P.G. Wodehouse (Radio) - Summer Lightning (BBC Classic Serial)

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Radio dramatization of P. G. Wodehouse's 1929 Blanding;s novel.

First broadcast, in two parts, 4th/11th July 2010.

Affably absent-minded Earl of Emsworth, preparing his prize-winning pig Empress of Blandings for the Shropshire Agricultural Show, is afraid that rival pig-owner Sir Gregory Parsloe is planning to nobble his precious Empress.

Galahad Threepwood ..... Charles Dance
Lady Constance ..... Patricia Hodge
Beach ..... Tim Pigott-Smith
Percy Pilbeam ..... Matt Lucas
Lord Emsworth ..... Martin Jarvis
Hugo Carmody ..... Samuel West
Sue Brown ..... Lisa Dillon
Ronnie Fish ..... Matthew Wolf
Millicent ..... Rachael Stirling
Rupert Baxter ..... Jared Harris
Sir Gregory Parsloe ..... Michael Jayston
Stage Doorman/Second Waiter ..... David Weston
Commissionaire/First Waiter ..... Jon Glover
Pagegirl ..... Anna Moore
Mrs Rundle ... Joanna David

Voice of Wodehouse ..... Ian Ogilvy

Dramatized by Archie Scottney.

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