Heavy Weather (1995)
At Blandings Castle, the Earl of Emsworth only cares about his prize pig 'The Empress' and is wilfully ignorant of the fact that his brother is planning to publish a book which might ruin the family name forever. Moreover, the Earl's nephew might cause the family some major damage by getting married to a terribly unsuitable chorus girl. An adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse's novel of the same name.
Casting
- Judy Parfitt — Lady Constance Keeble
- Roy Hudd — Beach
- Richard Briers — The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
- Peter O'Toole — Clarence, Earl of Emsworth
- David Bamber — P. Frobisher Pilbeam
- Rebecca Lacey — Sue Brown
- Richard Johnson — Lord Tilbury
- Samuel West — 'Monty' Bodkin
- Ronald Fraser — Sir Gregory Parsloe
- Sarah Badel — Lady Julia Fish
Interesting facts
Heavy Weather is a television film with a screenplay by Douglas Livingstone based on the 1933 novel Heavy Weather by P. G. Wodehouse, set at Blandings Castle. It was made by the BBC and WGBH Boston, first screened by the BBC on Christmas Eve 1995 and shown in the United States on PBS's Masterpiece Theatre on 18 February 1996.
Production
The screenplay was written by Douglas Livingstone. The director was Jack Gold and the producer was Verity Lambert. David Shanks was co-producer. The production designer was Jane Martin.
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