Editing Blackadder II (section)

===Filming===
To make the show more cost-effective, it was principally filmed on specially designed small sets at [[BBC Television Centre]] created by designer Tony Thorpe. The sets were de-constructed and rebuilt during the period of studio filming, as was normal for studio series then.<ref name="Britain's Best Sitcom"/> In particular, the Queen's [[throne room]] and Blackadder's front room were featured in every episode, with only two further unique sets per episode, including an execution chamber in "Head" and a Spanish [[dungeon]] in "Chains".<ref name="Lewisohn"/> Only one outside location shoot was used in the whole series, which took place before principal filming on Thursday 30 May 1985 at [[Wilton House]], [[Wiltshire]]. These outdoor scenes were Blackadder's courting scene in "Bells" and the end title sequences.<ref name="Blackadder Hall">[https://web.archive.org/web/20071103192743/http://www.blackadderhall.com/library/ba2_timewarp_3.html Blackadder Hall].co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2008</ref> Studio recordings shot in front of a live audience began on Sunday 9 June 1985 with the recording of "Head". Subsequent episodes were filmed on a weekly basis in the sequence "Bells", "Potato", "Money", "Beer" and "Chains".<ref name="Blackadder Hall"/> Director [[Mandie Fletcher]] was keen for the action to be shot spontaneously and was averse to complex costume changes or special effects which required recording to be halted. She is reputed to have said filming it was "a bit like doing Shakespeare in front of an audience – it's not at all like doing sitcom."<ref name="Blackadder Hall"/>