Blackadder fans have the rare chance to own a bit of history after writer Richard Curtis put a script of an abandoned episode of the BBC sitcom up for auction for charity

Blackadder writers have a cunning plan to unleash an abandoned episode of the iconic sitcom back onto the world . An unfilmed script was sadly ditched before production in 1988, but writer Richard Curtis has revealed there is a chance yet for Blackadder in Bethlehem.

The "lost" work by Curtis and Ben Elton depicts Edmund Blackadder as an innkeeper approached by Joseph and Mary as they seek a bed for the night. It features Celebrity Traitors star Sir Stephen Fry, who starred as General Melchett.

And now fans have a chance to make it their own as the script is up for auction. Proceeds from the sale will support Th

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