Blandings, series 2 – Image Credit:
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Here’s an Episode Guide and Cast List for the 2014, series 2 of BBC One’s period-comedy show, Blandings.
The TV show which first began airing in January, 2013 is an adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse’s short stories ‘Blandings Castle’.
Blandings is currently airing Sunday evenings on BBC One, with catch-up available online via BBC iPlayer.
Episode 1/7: Throwing Eggs
The Duke of Dunstable threatens to have Clarence committed, so in response, Clarence’s faithful butler Beach and son Freddie set out to rescue him.
Episode 2/7: Dirty Work at the Crossroads
Clarence and Connie’s sister, Charlotte threatens to move into Blandings on a permanent basis. Meanwhile, Freddie comes to the rescue with his audacious plan to steal the Empress.
Episode 3/7: Hallo to All This
Clarence needs to prevent younger brother Galahad from publishing his scandalous memoirs and besmirching the family name. Should he fail, Connie intends to exile him to London.
Episode 4/7: Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best
Much to the dismay of Beach and Connie, Clarence grows an appalling beard. But Freddie needs Clarence to convince Pauline Petite of his bona-fides!
Episode 5/7: Sticky Wicket at Blandings
Connie is attempting to impress Colonel Fanshawe, in the hope that Clarence can succeed Fanshawe as Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire. But Beach is behaving very oddly indeed.
Episode 6/7: Necessary Rhino
Hannibal Didcot bullies Clarence over a fake painting, so Connie encourages Hannibal to propose to wealthy American Vanessa Polk. But Galahad and Freddie have other ideas.
Episode 7/7: Custody of the Pumpkin
Clarence’s hopes of winning the Pumpkin prize is threatened by Connie’s ambition to marry Freddie off to Sir Gregory’s niece.
The Blandings 2014 Cast and Characters
Clarence – Timothy Spall
Connie – Jennifer Saunders
Freddie – Jack Farthing
Beach – Tim Vine
Duke of Dunstable – Harry Enfield
Pongo – Mathew Baynton
McAllister – Ron Donachie
Linda – Ruby Bentall
Sir Roderick Glossop – Geoffrey McGivern
Sir Gregory – Robert Bathurst
Charlotte – Celia Imrie
Hugo – Max Olesker
Millicent – Ruby Thomas
Lesley Drabble – Jemima Rooper
Binstead – Kevin O’Loughlin
Galahad – Julian Rhind-Tutt
Drusilla – Nichola McAuliffe
Grumman – Michael Brandon
Pauline Petite – Zoe Boyle
Colonel Fanshawe – James Fleet
Valerie Fanshawe – Sophie Colquhoun
Angus McAllister – Ron Donachie
Lord Didcot – John Sessions
Vanessa Polk – Daisy Beaumont
Claude – Ian Beattie
Felicity – Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Constable Piper – Fergus Craig
Niagara Donaldson – Rose Leslie
