said, “Look, I’ll count them.” And he came back the next day and said there were 76 swear words – so it was lovely for me to be able to behave better.’
The screenwriter added that it was ‘so lovely to be able to write something for Jodie, and for Fiona Shaw’, but they faced their ‘broadest challenge’ when it came to Santa – voiced by acting legend and Succession star Brian.
‘We were wondering, for instance, should we make him American? Then we thought, no, he should be Scottish.’
Blackadder is available to stream on ITVX. That Christmas is available to stream on Netflix.
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