Tony Robinson teases new Blackadder TV project: 'Viewers won't have seen it before'

Sir Tony Robinson has revealed a new TV project "associated with 'Blackadder'" will be released "in the next few months".

The 76-year-old actor - who played hapless servant Baldrick in the BBC sitcom - hasn't divulged exactly what the secret project is, but insisted viewers "won't have seen it before".

He is quoted by Alison Boshoff's Daily Mail newspaper column as saying: "There is something new coming at some point in the next few months but I’m sworn to secrecy as to precisely what it is.

"All I can say is that it will be on TV, and it’s something associated with 'Blackadder' that viewers won’t have seen before."

Tony admitted he was "swamped with love" by fans after reading a Cbeebies Bedtime Story as Baldrick for Comic Relief earlier this month, so he is hoping there will be a similar reaction to the upcoming mystery project.

He added: "I was swamped with love from the public after that, so I’m feeling very positive about the future."

Earlier this month, the BBC's comedy boss Jon Petrie admitted the corporation are open to talks with 'Blackadder' creator Richard Curtis about a new run.

Speaking at a BBC Comedy Showcase, he said: "We would always be happy to talk to Richard."

Tony previously suggested a new 'Blackadder' series is probably unlikely because people may not feel as "warm" about it as they did the original episodes, but he hasn't completely ruled it out.

He told BBC Radio 4's 'Today' programme: "The argument always is that however good a new series might be, the people who are watching it wouldn’t be in the same state of mind and same state of emotions as they were when they watched the first series.

"They wouldn’t feel as warm about it, they wouldn’t feel as good about it. Even if it was absolutely great they’d go, 'It’s not like the old series, is it?'

"So I think that’s one of the main reasons why no one has ever seriously thought about writing another series.

"But who knows, who knows? It’s not down to me, it’s down to Richard and Ben [Elton]."