"Blott on the Landscape" (1985) TV mini-series

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

6 February 1985 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

TV Mini-Series | Based On Novel

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

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)
Clare Grogan	...	Hotel receptionist (2 episodes, 1985)
Susan Porrett	...	Freda (2 episodes, 1985)
Eve Schickle	...	Nurse (2 episodes, 1985)
Alan Parks	...	Pianist (2 episodes, 1985)
Melanie Hughes	...	Mary (2 episodes, 1985)

Runtime:

50 min (6 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Blaise Woods, Bristol, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Drama Connections: Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (#1.1)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Metropolitan March

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.