Blackadder Back and Forth – The Blackadder Millennial Special
Crispin performed in Blackadder Back & Forth alongside the original Blackadder cast in what was to be a special Millennium celebration broadcast, and also the last of the Blackadder TV series (although other 'specials' have been produced since). Crispin plays Friar Tuck in the 'Robbin Hood' segment.
As published on https://blackadderquotes.com/blackadder-back-and-forth:
"Produced almost ten years after the final episode of the Blackadder TV Series aired, Blackadder Back and Forth was a one off special to celebrate entering the year 2000.
Specially commissioned for the event, and then shown near the Millennium Dome during this period, it was the only Blackadder to have been filmed without a laugh track.
Blackadder and Baldrick, in a miraculously functioning time machine go back and Forth in time in order to win a bet.
Along the way, they meet Robin Hood, the Duke Of Wellington, Dinosaurs, go the the future, and alter the course of history once or twice.
At the end, Blackadder realises he can alter time to benefit himself.
He becomes the absolute monarch of Britain, and his descendants the Rulers of the Universe."
Blackadder Back & Forth Cast
Many of the core cast members from the Blackadder series appeared in Blackadder Back & Forth, along with previous cameo guest stars.
A few new characters played by ‘household names’ also made their first appearance in this Blackadder Special such as Kate Moss and Colin Firth.
Blackadder Back and Forth Cast List
- Rowan Atkinson – Lord Blackadder, King Edmund III and Centurion Blaccadius
- Tony Robinson – Baldrick, Prime Minister and Legionary Baldricus
- Stephen Fry – Flavius Melchett, General Melchius, Lord Melchett and the Duke of Wellington
- Hugh Laurie – Major George and Consul Georgius
- Tim McInnerny – Archdeacon Darling, Duke of Darling and Duc de Darling
- Miranda Richardson – Lady Elizabeth and her relative Queen Elizabeth I
- Patsy Byrne – Nursie
- Rik Mayall – Robin Hood (aka Lord Flashheart)
- Kate Moss – Maid Marian
- Colin Firth – William Shakespeare
- Simon Russell Beale – Napoleon
- Sacha Bennett – Will Scarlet
- Crispin Harris – Friar Tuck
- Jennie Bond – Royal Reporter