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Two imposters infiltrate Blandings Castle, intent on recovering a valuable scarab.

4 Extra Debut. Two imposters are after a valuable scarab at Blandings Castle, unknowingly acquired by dotty Lord Emsworth. Stars Ioan Gruffudd and Helen McCrory.

First of a two-part dramatisation of PG Wodehouse's 1915 comic novel. 

Two imposters infiltrate Blandings Castle, intent on recovering a valuable scarab which the dotty Lord Emsworth has unknowingly acquired from a dyspeptic American millionaire. 

Ashe ...... Ioan Gruffudd               
Joan ...... Helen McCrory  
J Preston Peters ...... Hector Elizondo         
Earl of Emsworth ...... Martin Jarvis  
Aline Peters ...... Andrea Bowen   
George Emerson ...... James Frain
Baxter ...... Jared Harris
Beach ...... Morgan Sheppard
Mrs Twemlow ...... Jill Gascoine  
Miss Willoughby ...... Joanne Whalley
The Hon Freddie  ...... Matthew Wolf   
Mr Judson ...... Darren Richardson   
Adams ...... Kenneth Danziger
Jones/Ferris/Porter ...... Alan Shearman  
All the maids ...... Moira Quirk   
Wodehouse ...... Ian Ogilvy  

Directed by Martin Jarvis.

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Dramatisation of PG Wodehouse's 1915 comic tale, the first of his Blandings novels

Dramatisation of PG Wodehouse's 1915 comic tale, the first in his series of Blandings novels

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