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Ben Elton says no one is interested in his comedy any more: ‘I used to be a radical’

The stand-up comedian and writer shaped the face of British comedy in the Eighties, co-writing ‘The Young Ones’ and ‘Blackadder’, ahead of a vast career crossing film, literature, stand-up, TV presenting and musicals

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Rowan Atkinson won't go back to Blackadder

Comedian/actor Rowan Atkinson has admitted he may go back to his beloved character Mr. Bean in the future but he will never revive Blackadder because "the only motivation would be money".

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The 20 most overrated TV shows of all time, ranked

THE COUNTDOWN: The Independent’s culture team selects the most unduly hyped series ever

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Rowan Atkinson at 70: his best films – ranked!

To mark his birthday this week, we celebrate his versatility from bumbling Mr Bean to his punctilious headteacher in The Secret Policeman’s Ball

The Guardian - UK

The Divine Mrs S review – larky and good-natured historical comedy

There are shades of Blackadder in April De Angelis’s play about the great tragedian of 18th-century British theatre

The Guardian - UK

Blackadder Bob actress is guest starring as Death in Paradise murder victim this Sunday

Blackadder star turns up on Saint Marie in episode six of Death in Paradise

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Blackadder Goes Forth hilarious Stephen Fry outtake revealed: 'It's Hugh bloody Laurie!'

Watch as Stephen Fry can't get through General Melchett speech without laughing because of Hugh Laurie...

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Ben Elton: ‘Any time period would make a good Blackadder with the right jokes’

The comedian and author on his new musical about Twiggy, remembering Rik Mayall, and why he’d like to have a word with Julian Fellowes

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan’s shades of grey over female authors at fiction prize

The mayor has revealed he likes Fifty Shades of Grey author E.L. James

Evening Standard

Lost first episode of Blackadder with different actor playing Baldrick will air in UK

Philip Fox, who later had roles in Midsomer Murders and Waking the Dead, replaced Tony Robinson after he pulled out to take a year-long role with the National Theatre

Irish Mirror

Iconic BBC comedy set to return for its 40th anniversary, hints one of its stars

Tony Robinson has hinted a major BBC comedy could be set to return to our screens 40 years after it first aired, sending the show's legion of loyal fans into a frenzy

Daily Mirror

Blackadder's Tony Robinson inundated with support after Comic Relief comeback

Sir Tony Robison reprised the character Baldrick on Comic Relief earlier this evening, with the actor having previously played versions of the role in the four original series of sitcom Blackadder

Daily Mirror

Blackadder favourite Baldrick making return to TV - and he has a 'cunning plan'

Sir Tony Robinson, 76, is returning as the beloved buffoon Baldrick from hit comedy Blackadder to read a story for Comic Relief

Daily Mirror

Blackadder return confirmed by Richard Curtis - but without major star

Blackadder creator Richard Curtis has confirmed the BBC comedy is set to return for a special instalment

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‘I’ve never forgotten it’: the very best (and very worst) TV endings of all time

From The Sopranos’ unbeatable conclusion to the nonsensical anticlimax of Game of Thrones, here are the most memorable TV finales of all time – for varying reasons …

Daily Mirror

Untold story of heroine journalist dressed as man in bloody Western Front battle

Armed with just a passport and a pencil in 1915, 19-year-old Dorothy Lawrence had taken a boat to France and tried to cycle to the Somme, hoping to expose the terrible conditions British soldiers were enduring

The Guardian - UK

Robbie Coltrane obituary

Comedian turned critically acclaimed actor, from Cracker’s sarcastic, cerebral Fitz to the half-giant Hagrid in Harry Potter

The Independent UK

Man vs Bee review: Rowan Atkinson’s Netflix comedy is a better Bean

*Spoiler warning!* ‘Blackadder’ star’s new series gradually grows into a kind of Aesopian parable

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The Independent UK

Man vs Bee review: Rowan Atkinson’s Netflix comedy is a better Bean

*Spoiler warning!* ‘Blackadder’ star’s new series gradually grows into a kind of Aesopian parable

Tribune News Service

Three takeaways from Zandon’s impressive win in Keeneland’s Blue Grass Stakes

Three takeaways from the 98th running of the Grade 1 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes on Saturday at Keeneland:

Tribune News Service

John Clay: Blue Grass Stakes features several trainers who know their way to the winner’s circle

One thing’s for sure: Come Saturday’s Grade 1 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland, trainer Kenny McPeek won’t have any trouble finding his horses.

Los Angeles Times

Bob Baffert transfers some Kentucky Derby horses to Tim Yakteen and Rodolphe Brisset

LOS ANGELES — Trainer Bob Baffert, with time running out for any of his legal options to reach resolution, is transferring three of his Kentucky Derby hopefuls to Tim Yakteen, and one to Rodolphe Brisset, so that the horses can gain points and qualify to run on racing's most famous…

The Guardian - UK

‘I wanted to play the polar opposite of Baldrick’ – Tony Robinson on making Maid Marian and Her Merry Men

The Blackadder star loved playing the villain in this Robin Hood spoof – but Kate Lonergan had to get checked for bites between shots as her yellow underwear kept attracting ticks

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It's 40 years since Blackadder arrived on our TV screens

Forty years ago tonight, television viewers settled down for their first sighting of a comedy character who would become a long-standing favourite

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