Blandings: Series 1, Episode 1 - Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey!

TV sitcom
BBC One
2013 - 2014
13 episodes (2 series)

Television adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse's Blandings stories, starring Timothy Spall and Jennifer Saunders. Also features Jack Farthing, Tim Vine, Mark Williams, Robert Bathurst and Ron Donachie

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Series 1, Episode 1 - Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey!

Clarence has to get his pig eating again or he will lose the Fattest Pig prize to his fiendish rival. Meanwhile, Connie demands he put a stop to his niece Angela's love affair with cowboy Jimmy.

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Blandings. Image shows from L to R: Clarence (Timothy Spall), Angela (Alice Orr-Ewing), Jimmy Belford (James Norton), Sir Gregory Parsloe (Robert Bathurst). Copyright: Mammoth Screen

When Cyril the pig man is jailed by Clarence's conniving rival Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe, Lord Emsworth's beloved prize-winning pig the 'Empress of Blandings' starts refusing her food.

With the weigh-in only two weeks away, Clarence and his gambling, spendthrift son Freddie are desperate to get the Empress back to the trough.

Meanwhile, Clarence's sister Connie sets about ruining their niece Angela's love affair with ex-cowboy Jimmy, and to propel her towards a more appropriate match with the noxious Lord Heacham - Sir Gregory's nephew!

Broadcast details

Date: Sunday 13^th January 2013
Time: 6:30pm
Channel: BBC One
Length: 30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Timothy Spall	Clarence
Jennifer Saunders	Connie
Jack Farthing	Freddie
Mark Williams	Beach
Robert Bathurst	Sir Gregory Parsloe

Guest cast
Tony Maudsley	Cyril Wellbeloved
B. J. Hogg (as BJ Hogg)	Constable Evans
Alice Orr-Ewing	Angela
Brendan Patricks	Lord Heacham
James Norton	Jimmy Belford

Writing team
Guy Andrews	Writer (Adapted By)
Michael Ray	Script Editor
Jeremy Dyson	Script Editor

Production team
Paul Seed	Director
Spencer Campbell	Producer
Guy Andrews	Executive Producer
Michele Buck	Executive Producer
Damien Timmer	Executive Producer
Kristian Smith	Executive Producer
Chris Blunden (as Christopher Blunden)	Editor
Jeff Tessler	Production Designer
Paul Honey	Composer

Video

State of Emergency

There's a state of emergency in Blandings Castle. Angela has broken off her engagement to Lord Heacham.

Featuring: Timothy Spall (Clarence), Mark Williams (Beach), Alice Orr-Ewing (Angela) & Brendan Patricks (Lord Heacham).

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