Blackadder — Season 2

All 6 episodes in airing order, with first-run dates and viewer ratings.

  1. 01

    January 9, 1986 · 30m

    Bells7.6

    The Blackadder genes resurface in Elizabethan England in the guise of Edmund, great-great-grandson of the repulsive original. Blackadder is struck by Cupid's arrow when he takes on a new servant - a girl named Bob.

  2. 02

    January 16, 1986 · 30m

    Head7.9

    When Edmund is appointed lord high executioner, he moves a beheading forward from Wednesday to Monday, so he and his staff can enjoy some time off. But he didn't take into account the queen's tendency to change her mind.

  3. 03

    January 23, 1986 · 30m

    Potato7.8

    To keep up with Sir Walter Raleigh, Edmund announces he will navigate the treacherous waters of the Cape of Good Hope.

  4. 04

    February 5, 1986 · 30m

    Money8.0

    Edmund is in trouble when he is visited by a debt-collecting bishop armed with a red-hot poker.

  5. 05

    February 13, 1986 · 30m

    Beer8.5

    There are problems in the Blackadder household due to an embarrassing incident with a turnip, an ostrich feather and a puritanical fat aunt.

  6. 06

    February 20, 1986 · 30m

    Chains8.4

    The evil Prince Ludwig kidnaps both Blackadder and Lord Melchett, and the Queen remembers Blackadder's earlier advice to have nothing to do with any ransom notes. Is our hero doomed, or does Baldrick have a cunning plan?

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