Blackadder: Back & Forth

"After 10 Years... He's Back!"

1999 0h 33m EN

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★7.0TMDB · 191

ComedyHistoryScience FictionTV Movie

Synopsis

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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.

“After 10 Years... He's Back!”

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Cast

Rowan Atkinson
Blackadder
Tony Robinson
Baldrick
Stephen Fry
Melchett
Hugh Laurie
George
Tim McInnerny
Darling
Miranda Richardson
Queenie
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Dinosaur
Patsy Byrne
Nursie

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Paul Weiland
Writers: Richard Curtis, Ben Elton
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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Tight 33-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $4.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Blackadder Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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WORLD

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson and Stephen Fry carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

ERA

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Marketing tagline: "After 10 Years... He's Back!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0212579 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Paul Weiland directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 33-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Shot for just $4.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
327 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Part of the "Blackadder Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
6Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson and Stephen Fry carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "After 10 Years... He's Back!".
8IMDB entry: tt0212579 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.