Blackadder - Series 2 (1986)

16 out of 16 people found the following review helpful:

Funnier than a strange shaped turnip!

davecas from Middx, 21st June, 2004

What can I say about this series? Clearly the best comedy program on TV, and the second series, set in Tudor times, is the best.

Blackadder as a lord in the court of Queen Elisabeth 1st; conniving, scheming and very, very clever.

Cutting off heads, sailing round the cape of good hope and getting married to a servant called Bob! Its all in here, including the best portrayal of any queen in the history of TV. Rent it, laugh your socks off!

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4 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:

A enormous turnip out in the country...

Wendell Askari from in a Galaxy Far Far Away, 28th November, 2004

Curtis got Ben Elton on board for the second series of Black Adder and the mix was just about perfect. Curtis clever stories were given a punchiness by Elton's writing that was sorely missing in the first series, and which mean't the second had far broader appeal. A brilliant series with some of the best comedy of the modern era. Well worth a look if you have been on another planet for the last 20 years and not seen if before.

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2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Health warning....

A Customer from Coventry, England., 19th September, 2006

Oh it should have one! with the amount of laughter due to witty comments. All 4 series of blackadder are without a doubt perfect for a night in and some fun. Wish they did more. I havent seen a bad review yet which shows it is a good title to add to your list.

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2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Queenie, queenie.

A Customer from Reading, England, 2nd December, 2004

The love affair between blackadder and Elizabeth is painful but endearing to view.

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Dated and 2 dimensional

A Customer from London, 24th August, 2010

Ok we all love it---we have to love it--- but heretical as it is to say - the truth is that the humour relies on a selection of similes ... 'you're like..' 'He's like....' Percy.. you have all the wit of....' (insert silly phrase here.) ....and once you're heard them all the 2 dimensional characterisations are all we have left. I found myself turning it off. Richard Curtis is good at foppish one-liners in a middle class way - but his work dates, doesn't speak of universal truths and will be quickly forgotten.

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Does this series need any more praise

A Customer from Blackingham Palace, 29th April, 2010

Brilliant. Particularly the turnip one - and also 'Head' I still prefer the first series though.

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Tudor Laughs

A Customer from Sussex, 17th April, 2010

Each series was a notch up on the previous one. This was particularly notable in series 2, much more consistently funny than the first series. In no small measure this was due to the introduction of the marvellous Queenie/Nursey/Melchett trio, a perfect foil to the home team of Blackadder/Baldrick/Percy. The arrival of Hugh Laurie in the last episode was a mouth-watering harbinger of even funnier things to come.

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blackadder series 2

A Customer from glasgow, 17th March, 2010

loved every episode! not as good as the third series but still one of the best British comedies of all time. Although I liked the third series more, this version of Blackadder himself is my favourite. He seems more edgy and acid tongued than other versions and the humour throughout is fantastic. Highlight of the series for me was the brief but unforgettable appearance of Rik Mayell as Lord Flasheart - best line of the series (when Lord Flasheart sees Baldrick in a dress) 'I like the beard, gives me something to hold on to..'

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