Blackadder — Season 2
The most gripping sitcom since 1380.
About this season
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.
Episodes (6)
1. Bells
7.2Aired 9 January 1986 • 30 min
Blackadder feels a funny attraction for his manservant and decides to marry when he discovers he is a she.
2. Head
7.5Aired 16 January 1986 • 27 min
After the Queen appoints Blackadder Lord High Executioner, he finds himself in trouble when the Queen pardons someone he executed ahead of schedule.
3. Potato
7.6Aired 23 January 1986 • 30 min
After Sir Walter Raleigh takes the Queen's fancy by bringing her a potato, Blackadder decides to become an explorer with the aid of a legless sea captain.
4. Money
6.6Aired 5 February 1986 • 30 min
The Queen hampers Blackadder's efforts to raise cash to pay off a debt to a sadistic bishop.
5. Beer
6.9Aired 13 February 1986 • 29 min
Blackadder's rich and Puritanical aunt and uncle pay him a visit to discuss his inheritance the same night he has a beer-drinking contest.
6. Chains
7.6Aired 20 February 1986 • 29 min
Blackadder and Lord Melchett are kidnapped by a German spy right after the Queen decides she will pay no more ransom to kidnappers.