Blackadder II

6 episodes · 9th January 1986

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

Episode 1

Bells

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

Episode 2

Head

After the Queen appoints Blackadder Lord High Executioner, he finds himself in trouble when the Queen pardons someone he executed ahead of schedule.

Episode 3

Potato

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.

Episode 4

Money

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

Episode 5

Beer

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.

Episode 6

Chains

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