Wodehouse,PG - Summer lightning (R4 1987-03-11).txt
Wodehouse,PG - Summer lightning (R4 1987-03-11)
Summer Lightning by P. G. Wodehouse
Adapted in six episodes by Richard Usborne
Galahad is down at Blandings and writing his memoirs, to the horror of all who knew him in their wild youths, particularly Lord Emsworth's neighbour and pig-fancying rival Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe. While sinister forces, including the efficient Baxter and the unpleasant Percy Pilbeam, scheme to put a stop to the book, Ronnie Fish and his old pal Hugo Carmody are entangled in difficult relationships, which require much subterfuge, some pig-theft and a little impostering to resolve...
Lord Emsworth ............ Richard Vernon
Galahad Threepwood ....... Ian Carmichael
Beach .................... Timothy Bateson
Ronnie Fish .............. Graham Seed
Hugo Carmody ............. Royce Mills
Lady Constance ........... Elizabeth Spriggs
Sue Brown ................ Susannah Fellows
Millicent ................ Wendy Murray
Baxter ................... Christopher Godwin
Pilbeam .................. Roger Sloman
Narrated by Ronald Fletcher
Produced by Martin Fisher
Stereo
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Part 1 - 1987-03-11 18:30 - Trouble Brewing at Blandings
Stage doorman ............ David Sinclair
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Part 2 - 1987-03-18 18:30 - Sensational Theft of a Pig
Restaurant manager ....... Jonathan Tafler
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Part 3 - 1987-03-25 18:30 - A Job for Percy Pilbeam
Sir Gregory Parsloe ...... Reginald Marsh
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Part 4 - 1987-04-01 18:30 - Activities of Beach the Butler
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Part 5 - 1987-04-08 18:30 - Painful Scene in a Bedroom
Post Office clerk ........ Natasha Pyne
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Part 6 - 1987-04-15 18:30 - Gally Takes Matters in Hand
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After the final episode, which runs 18 minutes, is an 8-minute
reminiscence by Usborne of a day spent with the Wodehouses
Summer Lightning, first published 1929, is the third full-length novel
to be set at Blandings Castle, after Something Fresh (1915) and
Leave it to Psmith (1923).
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