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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

Twist of fate that handed Tony Robinson his breakthrough in Blackadder

Landing the role of loveable idiot Baldrick in legendary sitcom Blackadder back in the early 1980s dramatically changed the course of Tony’s life

Daily Mirror

Portrait of TV comedy icon sneaked into stately home - and mistaken for Shakespeare

The painting should be instantly recognisable to most Britons - but some visitors to Audley End House wrongly thought it depicted the Bard or Sir Walter Raleigh

Daily Mirror

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Blackadder portrait appears at historic mansion house leaving visitors scratching their heads

The oil painting shows Rowan Atkinson's BBC sitcom character in his Elizabethan attire

Wales Online

Iconic 90s BBC kids show created by Sir Tony Robinson is set to return to screens

Award-winning BBC series Maid Marian And Her Merry Men looks set for a dazzling return to screens as creator Sir Tony Robinson has revealed he sold the rights to the much-loved show

Daily Mirror

Blackadder specials to feature never before seen episode

To celebrate Blackadder's 40th year, UKTV has announced two documentaries about the classic historical comedy show

WhatToWatch

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

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Blackadder’s Tony Robinson teases reunion special: ‘Everybody likes a 40th anniversary, don’t they?’

Actor told The Independent in 2021 that a reunion was ‘not on the horizon’

The Independent UK

Sir Tony Robinson hints new Blackadder project is in development

Sir Tony Robinson has hinted a new Blackadder project is in development after he reprised the role of Baldrick for Comic Relief.

Evening Standard

Sir Tony Robinson reveals Miriam Margolyes once ‘tickled his balls’ but insists it ‘wasn’t sexual harassment’

The broadcaster recalled the awkward moment on his new podcast

Evening Standard

Best podcasts of the week: Inside the scandal of Britain’s ‘ghost’ children slipping through the cracks

In this week’s newsletter: Journalist Terri White investigates the case of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and other vulnerable children missing school since the pandemic. Plus: five of the best one-host podcasts

The Guardian - UK

Red Nose Day's star-studded sketches help Comic Relief raise more than £31m

The amount, though, was £8 million less than the total at the same point of last year’s show

Wales Online

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

Comic Relief 2023: Blackadder fans rejoice in Baldrick’s return after 20 years

‘This is a lovely story called Balder-ella,’ Tony Robinson told viewers in special

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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 Record

Blackadder to return to screens for first time in 20 years but without major star

Richard Curtis revealed the news that Blackadder would be returning for Comic Relief 2023.

Wales Online

Tony Robinson to return as Baldrick for first time in 20 years

Sir Tony previously reprised his role for a Comic Relief Red Nose Day sketch in 1988

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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Real Britain: 'Our care system in chaos as those who depend on it face the consequences'

More than 700,000 people in the UK are unpaid carers for those with dementia and tackle intractable problems all year round, but many soon face poverty and little or no respite

Manchester Evening News

BBC The One Show viewers divided over Greta Thunberg's appearance

The 19-year-old activist appeared live in the studio to chat to Lauren Laverne and Jermaine Jenas

Daily Mirror

Sir Tony Robinson's latest show has a new cunning plan to find hidden history

The Time Team stalwart says: "I spent 20 years telling people to dig up their back gardens, but in my new show Museum of Us you just have to rummage through your drawers for treasures"

Daily Mirror

Robbie Coltrane's death certificate reveals six causes - including organ failure

Tributes have flooded in for the dad-of-two since he died from colleagues and friends including Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Tony Robinson, and Harry Potter author JK Rowling

Bristol Post

More4 and Tony Robinson put Bedminster 'on the map' in new series

One street in South Bristol took centre stage on national TV in Tony Robinson's new docuseries

Bristol Post

Channel 4's Museum Of Us to let residents of Bedminster street tell its story

It starts on Monday

Bristol Post

New TV history show to feature Bedminster street will be 'revolutionary'

It's like a cross between A House Through Time and Grand Designs

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