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Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

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Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

by Richard Curtis & Ben Elton; dir. Mandie Fletcher (BBC, 1988)

TV poster: “Blackadder: The Cavalier Years” by Richard Curtis & Ben Elton; dir. Mandie Fletcher (BBC, 1988)

This 15-minute Comic Relief special is by far the best of the Blackadder one-offs. Though Stephen Fry’s King Charles is a bit laboured, Rowan Atkinson plays Blackadder Version 2.5 with sardonic, simile-prone precision, ably supported by Tony Robinson as the dogsbody Baldrick.

Doctor Who, Series 5

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Doctor Who, Series 5

(BBC, 2010)

Doctor Who Series Five

A whimsical, wizardly Doctor; coupled companions; a contrived plot-arc whose conjured finale proves that bigger and bombastic are not better: Steven Moffat overhauled the programme for both good and bad, with the best coming from one-off writers Simon Nye and Richard Curtis.