Tony Robinson thinks it would be hard to better the final episode of 'Blackadder Goes Forth'.
Tony Robinson
The 75-year-old star - who played sidekick Baldrick in the historical comedy saga - won't rule out a return for the beloved characters in the future but admitted co-star Rowan Atkinson has always insisted they won't do another TV series.
He told the Daily Star newspaper: “It’s hard to know how you could do anything that would be more iconic than that final episode of Blackadder Goes Forth when we all went over the top.
“But Rowan has always said that if anything did come back it wouldn’t be a television series it would be something else.
“Who knows, maybe somewhere down the line someone will think of an appropriate way to bring those characters back to life.”
And if 'Blackadder' does ever return, Tony thinks the 1958 Suez Crisis - where Britain, Israel and France sent in troops with the aim of regaining control of the Suez Canal from Egypt, only for Prime Minister Anthony Eden to be forced into withdrawing following pressure from the US and Soviet Union - would be the perfect setting to explore.
He said: "Suez would be perfect, where our troops thought we’d won – and we were still going forward through the desert when the British said we can’t go any further because the Americans have threatened us with sanctions, so we’re pulling out!
“We went from being a respected superpower to an international laughing stock in nine days. Not an easy thing to do. Even Boris would struggle to do that!”
Tony - who has explored Britain's lesser-known military history in new show 'Britain's Forgotten Wars' - admitted playing Baldrick has given him a connection with the armed forces.
He said: “Baldrick was like the smallest cog in the war machine. I think most people in the forces have felt like that.
“Even if they are generals they have felt like they are Baldricks, and so many people have been nicknamed Baldrick.
“I think because of that understanding and what that’s meant, so many forces people are fond of the character and so by extension they like me and are prepared to talk to me.
“It has given me an entrée into the whole world of the British forces and I’m really grateful for that.”
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