Editing Blackadder II (section)

{{Short description|Second series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox television
| image                = Blackadder II.jpg
| caption              = Title screen of ''Blackadder II''
| camera               = [[Multiple-camera setup|Multiple]]
| runtime              = 30 minutes
| writer               = {{Plainlist|
* [[Richard Curtis]]
* [[Ben Elton]]
  }}
| director             = [[Mandie Fletcher]]
| producer             = [[John Lloyd (writer)|John Lloyd]]
| executive_producer   =
| starring             = {{Plainlist|
* [[Rowan Atkinson]]
* [[Tim McInnerny]]
* [[Tony Robinson]]
* [[Miranda Richardson]]
* [[Stephen Fry]]
* [[Patsy Byrne]]
  }}
| theme_music_composer = [[Howard Goodall]]
| opentheme            = 
| endtheme             = 
| country              = United Kingdom
| location             = 
| language             = English
| network              = [[BBC1]]
| first_aired          = {{start date|1986|1|9|df=y}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|1986|2|20|df=y}}
| num_series           = 
| num_episodes         = [[List of Blackadder episodes|6]]
| list_episodes        = 
| related              = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[The Black Adder]]''
* ''[[Blackadder the Third]]''
}} 
}}
'''''Blackadder II{{efn|The single word "Blackadder" is hyphenated across two lines as
::"Black-
::&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;adder II"
:on the title screen.}}''''' is the second series of the [[BBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Blackadder]]'', written by [[Richard Curtis]] and [[Ben Elton]], which aired from 9 January 1986 to 20 February 1986.<ref name="BaII">{{cite web|title=BBC Programme Index - Blackadder II|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?filt=b006xxw7#top|publisher=BBC|accessdate=10 February 2025}}</ref> The series is set in England during the reign of [[Queen Elizabeth I]] (1558–1603), and sees the principal character, [[Edmund, Lord Blackadder]], as a [[Tudor dynasty|Tudor]] courtier attempting to win the favour of the Queen while avoiding [[Decapitation|execution by decapitation]], a fate that befell many of her suitors.

The series is the successor to ''[[The Black Adder]]'', and differed significantly from its predecessor, notably with Ben Elton replacing Rowan Atkinson as the second writer, filming in [[Television studio|studio sets]], rather than on location, the introduction of a [[Machiavelli]]an Blackadder and a less intelligent Baldrick.<ref name="Lewisohn">Lewisohn, Mark, [https://web.archive.org/web/20050408060711/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/b/blackadderii_7770765.shtml ''Blackadder II''] at the former BBC Guide to Comedy. Retrieved 17 March 2007</ref>

A third series, ''[[Blackadder the Third]]'', aired in 1987.