Blandings Castle is a fictitious location in the stories and novels of P. G. Wodehouse. It is the seat of Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth, home to many of his family and setting for numerous tales and adventures, written between 1915 and 1975. This article is in need of attention. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ... P. G. Wodehouse, pictured in 1904, became famous for his complex plots, ingenious wordplay, and prolific output Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE (October 15, 1881 – February 14, 1975) (IPA: ) was an English comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success for more than seventy years. ... Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth, Viscount Bosham is a fictional character created by British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The series of stories which take place at the castle, in its environs and involving its denizens have come to be known as the "Blandings Castle books", or indeed, in a phrase used by Wodehouse himself, the "Blandings Saga". This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...

"The gardens of Blandings Castle are that original garden from which we are all exiled," said Evelyn Waugh. "All those who know them long to return."[1] Evelyn Waugh, as photographed in 1940 by Carl Van Vechten Arthur Evelyn St. ...

The Castle

Blandings Castle, lying in the picturesque Vale of Blandings, Shropshire, England, is two miles from the town of Market Blandings, home to at least nine pubs, most notably the Emsworth Arms. In geography a vale is a wide river valley, usually with a particularly wide flood plain or flat valley bottom. ... Shropshire (alternatively Salop or abbreviated Shrops) is a county in the West Midlands of England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... This is an incomplete guide to fictitious places featured in the works of P. G. Wodehouse. ... This is an incomplete guide to fictitious places featured in the works of P. G. Wodehouse. ...

The tiny hamlet of Blandings Parva lies directly outside the castle gates and the town of Much Matchingham, home to Matchingham Hall, the residence of Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe, is also nearby. This is an incomplete guide to fictitious places featured in the works of P. G. Wodehouse. ... This is an incomplete guide to fictitious places featured in the works of P. G. Wodehouse. ... This is an incomplete guide to fictitious places featured in the works of P. G. Wodehouse. ... Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe is a fictional character from the Blandings stories of P. G. Wodehouse. ...

The castle is a noble pile, of Early Tudor building ("its history is recorded in England's history books and Viollet-le-Duc has written of its architecture", according to Something Fresh). One of England's largest stately homes, it dominates the surrounding country, standing on a knoll of rising ground at the southern end of the celebrated Vale of Blandings; the Severn gleams in the distance. From its noble battlements, the Wrekin can be seen. Tudor architecture is the architecture of the Tudor period, ie. ... Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (January 27, 1814 – September 17, 1879) was a French architect and theorist, famous for his restorations of medieval buildings. ... Something Fresh is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse. ... A stately home is, strictly speaking, one of about 500 large properties built in England between the mid-16th century and the early part of the 20th century, as well as converted abbeys and other church property (after the Dissolution of the Monasteries). ... The Severn is the name of a river in the United Kingdom. ... The Wrekin is a prominent elevation capped by a hill fort almost 8 hectares (80,000 m²) in size, located within in the English county of Shropshire. ...

The famous moss-carpeted Yew Alley (subject to the devious gravelling schemes of Angus McAllister) leads to a small wood with a rough gamekeeper's cottage, which Psmith made use of, not to write poetry as he at first claimed, but to stash stolen jewellery. Another gamekeeper's cottage, in the West Wood, makes a pleasant home for the Empress of Blandings for a spell. The rose garden is another famous beauty spot, ideal for courting lovers. There is a lake, where Lord Emsworth often takes a brisk swim in the mornings. An incomplete, alphabetical list of fictional characters appearing in P. G. Wodehouses Blandings Castle stories. ... Ronald Eustace Psmith (or Rupert Psmith, as his is called in the first two books in which he appears) is a character in several of the comic novels of P. G. Wodehouse. ... The Empress of Blandings is the name of a fictional pig featured in a number of comic short stories and novels by British writer P.G. Wodehouse. ...

The house has numerous guest rooms, many of which haven't been used since Queen Elizabeth roamed the country. Of those still in use, the Garden Room is the finest, usually given to the most prestigious guest; it has a balcony outside its French windows, which can be easily accessed via a handy drainpipe. Elizabeth I redirects here. ...

The main library has a smaller library leading off it, and windows overlooking some flowerbeds; it is here that Lord Emsworth is often to be found on wet days, his nose deep in an improving tome of country lore, his favourite being Whiffle on The Care of the Pig. Julio Pérez Ferrero Library - Cúcuta, Colombia A modern-style library in Chambéry A library is a collection of information, sources, resources and services, organized for use, and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual. ... An incomplete, alphabetical list of fictional characters appearing in P. G. Wodehouses Blandings Castle stories. ...

Possible locations

There have been a number of attempts to locate and identify the possible locations of Blandings. Norman Murphy, in "In Search of Blandings", looked at a whole range of criteria based around architecture and landscape features. His main suggestions were Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire for the castle itself, and Weston Park, Staffordshire for the gardens. Richard Usborne, in the appendix to the unfinished Sunset at Blandings, regarded the issue from the point of view of train journeys and travel times. The knot garden of Sudeley Castle Sudeley Castle is near Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ... Weston Park is a country house 10 miles north-west of Wolverhampton, in Weston-under-Lizard, Stafford, Staffordshire, England, set in more than 1,000 acres (4 km²) of park landscaped by Capability Brown. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Sunset at Blandings is an unfinished novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on November 17, 1977 by Chatto & Windus, London and in the United States on September 7, 1978 by Simon & Schuster, Inc. ...

The most recent work was carried out by two researchers in the Department of Geography and Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, Dr Daryl Lloyd and Mr Ian Greatbatch. They made use of a Geographic Information System to analyse a set of geographical criteria, such as a viewshed analysis of The Wrekin and drive time from Shrewsbury. Their final conclusion was that Apley Hall, Shropshire was the best suited location for fulfilling the geographical criteria.[2] University College London, commonly known as UCL, is a college of the University of London. ... A geographic Information System (GIS) is a system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and associated attributes which are spatially referenced to the earth. ... A viewshed is an area of land, water, and other environmental elements that is visible from a fixed vantage point. ... The Wrekin is a hill in east Shropshire , England. ... Shrewsbury (pronounced either or ) is a town of 70,560 inhabitants [1] in Shropshire, England. ... Shropshire (alternatively Salop or abbreviated Shrops) is a county in the West Midlands of England. ...

Hunstanton Hall in Norfolk, the home of the LeStrange family from 1137 to 1954, where Wodehouse visited in the 'twenties, has also been suggested as inspiration for Blandings and its master.[3] Norfolk (IPA: //) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... // Groups BL1137 is the (now defunct) Unix group at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, NJ where Unix and C were invented. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Residents and guests

The family

The master of Blandings is, nominally at least, Lord Emsworth. Clarence, the ninth Earl, is an amiably absent-minded old chap, who loves his home and gardens dearly and is never happier than when pottering about the grounds on a fine sunny day, poking at flower beds or inspecting his champion pig, Empress of Blandings. Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth, Viscount Bosham is a fictional character created by British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse. ... The Empress of Blandings is the name of a fictional pig featured in a number of comic short stories and novels by British writer P.G. Wodehouse. ...

Lord Emsworth's nine sisters, his brother Galahad ("Gally"), his daughter Mildred, his sons Freddie and George, and his numerous nieces, nephews, and in-laws inhabit the castle from time to time. For the Threepwood family, and their friends, the castle is forever available for indefinite residence, and is occasionally used as a temporary prison—known as "Devil's Island" or "The Bastille"—for love-struck young men and ladies to calm down. In the stories and novels of P. G. Wodehouse, The Honourable Galahad Threepwood is Lord Emsworths younger brother. ... An incomplete, alphabetical list of fictional characters appearing in P. G. Wodehouses Blandings Castle stories. ... The Honourable Frederick Threepwood, known as Freddie, is the second son of Lord Emsworth in the stories and novels of P. G. Wodehouse. ... An incomplete, alphabetical list of fictional characters appearing in P. G. Wodehouses Blandings Castle stories. ... Devils Island Devils Island (French: ÃŽle du Diable) is the smallest and northernmost island of the three ÃŽles du Salut located off the coast of French Guiana at . ... The Bastille The Bastille ( ) was a prison in Paris, known formally as Bastille Saint-Antoine—Number 232, Rue Saint-Antoine—best known today because of the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, which along with the Tennis Court Oath is considered the beginning of the French Revolution. ...

Emsworth's sister Ann plays the role of châtelaine when we first visit the Castle, in Something Fresh. Following her reign, Lady Constance Keeble, another of Emsworth's sisters, acts as châtelaine until she marries American millionaire James Schoonmaker. An incomplete, alphabetical list of fictional characters appearing in P. G. Wodehouses Blandings Castle stories. ... Châtelain (Med. ... Something Fresh is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse. ... Lady Constance Connie Keeble is one of the characters in the comic novel series Blandings Castle by PG Wodehouse. ... An incomplete, alphabetical list of fictional characters appearing in P. G. Wodehouses Blandings Castle stories. ...

Another sister of Emsworth is Lady Julia Fish, ("The iron hand beneath the leather glove") whose son Ronald Fish ("Ronnie") marries a chorus girl called Sue Brown, who by the way is the daughter of the only woman whom Gally ever loved—Dolly Henderson.

The staff

Blandings's ever-present butler is Sebastian Beach, with eighteen years service at the castle under his ample belt, and its other domestic servants have at various times included Mrs Twemlow the housekeeper, an under-butler named Merridew, and a number of footmen, such as Charles, Thomas, Stokes, James and Alfred. The chauffeurs Slingsby and Alfred Voules drive the castle's stately Hispano-Suiza, or, in an emergency, the Albatross. In the short stories and novels of P. G. Wodehouse, Sebastian Beach is the butler at Blandings Castle, seat of Lord Emsworth and his family, where he serves for eighteen years. ... An incomplete, alphabetical list of fictional characters appearing in P. G. Wodehouses Blandings Castle stories. ... An incomplete, alphabetical list of fictional characters appearing in P. G. Wodehouses Blandings Castle stories. ... An incomplete, alphabetical list of fictional characters appearing in P. G. Wodehouses Blandings Castle stories. ... Hispano-Suiza is a French engineering firm best known for their engine and weapon designs in the pre-World War II period, work that developed out of their earliest work in luxury automobile design. ... The Albatross was an American sports car venture that was planned in 1939, but that never got off the ground. ...

Outside of the house, Scottish head gardeners Thorne and Angus McAllister have tended the grounds, while George Cyril Wellbeloved, James Pirbright and the Amazonian Monica Simmons have taken care of Lord Emsworth's beloved prize pig, Empress of Blandings. Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic) Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Monarch Queen Elizabeth II  -  First Minister... An incomplete, alphabetical list of fictional characters appearing in P. G. Wodehouses Blandings Castle stories. ... An incomplete, alphabetical list of fictional characters appearing in P. G. Wodehouses Blandings Castle stories. ... An incomplete, alphabetical list of fictional characters appearing in P. G. Wodehouses Blandings Castle stories. ... An incomplete, alphabetical list of fictional characters appearing in P. G. Wodehouses Blandings Castle stories. ... The Amazons (in Greek, Αμαζόνες) were an ancient nation of female warriors or a society dominated by women, at the edges of Scythia in Sarmatia (Herodotus). ... An incomplete, alphabetical list of fictional characters appearing in P. G. Wodehouses Blandings Castle stories. ... The Empress of Blandings is the name of a fictional pig featured in a number of comic short stories and novels by British writer P.G. Wodehouse. ...

Emsworth has employed a series of secretaries, most notable among them Rupert Baxter, the highly efficient young man who never seems to be able to keep away from Blandings, despite Lord Emsworth's increasingly low opinion of his sanity. He was succeeded in the post by Ronald Psmith, and later by the likes of Hugo Carmody and Monty Bodkin. The castle's splendid library was catalogued, for the first time since 1885, by Eve Halliday. Rupert Baxter is a fictional character who appears in several of the stories and novels of P. G. Wodehouse. ... Ronald Eustace Psmith (or Rupert Psmith, as his is called in the first two books in which he appears) is a character in several of the comic novels of P. G. Wodehouse. ... An incomplete, alphabetical list of fictional characters appearing in P. G. Wodehouses Blandings Castle stories. ... Montague Monty Bodkin, also referred to as Montrose, is a character from the dossiers of P.G. Wodehouse. ... Julio Pérez Ferrero Library - Cúcuta, Colombia A modern-style library in Chambéry A library is a collection of information, sources, resources and services, organized for use, and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... An incomplete, alphabetical list of fictional characters appearing in P. G. Wodehouses Blandings Castle stories. ...

Notable visitors

Many people pass through the doors of Blandings, guests and friends of the family, prospective additions to the family, temporary staff, pig-lovers, day-trippers, detectives, crooks and of course impostors galore. Among the most distinguished are the grumpy Duke of Dunstable, leading brain-specialist Sir Roderick Glossop, publishing magnate Lord Tilbury, the Fifth Earl of Ickenham, known to all as Uncle Fred and Percy Pilbeam, he of the Argus Enquiry Agency employed to locate the lost pig and recover Gally's manuscript of his memoirs. An incomplete, alphabetical list of fictional characters appearing in P. G. Wodehouses Blandings Castle stories. ... Sir Roderick Glossop is a recurring fictional character in the comic novels of P. G. Wodehouse. ... George Alexander Pyke, Lord Tilbury is a fictional character in the works of P. G. Wodehouse. ... Frederick Altamont Cornwallis Twistleton, 5th Earl of Ickenham is a fictional character from the short stories and novels of P. G. Wodehouse. ... Percy Frobisher Pilbeam is a fictional character in the works of P. G. Wodehouse. ...

Books

Blandings Castle serves as the setting for eleven novels and nine short stories. A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ... This article is in need of attention. ...

• Something Fresh (1915)
• Leave it to Psmith (1923)
• Blandings Castle (1935) – Six short stories of twelve, written from 1926 to 1931, occuring before the events of Summer Lightning:
  • "The Custody of the Pumpkin"
  • "Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best"
  • "Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey"
  • "Company for Gertrude"
  • "The Go-getter"
  • "Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend"
• Summer Lightning (1929)
• Heavy Weather (1933)
• Lord Emsworth and Others (1937) – One short story of nine:
  • "The Crime Wave at Blandings"
• Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939)
• Full Moon (1947)
• Nothing Serious (1950) – One short story of ten:
  • "Birth of a Salesman"
• Pigs Have Wings (1952)
• Service With a Smile (1961)
• Galahad at Blandings (1965)
• Plum Pie (1966) – One short story of nine (probably to be read before Service With a Smile):
  • "Sticky Wicket at Blandings"
• A Pelican at Blandings (1969)
• Sunset at Blandings (1977)
• Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best (1992) – Nine short stories of nine, collecting all nine Blandings stories from the above collections

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Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in the 23 January 1926 issue of Liberty, and in the United Kingdom in the February 1926 Strand. ... Summer Lightning (US title:Fish Preferred) is the second book of the Blandings Castle series, written by P. G. Wodehouse and published in 1929. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Lord Emsworth and Others is a book of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, published in 1937 by Herbert Jenkins, Publishers. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Crime Wave at Blandings is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in two parts, in the October 10 and October 17, 1936 editions of the Saturday Evening Post, and in the United Kingdom in the January 1937 issue of the Strand. ... Uncle Fred in the Springtime is a novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on August 18, 1939 by Doubleday Doran, New York, and in the United Kingdom on August 25 1939 by Herbert Jenkins, London. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Full Moon is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States by Doubleday & Company on May 22, 1947, and in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins on October 17 1947. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Nothing Serious is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Birth of a Salesman is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in the 26 March 1950 issue of This Week magazine. ... Pigs Have Wings is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared as a serial in Colliers Weekly between August 16 and September 20, 1952. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Service With a Smile is a novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on October 15, 1961 by Simon & Schuster, Inc. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Galahad at Blandings is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on January 13, 1965 by Simon & Schuster, Inc. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 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Film, television and radio

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The Castle and its inhabitants were the subject of six half-hour adaptations under the title Blandings Castle, made by the BBC as part of their The World Of Wodehouse series. Adapted from some of the shorts in Blandings Castle and the classic "The Crime Wave at Blandings", they were broadcast in 1967 and starred Ralph Richardson as Lord Emsworth, Meriel Forbes as Lady Constance, Stanley Holloway as Beach and Derek Nimmo as Freddie. Sadly, the master tapes of all but one episode ("Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend") were erased from the BBC archive, and no known copies exist. The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Blandings Castle is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. ... The Crime Wave at Blandings is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in two parts, in the October 10 and October 17, 1936 editions of the Saturday Evening Post, and in the United Kingdom in the January 1937 issue of the Strand. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Ralph Richardson Sir Ralph David Richardson (19 December 1902 – 10 October 1983) was an English actor, one of a group of theatrical knights of the mid-20th century who, though more closely associated with the stage, did their best to make the transition to film. ... Stanley Augustus Holloway (October 1, 1890 - January 30, 1982) was an English actor and entertainer famous for his comic and character roles on stage and screen, especially that of Alfred Doolittle in My Fair Lady. ... Derek Robert Nimmo (September 19, 1930 - February 24, 1999) was a British character actor, particularly associated with upper-class silly-ass roles. ... Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in the 23 January 1926 issue of Liberty, and in the United Kingdom in the February 1926 Strand. ...

Between 1985 and 1992, BBC Radio 4 broadcast several adaptations, starring Richard Vernon as Emsworth and Ian Carmichael as Galahad. Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... Sir Richard Vernon (March 7, 1925 - December 4, 1997) was a British actor. ... Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey Ian Carmichael OBE (born 18 June 1920) is a British film, stage and television actor. ...

In 1995, the BBC, with partners including WGBH Boston, adapted Heavy Weather into a 95-minute TV movie. It was first screened on Christmas Eve 1995 in the UK, and shown in the US by PBS on February 18, 1996. It starred Peter O'Toole as Lord Emsworth, Richard Briers as Gally, Roy Hudd as Beach, Samuel West as Monty Bodkin and Judy Parfitt as Lady Constance. It was directed by Jack Gold with a screenplay by Douglas Livingstone, and was generally well-received by fans. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... It has been suggested that this article be split into articles entitled WGBH-TV and WGBH (FM), accessible from a disambiguation page. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, etc. ... The Christmas Eve (1904-05), watercolor painting by the Swedish painter Carl Larsson (1853-1919) Christmas Eve, the evening of December 24th, the preceding day or vigil before Christmas Day, is treated to a greater or a lesser extent in most Christian societies as part of the Christmas season. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Peter Seamus OToole (born Peter James OToole on August 2, 1932) is an eight-time Academy Award-nominated Irish actor. ... Richard Briers, CBE (born on January 14, 1934) is a popular English actor whose career encompasses the theatre, television, film and radio. ... Roy Hudd, OBE (b. ... Samuel West, sometimes billed as Sam West, (born June 19, 1966) is a British actor, the son of Prunella Scales and Timothy West. ... Judy Parfitt (born on 7 November 1935 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) is a British theatre, film and television actress. ... British Director, part of the British Realist Tradition that followed Free Cinema. ... Douglas Livingstone may refer to Douglas Livingstone, the South African poet born in Malaysia (1932-1996) Douglas Livingstone, the English actor and writer for television {{disambig]] ...

Many of the stories and novels are available as audio books, including a series narrated by Martin Jarvis. Cassette recording of Patrick OBrians The Mauritius Command An audio book is a recording of the contents of a book read aloud. ... Martin Jarvis (born August 4, 1941 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England) is an English actor. ...

References

• Murphy, Norman (1987). In Search of Blandings. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-010299-X. 
• Usborne, Richard (2003). Plum Sauce: A P. G. Wodehouse Companion. New York: The Overlook Press, pages 37–45, 96–127. ISBN 1-58567-441-9. 
• Usborne, Richard. After hours with P. G. Wodehouse. London: Hutchinson. ISBN 0-09-174712-0. 
• Kuzmenko, Michel. Bibliography. The Russian Wodehouse Society. Retrieved on April 13, 2006.

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See also

• A categorized list of characters appearing in the Blandings stories
• An alphabetical guide to the minor characters involved with the Castle and the Threepwoods

The following is an incomplete list of fictional characters who appear in the novels and short stories of P. G. Wodehouse. ... An incomplete, alphabetical list of fictional characters appearing in P. G. Wodehouses Blandings Castle stories. ...

External links

• BBC News: Zeroing in on Blandings – Two researchers' attempt to locate the castle
• Another piece on the search for Blandings, from the Daily Telegraph
• An article on Hunstanton Hall and Charles LeStrange, possible inspiration for Blandings and Lord Emsworth
• "Summer Lightning" (1933) at the Internet Movie Database
• "Blandings Castle" (1967) at the Internet Movie Database
• "Blandings Castle" (1967) at the BBC Comedy Guide
• "Heavy Weather" (1995) at the Internet Movie Database