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
Clan Blackadder a territorial name derived from the lands of Blackadder in Berwickshire. The lands, in turn, are named after the Blackadder Water, a river which is part of the River Tweed system, and which runs through the Scottish Borders. The name "Blackadder" is derived from the Old English "awedur" which means "running water" or "stream". George Fraser Black states that in 1426, Blakadir de Eodem (of that Ilk) held the lands in the earldom of March. Early bearers of the surname are Adam "of Blacathathir" in 1477, Robert "Blackader" in the 15th century, and Charles "Blakater" in 1486. A junior branch