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6 February 1985 (UK)
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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. full summary
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2 wins
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My first introduction to David Suchet.
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 22 of 27) | 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) |
| 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) |
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50 min (6 episodes)
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Referenced in "Drama Connections: Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (#1.1)" (2005)
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Metropolitan March
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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.