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5 February 1988 (UK) See more »
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Sir Edmund Blackadder must protect, and later rescue, King Charles I from the Roundheads. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Cast

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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)

Hugh Laurie ... Roundhead with Cromwell (uncredited)

Tim McInnerny ... Person Shouting in Crowd (uncredited)
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Writing credits
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Richard Curtis 
Ben Elton 


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Stephen Fry, who plays King Charles I, plays the character as an impression of the Prince of Wales at the time, 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).See more »
Quotes:
Edmund Blackadder:Oh damn! One measly civil war in the entire history of England and I'm on the wrong bloody side!See more »
Movie Connections:
Featured in Comic Relief (1988) (TV)See more »

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Too, too short..., 5 June 2010
Author: planktonrules from Bradenton, Florida

I felt rather wistful watching this 16 minute segment from Comic Relief. That's because a Blackadder series set during the English Civil War might have been terrific--too bad it was only a small segment and not an entire series! The show is set in the final days of the Civil War. At this point King Charles is virtually alone--with only Blackadder and Baldrick! In other words, he's totally screwed! Eventually, the King is captured and the next order of business is to find someone awful enough to be willing to execute the man. Take a wild guess which scoundrel they manage to find who is willing to do this infamous deed! Overall, not bad at all--just too short, too short, too short.

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