Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (1988)

Directed by

Mandie Fletcher

Genre

comedy

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

15 min

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 90 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Blackadder becomes a reluctant participant in the English Civil War. He tries to avoid the conflict with his usual schemes.

comedicirreverentfast-pacedsatiricalhistorical parodyfarcelightheartedchaotic

What happens

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years is a 15-minute one-off edition of Blackadder set during the English Civil War, shown as part of the first Comic Relief Red Nose Day on BBC1, broadcast on Friday 5 February 1988. The show featured Warren Clarke as a guest star. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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