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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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