Black-Adder II 

In the Tudor court of Elizabeth I, Lord Edmund Blackadder strives to win Her Majesty's favour while attempting to avoid a grisly fate should he offend her.

Stars:

Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny

Top Rated TV #91 | 1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
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

Storyline

Sixty years after the demise of Prince Edmund Plantagenet, Queen Elizabeth I, who's as insane as her ancestors, is England's current leader. Seductive, easy-to-impress, spoiled, and always seeking a husband, "Queenie" has a leading courtier: Lord Edmund Blackaddder, great-grandson of the original. Now, however, he is dryly cynical and intelligent, but still trying to become king; this time by marrying the queen. However, her right-hand-man, Lord Melchett, will always serve as fair competition for her hand. Blackadder is again assisted by the clueless but fashionable Lord Percy Percy and dung-eating, "cunning" peasant Baldrick.

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Plot Keywords:

aristocracy | british humour | elizabethan era | tudor england | kingdom of england | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 January 1986 (UK)

Also Known As:

Crna Guja II

Filming Locations:

BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

176 min 30 min (6 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Rowan Atkinson, who wrote for the first series The Black Adder (1982), did not wish to continue writing for the second series, so writer and stand-up comedian Ben Elton replaced him.

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Quotes

Lord Melchett: [Crowd scene] Rhubarb! Rhubarb!

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Crazy Credits

The closing credits is set in a manor garden, where a bard (played by Tony Aitken, voiced by Jeremy Jackman) sings a ballad mocking Blackadder's exploits within the episode and Blackadder endeavors to apprehend the bard (with mixed results, depending on the episode).

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Connections

Featured in Breakfast: Episode dated 22 August 2006 (2006)

User Reviews

Excellent and original

Blackadder II is a vast improvement over its less popular predecessor. The second series was almost not made due to the lack of success of the original, and clearly the writers re-considered Blackadder's character. He, rather than the now dull-witted Baldrick, is the more intelligent of the pair and his character is now quick-witted, cunning and offers much in sarcastic humour. This, and possible Blackadder goes Forth, is the best of all the Blackadder series. Blackadder's new character is much funnier and Atkinson plays it masterfully. The series itself takes place some one hundred years after the first, just before the turn of the 17th century. I recommend it to all comedy fans.