"Blackadder II" (1986) TV series

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

9 January 1986 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | History

Tagline:

The original may be dead... but now his bastard great-great grandson swaggers around Renaissance London with a big head and a small beard.

Plot:

Lord Edmund Blackadder is now seeking the approval of Queen Elizabeth I with the "help" of Lord Percy Percy and Baldrick.

Plot Keywords:

Queen | Queen Elizabeth I | Servant | England | Sarcasm

Cast

Rowan Atkinson	...	Edmund Blackadder / ... (6 episodes, 1986)
Tim McInnerny	...	Lord Percy (6 episodes, 1986)
Tony Robinson	...	Baldrick (6 episodes, 1986)
Miranda Richardson	...	Queen Elizabeth I (6 episodes, 1986)
Stephen Fry	...	Lord Melchett (6 episodes, 1986)
Patsy Byrne	...	Nursie (6 episodes, 1986)
Tony Aitken	...	Minstrel / ... (6 episodes, 1986)

Also Known As:

Black-Adder II

Runtime:

30 min (6 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Wilton House, Wilton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

The sequences on location in which Blackadder courts Bob were filmed at the same location as the ending titles of each episode, and was the only location filming done for this series of Blackadder.

Quotes:

[Percy and Queen Elizabeth are playing frisbee]
Lord Percy: [Catches the frisbee] Howzat.
Queen Elizabeth: Percy, who's Queen?
Lord Percy: [Throws it away] Butterfingers.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga (2008) (TV)

Fantastic

Simply fantastic. Whilst this isn't my fav series (I prefer series III) it is still hugely funny. Unfortunately the humour is very British and probably won't work in the USA. Pity. This series is a huge improvement on the first, the increased interplay (piss-taking) between Blackadder and Baldrick is the key (it also helps having a little more stability in the story line. Simply fantastic, can be watched over and over again, although one must avoid quoting it on a daily basis!