Blackadder II (1986)

Directed by

Mandie Fletcher

Genre

sitcom, alternate history television series

Country

United Kingdom

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The series follows Edmund, Lord Blackadder as a Tudor courtier in Elizabethan England. He tries to win the queen's favor while avoiding execution by decapitation.

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What happens

Blackadder II is the second series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, which aired from 9 January 1986 to 20 February 1986. The series is set in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603), and sees the principal character, Edmund, Lord Blackadder, as a Tudor courtier attempting to win the favour of the Queen while avoiding execution by decapitation, a fate that befell many of her suitors. The series is the successor to The Black Adder, and differed significantly from its predecessor, notably with Ben Elton replacing Rowan Atkinson as the second writer, filming in studio sets, rather than on location, the introduction of a Machiavellian Blackadder and a less intelligent Baldrick. A third series, Blackadder the Third, aired in 1987. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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