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Writers:
Richard Curtis (writer)
Ben Elton (writer)
Release Date:
5 February 1988 (UK) 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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Good, but not as great as the Blackadder series. more (9 total)

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15 min
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Trivia:
Filmed as part of the British version of the "Comic Relief" charity show. more
Quotes:
Edmund Blackadder: Oh damn! One measly civil war in the entire history of England and I'm on the wrong bloody side! more
Movie Connections:
Edited into Comic Relief: Behind the Nose (1992) (TV) more

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2 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
Good, but not as great as the Blackadder series., 9 December 2006
8/10
Author: general-melchett from United Kingdom

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

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