Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (1988) (TV)

Writers:

Richard Curtis (writer)
Ben Elton (writer)

Release Date:

5 February 1988 (UK)

Genre:

Short | Comedy | History

Plot:

Sir Edmund Blackadder must protect, and later rescue, King Charles I from the Roundheads.

Plot Keywords:

Ring | Pumpkin | Sequel | Black Adder | Decapitation

Cast

Rowan Atkinson	...	Sir Edmund Blackadder
Tony Robinson	...	Baldrick
Stephen Fry	...	King Charles I
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Warren Clarke	...	Oliver Cromwell
Harry Enfield	...	Narrator (voice)

Runtime:

15 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Trivia:

'Stephen Fry', who plays King Charles I, plays the character as an impression of the current Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, who when crowned king, would be King Charles III (although it is believed to be unlikely he will continue to use the name Charles).

Quotes:

Edmund Blackadder: Oh damn! One measly civil war in the entire history of England and I'm on the wrong bloody side!

Movie Connections:

Edited into Comic Relief: Behind the Nose (1992) (TV)

very very very very funny

just like the series but set just after the era of BA2. rlough has said it all really but i can safely say you should check this episode out if you ever can. Rowan Atkinson never fails in his role as blackadder and could never be replaced and neither can Tony Robinson as Baldrick