Blackadder is set to return one last time as its creator plans a one-off special.
Richard Curtis, 62, has said he's desperate to get Blackadder and the gang back together once more, either on TV or on the stage.
The filmmaker is keen to have the notoriously anti-authoritarian character, played by Rowan Atkinson, become a grumpy old man.
He told the Daily Star: "The thing about Blackadder was, it was a young man’s show criticising older people, saying how stupid those in authority were.
"So I did once think: 'If we ever did anything again, it should be Blackadder as a teacher in a university, about how much we hate young people!'
"I'm always hoping Rowan and I will do one last live show and bring on Blackadder for a 10-minute bit."
Curtis added: "Getting Rowan and Tony Robinson on stage together again would be gorgeous."
Blackadder ran from 1983 until 1989, with the fourth and final season seeing the characters through World War One.
Rowan Atkinson - in the titular role of Edmund Blackadder - was joined by Tony Robinson (Baldrick) , Hugh Laurie (Lieutenant George) and Tim McInnemy (Captain Kevin Darling) as the quartet charged into No Man's Land.
Apart from a one-off special in 2000 - entitled Blackadder: Back & Forth - there have been no signs of a return since its last run.
The show's writer Ben Elton previously hinted that the show could return for a fifth run, saying it will never really be finished.
He told Event magazine: "Blackadder is not finished. We'll never officially close it down ... Ever."
The series - which also starred Stephen Fry as General Melchett - was always meant to end tragically, but its finale was never seen as a definitive conclusion.
Producer John Lloyd added: "It was always the idea that the last episode would be this tragic thing, but I don't think we ever decided that it would be the last series.
"And I suppose in many ways we still haven't decided."
