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Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

  • TV Short
  • 1988
  • 15m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
6.3K
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Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (1988)
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Sir Edmund Blackadder must protect, and later rescue, King Charles I from the Roundheads.Sir Edmund Blackadder must protect, and later rescue, King Charles I from the Roundheads.Sir Edmund Blackadder must protect, and later rescue, King Charles I from the Roundheads.

  • Director
    • Mandie Fletcher
  • Writers
    • Richard Curtis
    • Ben Elton
  • Stars
    • Rowan Atkinson
    • Tony Robinson
    • Stephen Fry
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    6.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mandie Fletcher
    • Writers
      • Richard Curtis
      • Ben Elton
    • Stars
      • Rowan Atkinson
      • Tony Robinson
      • Stephen Fry
    • 17User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Rowan Atkinson
    Rowan Atkinson
    • Sir Edmund Blackadder
    Tony Robinson
    Tony Robinson
    • Baldrick
    Stephen Fry
    Stephen Fry
    • King Charles I
    Warren Clarke
    Warren Clarke
    • Oliver Cromwell
    Harry Enfield
    Harry Enfield
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Hugh Laurie
    Hugh Laurie
    • Roundhead with Cromwell
    • (uncredited)
    Tim McInnerny
    Tim McInnerny
    • Person Shouting in Crowd
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Mandie Fletcher
    • Writers
      • Richard Curtis
      • Ben Elton
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    9deloudelouvain

    Short but good as always.

    Blackadder: The Cavalier Years is like Blackadder's Christmas Carol just one episode, just one story and not a complete season like in the series. This time it's just fifteen minutes long but in this short amount of time you get enough good classic British Black Adder humor to entertain you fully. Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson and Stephen Fry play this time the main characters and as always it's a delight to watch. For the fans of the series this is a nice short episode.
    9riggo-73503

    Best short comedy

    Of all.the series, I liked the 1st

    The snippet here is genius and should be shown more. Warren Clarke as Cromwell just hilarious

    Stephen Fry as King Charles is just like wally of wales
    rlough9272

    As good as the rest

    This instalment of Blackadder is not a regular episode. It is a fifteen minute special written for the 1988 Comic Relief telethon here in the UK. However, despite its short running time it manages to cram in all of the usual Blackadder humour. Blackadder - The Cavalier Years is just as funny as the other episodes.
    9tenshi_ippikiookami

    Save the king

    "Blackadder: The Cavalier Years" is a very short, and very funny, episode of the adventures of one of the Blackadder's characters as played by the legendary Rowan Atkinson.

    The story doesn't really matter, but goes around King Charles I being on the run from Cromwell and hiding at Blackadder's place. Of course, Cromwell discovers quite fast that King Charles I is there and apprehends him. Edmund will try to save... will try to do what interests him best, as always.

    For a very short episode, just 15 minutes long, this "The Cavalier Years" pucks a punch and it's full of very funny jokes. The delivery is great, and all the actors do an amazing job on keeping the things funny and very silly. Probably at this stage they could all have played the characters in their sleep, but still do a great job in making them funny for the viewer. The production values and the camera work are just OK, but that is not what really matters.

    A great extra in the "Blackadder"'s world.
    Mmyers2003

    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

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    • Trivia
      Sir Stephen Fry plays the role of King Charles I as a contemporary impersonation of Charles, Prince of Wales. In 2022 Prince Charles ascended to the throne upon the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II, taking the regnal name King Charles III.
    • Goofs
      Oliver Cromwell tells King Charles I that he has become Lord Protector. Cromwell did not receive this title until 1653, while King Charles was executed in 1649.
    • Quotes

      Edmund Blackadder: Sire, this is a matter of life and death!

      King Charles I: Nonsense Blackadder, I don't think there is a jury in England that would bring in a verdict of guilty against me.

      [knocking, a guard enters]

      Guard: Your majesty, the verdict of the jury.

      [hands Blackadder a document and exits]

      King Charles I: So, what does it say? Guilty or not guilty?

      Edmund Blackadder: [reads the document] I'll give you two guesses.

      King Charles I: Not guilty.

      Edmund Blackadder: One more guess.

    • Connections
      Edited into Comic Relief: Behind the Nose (1992)

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    • Release date
      • February 5, 1988 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La víbora negra: Época de caballeros
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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    • Runtime
      • 15m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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