Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (1988) (TV)

Writers:

Richard Curtis (writer)
Ben Elton (writer)

Release Date:

5 February 1988 (UK)

Genre:

Short | Comedy

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Black Adder | Decapitation | Pumpkin | Ring

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

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Mono

Trivia:

Filmed as part of the British version of the "Comic Relief" charity show.

Quotes:

Edmund Blackadder: Baldrick, your brain is like the four-headed, man-eating haddock fish-beast of Aberdeen.
Baldrick: In what way?
Edmund Blackadder: It doesn't exist.

Movie Connections:

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

Hilarious special found on the DVD of Blackadder II

Fifteen minutes of pure Blackadder. What better way to spend a quarter of an hour? This has Edmund as a Lord during the time of Oliver Cromwell and the revolution. He has to defend King Charles I(Stephen Fry, in a deliciously accurate parody of Prince Charles of Wales) from Cromwell and the Roundheads. Baldrick returns, but Percy does not. The minimalistic cast of this is works perfectly for this short. This has some of the best writing of the series I've seen so far(The Black Adder and Blackadder II making up the rest of it). This is very close to being even funnier than Blackadder II, but it's prevented by just one too many uninspired gags and jokes and some pacing problems. It has some of the most clever material and the most laugh-out-loud as well as burst-out-laughing moments and scenes of what I've seen so far. I doubt more than half a minute passed without me laughing through watching this. A must-see for any fan of Blackadder. I recommend this to anyone who enjoys British humor, Rowan Atkinson's work and/or Blackadder. 8/10