4 Season
24 Episode
Blackadder - Season 0 Episode 18 The Cavalier Years
The most gripping sitcom since 1380.
A one-off edition of Blackadder set during the English Civil War, shown as part of the first Comic Relief Red Nose Day. With the English Civil War lost, Sir Edmund, as a known Cavalier, along with his ever-faithful dogsbody Baldrick must find a way to keep the defeated King Charles I alive and simultaneously keep his own head on his shoulders.
- Year: 1989
- Country: United Kingdom, Australia
- Genre: Comedy, War & Politics
- Studio: BBC One
- Keyword: england, civil war, servant, world war i, prince, army, queen elizabeth i, satire, dark comedy, middle ages (476-1453), sitcom, period sitcom
- Director: Richard Curtis, Rowan Atkinson, Ben Elton
- Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Tim McInnerny, Stephen Fry