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Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

1988·15 min·Released
Studio: BBC
7.2TMDb
7.9IMDb
Theatrical Feb 5, 1988
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UK · English · Foreign
Comedy

Overview

A short movie, made for Comic Relief, in which Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) and Baldrick (Tony Robinson) must help protect King Charles I (Stephen Fry) from the machinations of Oliver Cromwell and his Roundheads

Crew

DirectorMandie Fletcher
WriterRichard Curtis, Ben Elton

Cast

Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Atkinson
Edmund Blackadder
Tony Robinson
Tony Robinson
Sod Off 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)

Part of Blackadder Collection

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
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Blackadder: Back & Forth
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Keywords

woman directorenglish civil war17th centuryking charles ishort filmbased on tv series‘oliver cromwell’

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Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026