Tony Robinson casts doubt on Blackadder return

Sir Tony Robinson has cast doubt on a possible \'Blackadder\' return.

The 72-year-old star portrayed dogsbody Baldrick in the historical sitcom - which aired from 1983 to 1989 - but he has appeared to play down speculation that the show could make a comeback.

In response to a tweet from a fan who asked if it was true the programme is "making a return", and whether he was excited about football team Bristol City making an "imminent announcement" about signing defender Tomas Kalas, Tony wrote: "One of these rumours is probably true, the other isn\'t!! (sic)"

Adding fuel to the fire, just hours later, City signed Kalas.

When asked about the possibility of the show\'s return, a spokesman for Tony told Yahoo UK: "It sounds lovely but I\'m afraid neither we nor Tony know anything about this."

This comes after co-creator Richard Curtis admitted he is "always hoping" the programme - which starred Rowan Atkinson as anti-hero Edmund Blackadder in all four series - will return at some point.

Last week, he said: "The thing about \'Blackadder\' was, it was a young man\'s show criticising older people, saying how stupid those in authority were.

"So I did once think, \'If we ever did anything again, it should be Blackadder as a teacher in a university, about how much we hate young people.\'

"I\'m always hoping Rowan and I will do one last live show and bring on Blackadder for a 10-minute bit."

Each series covered a different period of history, including the Middle Ages, Elizabethan England, the Georgian Era and a run of episodes focused on the trenches during World War One.

The cast also featured the likes of Tim McInnerny, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry and the late Rik Mayall.