Series · 1985
Blott on the Landscape
The series
A thwarted Lady Maud runs off to her solicitor to start divorce proceedings and that gives Sir Giles his bright idea-why not run the proposed bypass for the area through their very own Cleene Gorge, thereby wrecking Lady Maud's ancestral home and copping rather a lot of compensation from the government to boot? Witness the frolics of the bumbling dundridge - the Y-front clad man from the ministry, Sir Giles' versatile Mrs Forthby - Mediterranean harlot and naughty schoolgirl extraordinaire, not forgetting Blott himself, gardener and mystery man, casting his enigmatic eye over the eccentricities of the great British aristocracy... Starring, George Cole, Geraldine James, David Suchet, Simon Cadell and Julia McKenzie
Episodes
Season 1 · 6 episodes · 1985
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Episode 16 Feb 19851h 0m
A Phone Call
Sir Giles and Lady Maud Lynchwood are not the most happily married of aristocrats. She wants an heir but he cheats on her with incompetent dominatrix Mrs Forthby. The pair agree to divorce but, to stop Maud hanging onto her ancestral home …
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Episode 213 Feb 19851h 0m
In the Pub
In the wake of the riot naive civil servant Dundridge is sent to Worford by devious ministers as the PM opposes any other route for the motorway than Handyman Hall. Released from prison Lady Maud entertains him behind her husband's back, c…
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Episode 320 Feb 19851h 0m
Blackmail
Purporting to side with his wife, Sir Giles uses the compromising photos of Dundridge to dissuade him from his tunnel idea and to run the motorway through the alternative route, the new town of Otterton. Thus, at the resumed hearing, Dundr…
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Episode 427 Feb 19851h 0m
A Safe Place
Enraged at Lady Maud's treatment of him, Dundridge approves the motorway going through Handyman Hall and the surrounding Clene Gorge. Lady Maud suspects that, as he and not she will receive the compensation money, Sir Giles is in favour of…
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Episode 56 Mar 19851h 0m
Cards on the Table
Outraged at the demolition of the gorge, Lady Maud goes to see Dundridge, suggesting that they work together to expose Sir Giles as the blackmailer. However, since Dundridge detests her and believes that she was responsible for compromisin…
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Episode 613 Mar 19851h 0m
Man in a Tree
Attempting to flee the grounds Sir Giles is pounced upon and killed by a lion, his offshore investments leaving Lady Maud a very rich widow. Blott, meanwhile, who has squirrelled away a substantial amount of ammunition, barricades himself …
Cast
David Suchet
Blott
George Cole
Sir Giles Lynchwood
Geraldine James
Lady Maud Lynchwood
Julia McKenzie
Mrs Forthby
Paul Brooke
Hoskins
Matyelok Gibbs
Miss Percival 1
Sylvia Barter
Miss Percival 2John Rapley
Colonel ChapmanNicholas Selby
General Burnett
Georgine Anderson
Mrs Bullett Finch
Frank Jakeman
Construction Worker #1
Simon Cadell
Dundridge
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