Blackadder — Blackadder 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.

1. Bells

Episode 1 · 9 Jan 1986 · 30 min · ★ 7.4

Blackadder feels a funny attraction for his manservant and decides to marry when he discovers he is a she.

2. Head

Episode 2 · 16 Jan 1986 · 27 min · ★ 7.6

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

Episode 3 · 23 Jan 1986 · 30 min · ★ 7.7

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

Episode 4 · 5 Feb 1986 · 30 min · ★ 6.8

The Queen hampers Blackadder's efforts to raise cash to pay off a debt to a sadistic bishop.

5. Beer

Episode 5 · 13 Feb 1986 · 29 min · ★ 7.2

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

Episode 6 · 20 Feb 1986 · 29 min · ★ 7.8

Blackadder and Lord Melchett are kidnapped by a German spy right after the Queen decides she will pay no more ransom to kidnappers.