Editing Blackadder II (section)

===Music and titles===
The opening titles are accompanied by a mock-Elizabethan arrangement of [[Howard Goodall]]'s ''Blackadder'' theme played on a [[Recorder (musical instrument)|recorder]] and an [[electric guitar]], and feature a black snake slithering about on a [[marble]] table. The snake, non-compliant to the wishes of its handler, is eventually removed and replaced with something related to the episode title, which in this series is always a single noun. The opening ominous [[String instrument|string]] [[crescendo]] and imagery are a parody of the opening credits of ''[[I, Claudius (TV series)|I, Claudius]]'', the 1976 BBC television adaptation of [[Robert Graves]]' [[I, Claudius|novel of the same name]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Blackadder II (TV Series 1986) - Crazy credits - IMDb|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0088484/crazycredits/|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=10 February 2025}}</ref>

The closing titles use a different arrangement of the theme, sung by countertenor [[Jeremy Jackman]],<ref>[http://www.trbc.co.uk/about-us/jeremy-jackman.htm Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314115630/http://www.trbc.co.uk/about-us/jeremy-jackman.htm |date=14 March 2012 }}, Jeremy Jackman. Retrieved 29 January 2011</ref> with lyrics (usually insulting Blackadder) that reflect the events of the preceding episode. The song is played over a shot of Blackadder strolling through a [[formal garden]] and being annoyed by the [[lute]]-wielding [[minstrel]] ([[Tony Aitken]]). This sequence was incorporated as a separate [[subplot]], with Blackadder constantly attempting to apprehend the musician each time with limited success. At the end of the final episode, Blackadder catches the minstrel and repeatedly dunks him in a fountain.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}