Richard Curtis has revealed that Baldrick will be back for a Comic Relief special. <\/p>
Richard Curtis has confirmed that Blackadder<\/a> will be returning for a Comic Relief special this year \u2013 although star Rowan Atkinson<\/a> will not be involved.<\/p>\n The writer \u2013 who created the iconic sitcom alongside Atkinson in the 1980s \u2013 broke the news during an appearance on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast show this morning (Tuesday 14th February) while speaking to stand-in host Gary Davies.<\/p> After admitting that he was \u201creally nervous\u201d about making the announcement, Curtis revealed that Tony Robinson would be reprising his popular role as Baldrick and that writing was currently ongoing on the project.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the first time in 20 years, Baldrick is going to be giving some kind of performance,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re just conspiring about it now, so I think there\u2019s going to be a marvellous, turnip-based thing with Tony Robinson now back in action, so I\u2019m excited about that.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Asked if Atkinson would also be making an appearance, he replied: \u201cNo,\u00a0<\/i>Rowan\u2019s far too serious to do any of that!\u201d<\/p>\n Even if it\u2019s not a new season, today\u2019s announcement of a brief Blackadder return will be good news for fans, especially given key figures behind the show had previously indicated they had little desire for the series to come back.<\/p>\n Last year, Ben Elton \u2013 who wrote Blackadder seasons 2, 3 and 4 with Curtis \u2013 appeared to rule out any chance of the show making a fully-fledged return, telling Radio Times<\/strong>\u00a0magazine <\/strong>that he didn\u2019t have any \u201cappetite\u201d for further seasons of the comedy.<\/p>\n Asked if there was any chance of a reunion with Curtis, he said: \u201cWe were a great team and I\u2019ve talked so many times about doing something else. Not Blackadder again, I don\u2019t think either of us feel any appetite to do that.\u201d<\/p>