Monday 14 January 2013

MSN TV: BBC1's BLANDINGS

Monday 14 January 2013

Today over at MSN: I've reviewed BBC1's Sunday comedy-drama BLANDINGS, based on the short stories by P.G Wodehouse...
Screenwriter Guy Andrews gave us the brilliant 2008 ITV miniseries Lost in Austen, but his adaptation of renowned English author P.G Wodehouse's Blandings Castle short stories left much to be desired. It's easy to see why the BBC would attempt to bring Blandings to our screens; it's a perfect fit for Sundays - period setting, genteel Englishness, bucolic scenery, recognisable actors, source material from a celebrated author...

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