Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

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

The Cavalier Years is a Blackadder special made for Comic Relief - and to be honest, it is pretty good. Though it is rather dated and it always tries to stay off the violence (to be honest, Blackadder should display more violence in its historical settings and rather violent eras it depicts (WWI, Medieval era, Revolution)). This episode once again delivers some hilarious liners, and Blackadder is still the cruel, calculating character everybody knows him as, but there isn't much interaction between him and Stephen Fry - Mr. Fry did not depict a king sentenced to death too well. But this is just as classic as all other Blackadders - the abundance of cunning plans, hilarious moments and historically-accurate humour ensure that The Cavalier Years is not one to be overlooked as just "another spin off".

Blackadder: The Cavalier Years may be short, but it is what you would call "a quick blast". Very good, but could have been a bit better. 8/10

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.

"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.

Yet another great take on the "Blackadder" character in this short installment set in the "Cavalier Years" - the English Civil War (1642 - 1651). Rowan Atkinson slips straight back into his role beautifully for this special episode (filmed in between series 2 and 3 from what I understand). Hugh Laurie and Tim McInnery are absent in this, but the cast make excellent use of their limited time and resources to create a fifteen-minute episode that rivals any of the other series'.

As with all Blackadders, the background setting is remarkably complimentary to the comedy, and we are treated to seeing Stephen Fry act as King Charles II, as well as Baldrick, well, acting as moronic as ever. Blackadder's scheming and plotting is there, as well as the classic Blackadder-style twists. It's production values aren't as polished as the other installments, but this short episode in English history and English comedy is well worth tracking down.