Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (1988 TV Short)

Stephen Fry: King Charles I

Quotes 

• Edmund Blackadder : Sire, this is a matter of life and death!

  King Charles I : Nonsense Blackadder, I don't think there is a jury in England that would bring in a verdict of guilty against me.

  [knocking, a guard enters] 

  Guard : Your majesty, the verdict of the jury.

  [hands Blackadder a document and exits] 

  King Charles I : So, what does it say? Guilty or not guilty?

  Edmund Blackadder : [reads the document]  I'll give you two guesses.

  King Charles I : Not guilty.

  Edmund Blackadder : One more guess.

• [a man concealed in a brown robe reveals himself] 

  King Charles I : Blackadder, you're disguised as a priest! How dangerously stupid and perverted. It's just like school!

• King Charles I : Wait a minute - that voice has a familiar ring! And so does that finger!

• King Charles I : Ah, Mr. Cromwell, sir. How delightful to meet you. Have you come far?

  Oliver Cromwell : I have, sir! From country squire, to Lord Protector of England.

  King Charles I : Fascinating! Absolutely fascinating. Tell me, what exactly does a Lord Protector do?

  Oliver Cromwell : In your case, sir? He spells your doom!

  King Charles I : Spells my doom? Wonderful! That's particularly exciting, because so many people these days don't know how to spell at all.