Английская Википедия:Blandings (TV series)
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox television Blandings is a British comedy television series adapted by Guy Andrews from the Blandings Castle stories of P. G. Wodehouse. It was first broadcast on BBC One from 13 January 2013, and stars Timothy Spall, Jennifer Saunders, Jack Farthing, Tim Vine and Mark Williams. The series was produced with the partial financial assistance of the European Regional Development Fund.
Plot
Set in 1929, Lord Emsworth (Spall) resides at Blandings Castle, along with his imperious sister Connie (Saunders), his empty-headed son Freddie (Jack Farthing), and any number of houseguests, love-struck nieces and their boyfriends. He would rather be left in peace with his prize pig The Empress, but his family is always at hand to complicate his life. Offering a reluctant helping hand is his loyal and long-suffering butler, Beach (Mark Williams/Tim Vine).[1][2]
Production
The series was produced by Mammoth Screen and was filmed on location at Crom Castle, near Newtownbutler, in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Some scenes were also filmed at Florence Court, a National Trust property near Kinawley in south-west County Fermanagh. The producer was Spencer Campbell and the director was Paul Seed. It was the first adaptation of Blandings for British television since the BBC's film of Wodehouse's novel Heavy Weather in 1995.
On 7 June 2013, BBC commissioner Danny Cohen confirmed that Blandings would return for a second series.[3] The second series has seven episodes and began airing 16 February 2014.[4]
On 24 October 2013, it was announced that Tim Vine would join the cast for the second series as Beach replacing Mark Williams.[5]
Cast and characters
Main
- Timothy Spall as Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth
- Jennifer Saunders as Lady Constance Keeble
- Jack Farthing as The Hon. Frederick Threepwood
- Mark Williams as Sebastian Beach (series 1)
- Tim Vine as Sebastian Beach (series 2)
Recurring
- Ron Donachie as Angus McAllister
- Robert Bathurst as Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe
Episodes
Series 1 (2013)
Series 2 (2014)
Reception
Ben Lawrence of The Daily Telegraph awarded the first episode two stars out of five and wrote that the lack of Wodehouse's "authorial voice", ever present in the books to add "clarity and depth" and "invest psychological complexity into [the] characters", left the cast "all at sea".[6]
Tributes were paid to Empress, the Middle White sow used in the show, when she died from what vets believe was a "massive heart attack" just before the final episode was broadcast. Timothy Spall said he was "very upset" at the news.[7]
References
External links
Шаблон:Blandings Castle Шаблон:P. G. Wodehouse
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ BBC media centre http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/blandings-series2.html Retrieved 24 October 2013
- ↑ Crom castle http://cromcastle.com/second-series-of-blandings-was-filmed-at-the-castle-in-november-2013/ retrieved 31 January 2014
- ↑ BBC media centre http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/blandings-series-2.html Retrieved 24 October 2013
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ TV stars pay tribute to Blandings pig actor The Empress after she dies
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