The Blackadder gang reteamed to perform this 15-minute sketch on the 1988 { @BBC
Comic Relief telethon. The year is 1648: King Charles I (
Stephen Fry) is sentenced to death by Oliver Cromwell (
Warren Clarke). It is up to Charles' loyal subjects (indeed, his
only subjects) Sir Edmund Blackadder (
Rowan Atkinson) and Baldrick (Tony Robinson) to ride to the rescue. First telecast on February 5, 1988, "The Cavalier Years" has since been released to home video. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide