Blott on the Landscape (1985– )

Bawdy adaption of Tom Sharpe's comic tale. A landowning MP attempts to have a motorway built through the grounds of his wife's ancestral home.

Stars:

David Suchet, Geraldine James, George Cole

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
David Suchet	...	Blott (6 episodes, 1985)
Geraldine James	...	Lady Maud Lynchwood (6 episodes, 1985)
George Cole	...	Sir Giles Lynchwood (6 episodes, 1985)
Julia McKenzie	...	Mrs Forthby (6 episodes, 1985)
Paul Brooke	...	Hoskins (6 episodes, 1985)
Matyelok Gibbs	...	Miss Percival 1 (6 episodes, 1985)
Sylvia Barter	...	Miss Percival 2 (6 episodes, 1985)
John Rapley	...	Colonel Chapman (6 episodes, 1985)
Nicholas Selby	...	General Burnett (6 episodes, 1985)
Georgine Anderson	...	Mrs Bullett Finch (6 episodes, 1985)
Frank Jakeman	...	Construction Worker #1 (6 episodes, 1985)
Simon Cadell	...	Dundridge (5 episodes, 1985)
Geoffrey Bayldon	...	Ganglion (5 episodes, 1985)
Geoffrey Chater	...	Minister (5 episodes, 1985)
Jeremy Clyde	...	Densher (5 episodes, 1985)
Sarah Porter	...	Bessie Williams (5 episodes, 1985)
Patrick Godfrey	...	Mr Bullett Finch (5 episodes, 1985)
John Welsh	...	Lord Leakham (4 episodes, 1985)
Mary Healey	...	Mrs Wynn (4 episodes, 1985)
Jolyon McDowell	...	TV Reporter (4 episodes, 1985)
Brian Coburn	...	Hefty (3 episodes, 1985)
Esmond Knight	...	Sir Francis Puckerington (3 episodes, 1985)
John Junkin	...	Waiter (3 episodes, 1985)

Storyline

Sir Giles Lynchwood has nearly got everything, he's rich, he's powerful (he's a Conservative MP) but two things annoy him. Firstly it's his house. It's a rotting manor house. And the second thing is his wife, Lady Maud Lynchwood. Strong-willed Maud wants to have kids with Giles (to carry on the family line) but Giles wouldn't have sex with Maud if she wasn't the last woman on Earth. He also cheats on Maud with Mrs Forthby. Giles thinks up a plan to get rid of the house. He convinces the Government to build the extension of a motorway (highway) through the grounds and through the house itself. Maud finds out about this and is determined to stay in her house. She dreams of divorcing Giles and with the aid of her foreign handyman, Blott (who has a mysterious past but owes Maud's father a big debt) sets out to stop the motorway and tries to turn the manor into a safari zoo. But Giles and Dundridge, the motorway controller, have other ideas...

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Plot Keywords:

tv mini series | based on novel

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 February 1985 (UK)

Also Known As:

Seksi ja seutukaava

Filming Locations:

Blaise Woods, Bristol, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Picture Partnership Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min 50 min (6 episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in The Secret Life of the Motorway: The End of the Affair (2007)

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Soundtracks

"Metropolitan March"
by Roger Barsotti

User Reviews

My first introduction to David Suchet.

In this limited run-BritCom the visual and verbal jokes abound.

Though I had no idea who David Suchet was when I first saw this work he has made a career for himself playing Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot -- and is arguably the best Poirot imaginable.

As the character Blott-- the estate groundsman for Lady Maude Lynchwood -- he turns in a brilliant performance; as does Geraldine James as Lady Maude.

Their efforts to save "Rising Gorge" from development has both a humourous message and a political one about over development.

The picket signs are a work of genius... "Save Our Rising Gorge" indeed!

"Blott on the Landscape" is rarely repeated on BBC or BBC America but if it does come up be sure and see all six episodes -- they are gems of writing and performance.