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  • Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry
  • Format: Full Screen, PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 6 Nov 2000
  • Run Time: 175 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004YN70
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,910 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Although now regarded as the opening salvo of a classic series, the original Blackadder series was not considered a great success, either among critics or many viewers, so a major rethink took place when it was recommissioned. On the writing front, future-Four Weddings And A Funeral scribe Richard Curtis was joined by Ben Elton, while the expensive War of the Roses-era sets were replaced by cosier Elizabethan ones. The most important change, however, was with Rowan Atkinson's eponymous character who, in the first series, had been a fairly weak-willed idiot but now emerged as the familiar Machiavellian fiend which would cement Atkinson's place in the pantheon of great British sitcom actors. Moreover, even if so many of the script's lines have been subsequently ripped off by lesser hands that it can't help but occasionally sound dated, the central performances of Atkinson, Tony Robinson (Baldrick), Tim McInnery (Lord Percy), Stephen Fry (Lord Melchett) and, of course, Miranda Richardson as the childishly psychotic Queen Elizabeth ("I love it when you get cross. Sometimes I think about having you executed just to see the expression on your face") remain note perfect. Yet the real pleasure for viewers may be in rediscovering the raft of excellent guest star performances--not least Tom "Doctor Who" Baker's berserk turn as a literally legless old sea dog given to guzzling his own urine long before the drinking water has run out. --Clark Collis


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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars They don't make them like this anymore..., 2 Aug 2007
By Wellington (Yorkshire, Great Britain) - See all my reviews
Hilarious. That is the first word that springs to mind when I think of Blackadder. This really is a classic, modern comedies don't come close. In this series, Blackadder is cunning, shrewd and witty as a complete juxtaposition with the original Blackadder, and this works to stunning effect.
Perhaps the greatest thing about Blackadder is that you can watch it again, and again and find things you didn't see the first time and still laugh at most of the jokes. This really is British comedy at it's best.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars THE funniest ever, 17 Nov 2000
By Neil Collis (London, England) - See all my reviews
Quite simply this is the funniest 3 hours of comedy you'll ever see. Anywhere. Blackadder 2 is the greatest series I have ever seen. Miranda Richardson as Queenie, flanked by Nursie and Lord 'Stephen Fry' Melchet sets this one apart from the others. And as for an inspired cameo by Tom Baker as a crazed old sea dog....well you all know it.
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15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most classic of British comedies. On DVD!, 24 Aug 2004
By DukeOfManhattan (Northamptonshire, England) - See all my reviews
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Long before Mr Bean or Johnny English, Rowan Atkinson was making his living as Edmund Blackadder, a faithful servant to Queen Elizabeth I (Mirand Richardson). He and his servant Baldrick (Tony Robinson), and their 'friend' Percy (Tim McInnerny) really know how to let their hair down and have a good time. On this DVD you get all 6 episodes from Series 2, which are all very, very funny, from "Bells" where a woman, dressed as a man called 'Bob' comes to the city and eventually seduces Edmund, and then his old friend Lord Flashheart (Rik Mayall) steals the show, and 'Head' where Edmund becomes chief executioner are really moments of comedy genius from writers Richard Curtis (Notting Hill) and Ben Elton. Not to be missed is also the episode has his aunty and uncle whiteadder over for tea. It almost puts you off eating parsnips!!! Also worth a mention is a young Stephen Fry as Lord Melchett, right hand man to the Queen, and Nursie who are also hilarious in their own right.
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