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VETERAN comedian Rowan Atkinson wants to do a fifth series of his classic sitcom Blackadder.

The actor, who is currently launching his new spy spoof movie Johnny English Reborn, said yesterday: “It could be reprised in some form or other. I think there is a possibility of a fifth series.”

Atkinson, 56, who also starred in Mr Bean and Not The Nine O’Clock News, told ITV’s Daybreak show that a new Blackadder would take a different approach.

The historical TV sitcom ran for four series between 1983 to 1989, and co-starred Stephen Fry, Miranda Richardson, Hugh Laurie and Tony Robinson.

Atkinson added: “We’re all getting a bit old, sadly, to play the characters in the way we did so we’d have to shift it a bit to make it work.

“They’ve all got slightly different attitudes and experiences to call upon now.

“It would be nice to get them all back together.”