The Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court

Wodehouse Playhouse Season 1 Episode 4

Overview:
""In our story tonight - 'The Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court' - we see how the malevolent influence of a house nearly wrecked the romance of two poets - they had the dickens of a time - but fortunately everything came right in the end.""

(P.G. Wodehouse)

Introduction

Kindred spirits and fellow poets, Charlotte Mulliner (author of 'Vignettes in Verse') and Aubrey Trefusis (author of 'Pastels In Prose') meet at 'The Crushed Pansy' a club for the literati.

It emerges that Charlotte Mulliner has been invited to stay at the home of Aubrey Trefusis' parents, Sir Alexander and Lady Bassinger. Bludleigh Court is a strange house - it exercises a ghastly spell that saps even the most humanitarian principles and turns the gentlest nature-lover into a monster of ravening bloodlust.

At first Charlotte is inclined to scoff at Aubrey's warnings but upon arriving at the house, both young people soon fall under its spell. They find themselves pursuing Aubrey's Uncle Francis, whose sole to

Genre : Comedy

Actors : Pauline Collins, John Alderton, P.G. Wodehouse

Release Date : 1975-05-14

Duration : 30 menit

Rating : ⭐ 8/10 (1 votes)

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Other Episodes (Season 1)

The Truth About George
1. The Truth About George
Romance at Droitgate Spa
2. Romance at Droitgate Spa
Portrait of a Disciplinarian
3. Portrait of a Disciplinarian
The Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court
4. The Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court
The Rise of Minna Nordstrom
5. The Rise of Minna Nordstrom
Rodney Fails to Qualify
6. Rodney Fails to Qualify
A Voice From the Past
7. A Voice From the Past


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