Blackadder Back & Forth

1999
33m

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Rowan Atkinson, Stephen Fry, Miranda Richardson, Hugh Laurie, Rik Mayall, Kate Moss, and Tony Robinson in Blackadder Back & Forth (1999)

At a New Millennium Eve party, Blackadder and Baldrick test their new time machine and ping pong through history encountering famous characters and changing events rather alarmingly.At a New Millennium Eve party, Blackadder and Baldrick test their new time machine and ping pong through history encountering famous characters and changing events rather alarmingly.At a New Millennium Eve party, Blackadder and Baldrick test their new time machine and ping pong through history encountering famous characters and changing events rather alarmingly.

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7.6/10

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination total

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Rowan Atkinson

All Blackadders

Tony Robinson

All Baldricks

Stephen Fry

All Melchetts…

Hugh Laurie

All Georges

Tim McInnerny

All Darlings

Miranda Richardson

All Elizabeths

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Dinosaur

Patsy Byrne

Nursie

Colin Firth

William Shakespeare

Rik Mayall

Robin Hood

Kate Moss

Maid Marian

Crispin Harris

Friar Tuck

Simon Russell Beale

Napoleon
(as Simon Russell-Beale)

Hordes of Scots

Scottish Hordes

Jennie Bond

Royal Reporter
(voice)
(as Jenny Bond)

Sacha Bennett

Will Scarlett
(uncredited)

Kevin Hudson

Policeman
(uncredited)

Ross Larkin

Viking
(uncredited)

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Trivia
At the dinner party at the beginning, a portrait of Captain Blackadder from Blackadder Goes Forth (1989) is positioned on the wall behind the present Blackadder.

Goofs
When Baldrick and Blackadder arrive at Hadrian's wall it is clearly the modern-day ruins of it, leading Blackadder's Roman ancestor to claim that Hadrian built a 3 foot high wall. During the Roman Age, the wall was a much larger structure.

Quotes
Blackadder: [punches Shakespeare] That is for every schoolboy and schoolgirl for the next 400 years! Have you any idea how much suffering you're going to cause? Hours spent at school desks trying to find ONE joke in "A Midsummer's Night Dream", wearing stupid tights in school plays and saying things like, "What ho, my Lord," and, "Oh, look, here comes Othello talking total crap as usual."
[kicks Shakespeare]
Blackadder: And THAT is for Ken Branagh's endless, four-hour version of Hamlet.
William Shakespeare: Who's Ken Branagh?
Blackadder: I'll tell him you said that, and I think he'll be rather hurt...

Crazy credits
There is a statement in the opening credits: "Blackadder Films in association with Baldrick Dodgy Catering Co. presents..."

Connections
Featured in Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga (2008)

Soundtracks
Robin Hood
Written by Carl Sigman (as Carl Stigman)
Published by Memory Lane Music Ltd.

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9/10

Very, VERY good.

Unlike quite a few people on this website I enjoyed this a great deal. I found it hilarious, exciting and surprising (including the dinosaur bit and the squashed Wellington bit). Great fun all the way and well worth watching, if I do say so myself.

This is a single episode of Blackadder, set in 1999 + many other times in history! The day before the millennium, Blackadder plays a prank on his companions, he shows a time machine and says he will bring back anything from the past for each person. Baldrick and Blackadder, with various "promised" items and find themselves really and truly travelling back in time! Hilarious happenings await...

The cast:

The cynical, intelligent Blackadder: Rowan Atkinson. The stupid, adorable Baldrick: Tony Robinson. + Various actors playing different parts such as Stephen Fry and Miranda Richardson.

I recommend this to people who love the theme of time travelling + Blackadder and for people who like fun, mixed humour. Enjoy! :-)