What was a cunning plan from Lord Edmund Blackadder V to fake a time machine on his gullibly incompetent friends, turns out to be the real thing and hurls him and his imbecile underling, Baldrick, through the course of human history.
Acting
The entire original cast reunited, sharper and more insufferable than ever.
Writing
Ben Elton and Richard Curtis at their most historically disrespectful.
Production
Millennium Dome special with bizarrely high production values for 33 minutes.
Director
Paul Weiland
Rowan Atkinson
Blackadder
Tony Robinson
Baldrick
Stephen Fry
Melchett
Hugh Laurie
George
Tim McInnerny
Darling
Miranda Richardson
Queenie
Patsy Byrne
Nursie
Colin Firth
William Shakespeare
Rik Mayall
Robin Hood
Kate Moss
Maid Marian / King Blackadder's Wife
Simon Russell Beale
Wellington
Jennie Bond
Royal Reporter (voice) (as Jenny Bond)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for the Millennium Dome's Skyscape cinema, this was literally designed as a theme park attraction—explaining the breakneck pace and sensory overload.
The 'real' time machine Baldrick built from household junk? The set designers based it on actual Da Vinci sketches, meaning his stupidity accidentally produced historically credible engineering.
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