Blackadder Back and Forth was a one off special, that was made in 1999 and shown on Sky one on Millennium Eve.
Lord Edmund Blackadder has brought his friends together to celebrate the coming of the new Millennium with a dinner party. (Oh the rich know how to party on down dont they) As they dine on the finest fair Baldrick can produce and serve while showing his bum. Blackadder anounces that he has a time machine and bets his friends £10,000 that he can bring back items from the past for them.
Since this is Blackadder, he is of course trying to con them by using a time machine built by Baldrick based on a design by Leonardo D'Vinci and items hidden in his celler. Unfortunatley Baldrick is rather good at doing airfix models and the time machine works. Sending the happless pair on a journey spanning the centuries.
Well i say centuries, but they start off by finding out what really killed of the Dinosaurs. Before visiting Elisabethen England, Sherwood Forest, Hadrians wall and the battlefield of Waterloo. Before returning to discover how much they have altered history.
As well as the usual faces of Rowan Attkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Tim Mcinnerny. The very very sexy Miranda Richardson makes a welcome return as Queen Elisabeth I and Patsy Byrne as the not so sexy ,but just as funny Nursie.
Add to this Guest apperances by Colin Firth as William Shakespeare. Who has the worst moment of his life at the hands of a vengeful Blackadder. Getting revenge for every schoolchild having to sit through hours and hours of English Lit classes. Rik Mayall as Robin Hood. Although there is a lot of the Lord Flashart about him this is strangley comforting. Finally Kate Moss playing the part of Maid Marion.
In addition there is a 15 minute short film called Blackadder The Cavalier Years. Where Sir Edmund Blackadder remains the last faithfull Royalist trying to stop good King Charles (played in a delightfully Prince Charles like manner by Stephen Fry) from being captured by Cromwell.
The final part of this DVD is Baldricks Video Diary. This is taken up by behind the scenes footage of the making of Back and Forth. As well as some scenes that had to be cut from the program and some of the classic scenes from the original series.
This is an incredibley funny DVD that is a must have for any Blackadder fan. I cant recommend this highly enough.
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