To put Edmund and Baldrick into the civil war was a stroke of genius. All I can say is that it's a shame that we only got fifteen minutes of it.
Richard Curtis set up comic relief and so for the first one he decided to put one of his own creations into it and we got this. Though the set from the wonderful Blackadder the Third fools nobody it was all for charity so we'll let them off.
After Charles I (Stephen Fry, basing it on the current Prince of Wales) loses the civil war to Cromwell (Warren Clarke, Mr Hardwood from Amy & Amiability), it falls to Edmund (Rowan Atkinson) and Baldrick (Sir Tony Robinson) to hide him. Baldrick manages this - until telling the future Lord Protector not to use the purple cup because it's the king's.
This short is very very funny and full of excellent one-liners and cunning plans. All the usual wit to be expected from Blackadder is on show and ends up all the better for it. This beats much of the main series episodes in quality and is worthy of the full three hour treatment rather than just one twelfth of that period.
You're not a true fan until you've witnessed this masterpiece. 9/10 is only because it's too short.
Richard Curtis set up comic relief and so for the first one he decided to put one of his own creations into it and we got this. Though the set from the wonderful Blackadder the Third fools nobody it was all for charity so we'll let them off.
After Charles I (Stephen Fry, basing it on the current Prince of Wales) loses the civil war to Cromwell (Warren Clarke, Mr Hardwood from Amy & Amiability), it falls to Edmund (Rowan Atkinson) and Baldrick (Sir Tony Robinson) to hide him. Baldrick manages this - until telling the future Lord Protector not to use the purple cup because it's the king's.
This short is very very funny and full of excellent one-liners and cunning plans. All the usual wit to be expected from Blackadder is on show and ends up all the better for it. This beats much of the main series episodes in quality and is worthy of the full three hour treatment rather than just one twelfth of that period.
You're not a true fan until you've witnessed this masterpiece. 9/10 is only because it's too short.