BBC1 may be looking "to steal Downton [Abbey] ratings with two helpings of P.G. Wodehouse," according to the Guardian, which reported that Blandings, "offering a humorous glimpse of aristocratic life, may clean up." The six-part series, which stars Jack Farthing, Jennifer Saunders, Timothy Spall, David Walliams and Mark Williams, is "based on Wodehouse's much-loved accounts of the fictional life and times of Blanding Castle's 9th earl" and "will follow the fortunes of the amiable, befuddled Emsworth, played by Timothy Spall, and his beloved pig, Empress."
A Wodehouse-lovers "golden year" may be underway, since in March the "darker side" of the author's legacy is being be explored on BBC1's An Innocent Abroad, "which will re-examine the controversial period that the author spent in Nazi Germany," the Guardian wrote. Tim Pigott-Smith portrays Wodehouse in this project.
