Talk:Blackadder II

An entry from Blackadder II appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 23 March, 2007.

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Outside Locations

"Only one outside location shot is used in the whole series, for Blackadder's courting scene in "Bells"."

Presumably, this doesn't include the outside location for the closing credits mentioned in the section above?

Terrypin 10:22, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

The section refers to the actual content of the episodes, rather than the closing titles, although I would imagine that the end titles were probably filmed at the same location. Incidentally, is the location Wilton House? The Palladian bridge looks very similar. I've never read anything saying where it was filmed, though. Bob talk 10:44, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Notes on GA failure

I've failed this as a good article largely as the depth of the article is insufficient. The referencing, images, stability are not a problem but the writing style also needs some work.

Major issues

The article is insufficiently broad. There is nothing significant in the article on pertinent topics such as:

• it's filming dates, location for the outside shot, studios used
• budget (if the BBC publishes this)
• Playing in other countries, sales to other TV stations, international releases, DVD/video releases

Text needs copyediting eg:

• As each episode elapses, this sequence becomes a mini-series in its own right in which Blackadder constantly tries to apprehend the musician. could be better written as
• This sequence was incorporated as a separate subplot, with Blackadder constantly trying to apprehend the musician.
• Also, early scenes in "Head" introduce the audience to the characters, such as the opening scene that shows Baldrick is now stupid could be better written as
• In the early scenes of "Head", the characters are introduced to the audience, with Baldrick`s stupidity highlighted.

Minor issues

• Use "did not" instead of "didn't"
• 9th of January 1986 and like dates should be written [[January 9]] [[1986]] for date preferences to work

- Peripitus (Talk) 10:27, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Hopefully I have sorted most of these problems, as well as greatly increasing the breadth of the article. It now mentions the filming locations and dates, casting, writing and media releases, although I'm afraid I couldn't find anything about budget or overseas sales - I don't think the BBC publish these. However, hopefully I've addressed most of the major faults it had on the 2nd of April. Bob talk 20:54, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

I've passed this, because I think most of the concerns made since April 2 have been addressed. Mahanga^Talk 20:00, 23 April 2007 (UTC)