Beer (Blackadder) Beer (Blackadder) "Beer" is the fifth episode of the BBC sitcom "Blackadder II", the second series of "Blackadder", which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603. In the episode, an embarrassing incident with a turnip, an ostrich feather and a fanatically Puritan aunt leads to a right royal to-do in the Blackadder household. The episode marks Hugh Laurie's first ever "Blackadder" appearance, and Miriam Margolyes's second. Laurie would go on to appear in every subsequent episode of the show. Blackadder is having breakfast with Lord Percy when he receives a letter informing him that his fanatically Puritan but
Chains (Blackadder) enjoy...if he can "just get the voice right." Chains (Blackadder) "Chains" is the final episode of the BBC sitcom "Blackadder II", the second series of "Blackadder", which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603. Power-mad and self-professed "master of disguise", Prince Ludwig the Indestructible kidnaps Lord Blackadder and Lord Melchett. They escape his clutches but Prince Ludwig infiltrates the palace during a fancy dress ball. The episode opens with Melchett informing Queenie that his former tutor's son has been kidnapped and begs for her to pay the hefty ransom. Queenie consults the Lord Blackadder on the matter -