Typical World of Wodehouse, a Sheer Delight!
We caught this on Acorn TV and were thrilled to see another of our beloved Wodehouse series had been filmed and with a great cast. Timothy Spall as Lord Emsworth is superb and Mark Williams as butler Beach is a scream. All nonsense all the time, but with writing that only Wodehouse could produce and the terrific comedic timing of the whole ensemble is a scream. Will have to buy the dvds so we can see it whenever we need a wheeze!
Similar to humor of Woodhouse's Jeeves & Wooster
Classic British country humor worth 4.5 stars. More if you like Wodehouse. PG Wodehouse wrote Blandings Castle novels from 1915 to 1975. The stories are family friendly since much of what makes TV and movies adult these days had not become a part of filming topics. This is an interesting representation done for TV with the characters and stories of the zany lot at Blandings. It's good for what it is. It's contemporary produced in a nostalgic Wodehouse way. Filming was done in Northern Ireland countryside, a plus.
Timothy Spall plays Lord Clarence in all episodes, not your brightest Lord of the manor.
Jennifer Saunders is bossy sister Lady Connie, a matchmaker of sorts.
Mark Williams is Beach, butler, and does as good a job as any TV butler.
Jack Farthing is Clarence's son Freddie, womanizer that crashes his car in the same tree each episode.
SDH subtitles for all episodes:
1 Pig-Hoo-o-o-o-ey
Fattest pig award contested & Lord Clarence...
Just wonderful
After Hugh Laurie, I thought NO one would do a goof better, but the young Emsworth is a total pleasure to watch. It is a pure joy to watch his facial expressions and those wonderful words of Wodehouse come out of his mouth. This is beautifully well done series. Stories are not as complex as the original with Fry and Laurie but the joy is still there. Watched two episodes tonight and cant wait to see the rest.
Will there be more I hope? and soon.
Long live P. G. Wodehouse!
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