Beer (Blackadder)

"**Beer**"
"Beer"
Blackadder episode
Episode no.	Series 2; Episode 5
Directed by	Mandie Fletcher
Written by	Ben Elton; Richard Curtis;
Original air date	13 February 1986
Guest appearances
	Hugh Laurie as Simon Partridge; Miriam Margolyes as Lady Whiteadder; Daniel Thorndike as Lord Nathaniel Whiteadder; Roger Blake as Geoffrey Piddle; William Hootkins as Freddie Frobisher;

"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 Miriam Margolyes's second and Hugh Laurie's first ever Blackadder appearance with Laurie going on to appear in every subsequent episode of the show.

"Beer"
Blackadder episode
Episode no.	Series 2 Episode 5
Directed by	Mandie Fletcher
Written by	Ben Elton Richard Curtis
Original air date	13 February 1986 (1986-02-13)
Guest appearances
Hugh Laurie as Simon Partridge Miriam Margolyes as Lady Whiteadder Daniel Thorndike as Lord Nathaniel Whiteadder Roger Blake as Geoffrey Piddle William Hootkins as Freddie Frobisher