Sir Tony Robinson played servant Baldrick in Blackadder (Picture: REX/Shutterstock)
Sir Tony Robinson has revealed a new TV project ‘associated with Blackadder’ will be released ‘in the next few months’.
The 76-year-old played hapless servant Baldrick alongside Rowan Atkinson’s aristocrat Edmund Blackadder in the BBC sitcom, which originally aired from 1983 to 1989.
Since the beloved programme ended more than three decades ago, there have been various specials, including a recent sketch for Comic Relief, and it seems like there’s more content in the Blackadder world in the pipeline.
The Time Team presenter hasn’t exactly divulged what the secret Blackadder-related project is but insisted viewers ‘won’t have seen it before.’
‘There is something new coming at some point in the next few months but I’m sworn to secrecy as to precisely what it is,’ he told the Daily Mail.
‘All I can say is that it will be on TV, and it’s something associated with Blackadder that viewers won’t have seen before.’
Each of the four series focuses on a different British historical period (Picture: BBC)
Tony also admitted he was ‘swamped with love’ by fans after reading a Cbeebies Bedtime Story as Baldrick for Red Nose Day earlier this month, so he is hoping there will be a similar reaction to the upcoming mystery project.
He added: ‘I was swamped with love from the public after that, so I’m feeling very positive about the future.’
Earlier this month, the BBC’s comedy boss Jon Petrie admitted the corporation are open to talks with Blackadder creator Richard Curtis about a new run.
The series originally ran in the 1980s (Picture: BBC)
Speaking at a BBC Comedy Showcase, he said: ‘We would always be happy to talk to Richard.’
Tony previously suggested a new Blackadder series is probably unlikely because audiences may not feel as ‘warm’ about it as they did the original episodes, but didn’t completely rule it out.
He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: ‘The argument always is that however good a new series might be, the people who are watching it wouldn’t be in the same state of mind and same state of emotions as they were when they watched the first series.
Sir Tony said he was ‘sworn to secrecy over the project (Picture: Getty)
‘They wouldn’t feel as warm about it, they wouldn’t feel as good about it. Even if it was absolutely great they’d go, ‘It’s not like the old series, is it?’
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‘So I think that’s one of the main reasons why no one has ever seriously thought about writing another series.
‘But who knows, who knows? It’s not down to me, it’s down to Richard and Ben [Elton].’
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Sir Tony said he was ‘sworn to secrecy’ over the project.