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	~~{{Short description\|Second series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder}}~~
	~~{{Use British English\|date=September 2013}}~~
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	==External links==		==External links==
	~~{{Wikiquote\|Blackadder#Blackadder_II\|Blackadder II}}~~
	* {{IMDb title\|id=0088484\|title=Blackadder II (1986)}}		* {{IMDb title\|id=0088484\|title=Blackadder II (1986)}}
	* [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 (archive)		* [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 (archive)
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	==Episodes==		==Episodes==
	{{see also\|List of Blackadder episodes}}		{{see also\|List of Blackadder episodes}}
	The series aired for six episodes broadcast on Thursdays on [[BBC 1]] at 9.30pm between 9 January 1986 and 20 February 1986.<ref name="Lewisohn"/>		The series aired for six episodes broadcast on Thursdays on [[w:BBC 1\|BBC 1]] at 9.30pm between 9 January 1986 and 20 February 1986.<ref name="Lewisohn"/>

	"Head" was originally intended to be the first episode and was first to be filmed.<ref name="Blackadder Hall"/> This resulted in the small [[continuity error]] of Lord Percy still having a beard in "Head" which he shaves off in "Bells". In addition, during the early scenes of "Head", the principal characters are introduced to the audience with Baldrick's stupidity highlighted.<ref name="Trivia"/>		"Head" was originally intended to be the first episode and was first to be filmed.<ref name="Blackadder Hall"/> This resulted in the small [[w:continuity error\|continuity error]] of Lord Percy still having a beard in "Head" which he shaves off in "Bells". In addition, during the early scenes of "Head", the principal characters are introduced to the audience with Baldrick's stupidity highlighted.<ref name="Trivia"/>

	<onlyinclude>{{Episode table\|background=#FFE135 \|overall= \|series= \|title= \|director= \|writer= \|airdate= \|country=UK \|episodes=		<onlyinclude>{{Episode table\|background=#FFE135 \|overall= \|series= \|title= \|director= \|writer= \|airdate= \|country=UK \|episodes=
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	\|Title=[[Bells (Blackadder)\|Bells]]		\|Title=[[Bells (Blackadder)\|Bells]]
	\|WrittenBy=[[Richard Curtis]] & [[Ben Elton]]		\|WrittenBy=[[w:Richard Curtis\|Richard Curtis]] & [[w:Ben Elton\|Ben Elton]]
	\|DirectedBy=[[Mandie Fletcher]]		\|DirectedBy=[[w:Mandie Fletcher\|Mandie Fletcher]]
	\|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|1986\|1\|9\|df=yes}}		\|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|1986\|1\|9\|df=yes}}
	\|ShortSummary=Blackadder gains a new young servant, [[Bob (Blackadder character)\|Bob]], and somehow falls for him. When he discovers that Bob is a girl named Kate, he wishes to marry her, much to Queenie's confusion.		\|ShortSummary=Blackadder gains a new young servant, [[Bob (Blackadder character)\|Bob]], and somehow falls for him. When he discovers that Bob is a girl named Kate, he wishes to marry her, much to Queenie's confusion.

	Guest appearances by [[Rik Mayall]] as Lord Flashheart and [[Gabrielle Glaister]] as Bob.		Guest appearances by [[Rik Mayall]] as Lord Flashheart and [[w:Gabrielle Glaister\|Gabrielle Glaister]] as Bob.
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	\|DirectedBy=Mandie Fletcher		\|DirectedBy=Mandie Fletcher
	\|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|1986\|1\|23\|df=yes}}		\|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|1986\|1\|23\|df=yes}}
	\|ShortSummary=Attempting to impress the Queen in the wake of [[Sir Walter Raleigh]]'s return, Blackadder plans to go on a voyage to the Cape of No Hope, from whence no man has ever returned, and he might marry the Queen if he returns. Blackadder hires the flamboyant Captain Redbeard Rum, who has lost his legs and thinks that every part of Blackadder's body is like a woman's, to accompany them.		\|ShortSummary=Attempting to impress the Queen in the wake of [[w:Sir Walter Raleigh\|Sir Walter Raleigh]]'s return, Blackadder plans to go on a voyage to the Cape of No Hope, from whence no man has ever returned, and he might marry the Queen if he returns. Blackadder hires the flamboyant Captain Redbeard Rum, who has lost his legs and thinks that every part of Blackadder's body is like a woman's, to accompany them.

	Guest appearances by [[Simon Jones (actor)\|Simon Jones]] as Sir Walter Raleigh and [[Tom Baker]] as Captain Rum.		Guest appearances by [[w:Simon Jones (actor)\|Simon Jones]] as Sir Walter Raleigh and [[w:Tom Baker\|Tom Baker]] as Captain Rum.
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	\|DirectedBy=Mandie Fletcher		\|DirectedBy=Mandie Fletcher
	\|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|1986\|2\|13\|df=yes}}		\|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|1986\|2\|13\|df=yes}}
	\|ShortSummary=Blackadder discovers that his ludicrously [[Puritan]] Aunt and Uncle Whiteadder are coming to visit him on the same night that he is having a party and a high-stakes drinking contest with Lord Melchett. Also, Queenie plans to sneak into the party to find out what happens on boys' nights out.		\|ShortSummary=Blackadder discovers that his ludicrously [[w:Puritan\|Puritan]] Aunt and Uncle Whiteadder are coming to visit him on the same night that he is having a party and a high-stakes drinking contest with Lord Melchett. Also, Queenie plans to sneak into the party to find out what happens on boys' nights out.

	Guest appearances by [[Hugh Laurie]] and [[Miriam Margolyes]].		Guest appearances by [[w:Hugh Laurie\|Hugh Laurie]] and [[w:Miriam Margolyes\|Miriam Margolyes]].
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	\|ShortSummary=Blackadder and Melchett are kidnapped and held for ransom by the German mastermind Prince Ludwig the Indestructible. Queenie must decide whether Blackadder or Melchett should go free.		\|ShortSummary=Blackadder and Melchett are kidnapped and held for ransom by the German mastermind Prince Ludwig the Indestructible. Queenie must decide whether Blackadder or Melchett should go free.

	Guest appearance by [[Hugh Laurie]].		Guest appearance by [[w:Hugh Laurie\|Hugh Laurie]].
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	==Plot==		==Plot==
	The series is set during the [[Elizabethan era]] (1558–1603). The principal character, [[Lord Blackadder\|Edmund, Lord Blackadder]] ([[Rowan Atkinson]]), is the great-great-grandson of the [[Prince Edmund (Blackadder)\|original Black Adder]], and is now a member of the London aristocracy. Unlike his forefather, he is both dashing and intelligent, although he is still scheming and cynical in his outlook. The series follows his attempts to win the favour of the childish [[Queenie (Blackadder)\|Queen Elizabeth I]] ([[Miranda Richardson]]). As before, he is aided, and often hindered, by two less-than-intelligent sidekicks, his servant [[Baldrick#Blackadder II\|Baldrick]] ([[Tony Robinson]]), and [[Lord Percy Percy]] ([[Tim McInnerny]]), heir to the [[Duke of Northumberland\|Duchy of Northumberland]], with whom Blackadder has a grudging friendship.		The series is set during the [[w:Elizabethan era\|Elizabethan era]] (1558–1603). The principal character, [[Lord Blackadder\|Edmund, Lord Blackadder]] ([[w:Rowan Atkinson\|Rowan Atkinson]]), is the great-great-grandson of the [[Prince Edmund (Blackadder)\|original Black Adder]], and is now a member of the London aristocracy. Unlike his forefather, he is both dashing and intelligent, although he is still scheming and cynical in his outlook. The series follows his attempts to win the favour of the childish [[Queenie (Blackadder)\|Queen Elizabeth I]] ([[w:Miranda Richardson\|Miranda Richardson]]). As before, he is aided, and often hindered, by two less-than-intelligent sidekicks, his servant [[Baldrick#Blackadder II\|Baldrick]] ([[w:Tony Robinson\|Tony Robinson]]), and [[Lord Percy Percy]] ([[w:Tim McInnerny\|Tim McInnerny]]), heir to the [[w:Duke of Northumberland\|Duchy of Northumberland]], with whom Blackadder has a grudging friendship.

	Throughout the series, Blackadder's chief rival is [[List of Blackadder characters#Melchett\|Lord Melchett]] ([[Stephen Fry]]), the Queen's pretentious and grovelling [[Lord Chamberlain]]. Melchett fears upsetting the Queen, and thus attempts to outdo Blackadder by supporting the Queen in whatever current fad she is interested in. [[Comic relief]] in the Court is provided by the Queen's demented former [[nanny]], [[Nursie]] ([[Patsy Byrne]]).		Throughout the series, Blackadder's chief rival is [[List of Blackadder characters#Melchett\|Lord Melchett]] ([[w:Stephen Fry\|Stephen Fry]]), the Queen's pretentious and grovelling [[w:Lord Chamberlain\|Lord Chamberlain]]. Melchett fears upsetting the Queen, and thus attempts to outdo Blackadder by supporting the Queen in whatever current fad she is interested in. [[w:Comic relief\|Comic relief]] in the Court is provided by the Queen's demented former [[w:nanny\|nanny]], [[Nursie]] ([[Patsy Byrne]]).

	[[Baldrick#Blackadder II\|Baldrick]], who in the first series was the most intelligent of the main trio, became more stupid, an idea proposed by [[Ben Elton]] to make him "the stupidest person in the history of...human beings", and to act as a foil to Blackadder's new-found intelligence.<ref name="Cunning plan">''I Have a Cunning Plan – 20th Anniversary of Blackadder'', [[BBC Radio 4]] documentary broadcast 23 August 2003. Excerpts available at [https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/interviews/ bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/interviews/]</ref> The series was also the originator of Baldrick's obsession with the [[turnip]], although this apparently arose from a [[Botany\|botanical]] error on the part of Elton, who confused the vegetable with the "[[Unusually-shaped vegetable\|amusingly shaped]]" [[parsnip]].<ref name="Britain's Best Sitcom"/>		[[Baldrick#Blackadder II\|Baldrick]], who in the first series was the most intelligent of the main trio, became more stupid, an idea proposed by [[w:Ben Elton\|Ben Elton]] to make him "the stupidest person in the history of...human beings", and to act as a foil to Blackadder's new-found intelligence.<ref name="Cunning plan">''I Have a Cunning Plan – 20th Anniversary of Blackadder'', [[w:BBC Radio 4\|]] documentary broadcast 23 August 2003. Excerpts available at [https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/interviews/ bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/interviews/]</ref> The series was also the originator of Baldrick's obsession with the [[w:turnip\|turnip]], although this apparently arose from a [[w:Botany\|botanical]] error on the part of Elton, who confused the vegetable with the "[[w:Unusually-shaped vegetable\|amusingly shaped]]" [[w:parsnip\|parsnip]].<ref name="Britain's Best Sitcom"/>

	Lord Percy remained similar in character to the original series, as a foolish sidekick in Blackadder's plots and predicaments. In this respect, McInnerny said the character resembled [[Sir Andrew Aguecheek]] in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Twelfth Night, or What You Will\|Twelfth Night]]''.<ref name="Britain's Best Sitcom"/> As with ''The Black Adder'', the series featured many [[tongue-in-cheek]] references to [[Shakespeare's plays]]; Shakespeare is mentioned as a contemporary Elizabethan, and his famous quotations are twisted for comic effect.<ref name="Britain's Best Sitcom">''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sitcom/advocate_blackadder.shtml Britain's Best Sitcom – Blackadder]'', 2004 BBC Television documentary, presented by [[John Sergeant (journalist)\|John Sergeant]]</ref> The first episode "[[Bells (Blackadder)\|Bells]]", follows a similar plot to ''[[Twelfth Night]]''.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/epguide/two_bells.shtml Bells] at bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2007</ref>		Lord Percy remained similar in character to the original series, as a foolish sidekick in Blackadder's plots and predicaments. In this respect, McInnerny said the character resembled [[w:Sir Andrew Aguecheek\|Sir Andrew Aguecheek]] in [[w:Shakespeare\|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[w:Twelfth Night, or What You Will\|Twelfth Night]]''.<ref name="Britain's Best Sitcom"/> As with ''The Black Adder'', the series featured many [[w:tongue-in-cheek\|tongue-in-cheek]] references to [[w:Shakespeare's plays\|Shakespeare's plays]]; Shakespeare is mentioned as a contemporary Elizabethan, and his famous quotations are twisted for comic effect.<ref name="Britain's Best Sitcom">''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sitcom/advocate_blackadder.shtml Britain's Best Sitcom – Blackadder]'', 2004 BBC Television documentary, presented by [[w:John Sergeant (journalist)\|John Sergeant]]</ref> The first episode "[[Bells (Blackadder)\|Bells]]", follows a similar plot to ''[[w:Twelfth Night\|Twelfth Night]]''.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/epguide/two_bells.shtml Bells] at bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2007</ref>

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	===Development===		===Development===
	Due to the high cost of the first series, [[Michael Grade]] (the then controller of programming of [[BBC 1]]) was reluctant to sign off a second series without major improvements and cost-cutting, leaving a gap of three years between the two series.<ref name="Lewisohn"/>		Due to the high cost of the first series, [[w:Michael Grade\|Michael Grade]] (the then controller of programming of [[w:BBC 1\|BBC 1]]) was reluctant to sign off a second series without major improvements and cost-cutting, leaving a gap of three years between the two series.<ref name="Lewisohn"/>

	Rowan Atkinson did not wish to continue writing for the second series, so writer and [[Stand-up comedy\|stand-up comedian]] [[Ben Elton]] was chosen to replace him. According to producer [[John Lloyd (writer)\|John Lloyd]], Ben Elton was particularly keen on the choice of the Elizabethan age for the series, because it was "a sexy age that ''the kids'' can relate to."<ref name="Britain's Best Sitcom"/> As a stand-up comic, Elton often acted as the studio [[warm-up comedian\|warm-up comic]] to amuse the audience before filming began.<ref name="UKTV">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114074336/http://uktv.co.uk/Gold/item/aid/527833 Trivia] at [[UKTV Gold]].co.uk, retrieved 2 April 2007</ref> The scripts were also tightened up during principal rehearsals with the actors; according to Richard Curtis, an entire script for a [[murder mystery]]-style episode was dropped because the writers felt it did not work.<ref name="UKTV"/>		Rowan Atkinson did not wish to continue writing for the second series, so writer and [[w:Stand-up comedy\|stand-up comedian]] [[w:Ben Elton\|Ben Elton]] was chosen to replace him. According to producer [[w:John Lloyd (writer)\|John Lloyd]], Ben Elton was particularly keen on the choice of the Elizabethan age for the series, because it was "a sexy age that ''the kids'' can relate to."<ref name="Britain's Best Sitcom"/> As a stand-up comic, Elton often acted as the studio [[w:warm-up comedian\|warm-up comic]] to amuse the audience before filming began.<ref name="UKTV">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114074336/http://uktv.co.uk/Gold/item/aid/527833 Trivia] at [[UKTV Gold]].co.uk, retrieved 2 April 2007</ref> The scripts were also tightened up during principal rehearsals with the actors; according to Richard Curtis, an entire script for a [[w:murder mystery\|murder mystery]]-style episode was dropped because the writers felt it did not work.<ref name="UKTV"/>

	===Filming===		===Filming===

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	===Filming===		===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"/>		To make the show more cost-effective, it was principally filmed on specially designed small sets at [[w:BBC Television Centre\|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 [[w:throne room\|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 [[w:dungeon\|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 [[w:Wilton House\|Wilton House]], [[w:Wiltshire\|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 [[w:Mandie Fletcher\|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"/>

	===Cast===		===Cast===

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	===Music and titles===		===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 the 1976 BBC [[I, Claudius (TV series)\|television adaptation]] of [[Robert Graves]]' ''[[I, Claudius]]''.<ref name="Trivia">[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088484/trivia Trivia] at IMDb.com. Retrieved 17 March 2007</ref>		The opening titles are accompanied by a mock-Elizabethan arrangement of [[w:Howard Goodall\|Howard Goodall]]'s ''Blackadder'' theme played on a [[w:Recorder (musical instrument)\|recorder]] and an [[w:electric guitar\|electric guitar]], and feature a black snake slithering about on a [[w:marble\|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 [[w:String instrument\|string]] [[w:crescendo\|crescendo]] and imagery are a parody of the opening credits of the 1976 BBC [[w:I, Claudius (TV series)\|television adaptation]] of [[w:Robert Graves\|Robert Graves]]' ''[[w:I, Claudius\|I]]''.<ref name="Trivia">[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088484/trivia Trivia] at IMDb.com. Retrieved 17 March 2007</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.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088484/crazycredits Credits] at IMDb.com. Retrieved 17 March 2007</ref>		The closing titles use a different arrangement of the theme, sung by countertenor [[w:Jeremy Jackman\|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 [[w:formal garden\|formal garden]] and being annoyed by the [[w:lute\|lute]]-wielding [[w:minstrel\|minstrel]] ([[w:Tony Aitken\|Tony Aitken]]). This sequence was incorporated as a separate [[w:subplot\|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.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088484/crazycredits Credits] at IMDb.com. Retrieved 17 March 2007</ref>

	==Releases==		==Releases==

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	==Releases==		==Releases==
	The complete series of ''Blackadder II'' is available as a [[DVD region code#2\|Region 2]] [[DVD]] from [[BBC Worldwide]], as well as in a complete box-set with the other series, most recently as a remastered edition including a commentary on selected episodes. An earlier [[VHS]] release of the series was also produced in 1996. The series is also available in Region 1 DVD in a box-set of the complete series. In addition, an [[Sound recording and reproduction\|audio recording]] taken from the television episodes is available on [[Compact Cassette\|cassette]] and [[compact disc]].		The complete series of ''Blackadder II'' is available as a [[w:DVD region code#2\|Region 2]] [[w:DVD\|DVD]] from [[w:BBC Worldwide\|BBC Worldwide]], as well as in a complete box-set with the other series, most recently as a remastered edition including a commentary on selected episodes. An earlier [[w:VHS\|VHS]] release of the series was also produced in 1996. The series is also available in Region 1 DVD in a box-set of the complete series. In addition, an [[w:Sound recording and reproduction\|audio recording]] taken from the television episodes is available on [[w:Compact Cassette\|cassette]] and [[w:compact disc\|compact disc]].

	===VHS releases===		===VHS releases===