Blackadder duo Richard Curtis and Ben Elton reunite to write new material More than 20 years since they last collaborated, on Blackadder, Richard Curtis and Ben Elton are writing new material together. "I've just started working on a new project with Richard," Elton tells Mandrake at the first night of Cirque du Soleil's Totem at the Royal Albert Hall. It's been a long time since we worked together so it is fun. Curtis, who went on to write such films as Four Weddings and a Funeral, is, however, unlikely to be creating another series of Blackadder with Elton. "It is so lovely that everyone wants it back that it's almost a shame to do it and ruin that," says Elton. The new stuff will be original, but I can't reveal anymore than that. Blair's royal gift