Seven more Wodehouse yarns for 2014

BBC One has commissioned a second series of Blandings, the period comedy based on the novels of PG Wodehouse.

Timothy Spall and Jennifer Saunders are both signed on reprise their roles as the absent-minded Lord Emsworth and his indomitable sister Connie, and Jack Farthing will also return as Clarence’s feckless son Freddie.

The seven-part series will air early next year.

BBC commissioner Kristian Smith praised the ‘charming family comedy’ and ‘truly stellar’ of the stories and said that Series 2 would be a ‘real treat’.

Writer Guy Andrews said that characters due to appear in the new season include ‘avoracious Hollywood producer, a dancing saxophonist secretary, a leather-gusseted religious maniac, Clarence’s frankly terrifying sister Charlotte and - worst of all - the poker-wielding Duke of Dunstable.’

Blandings will be produced by Mammoth Screen and filmed in Northern Ireland.

The first series made its debut in January this year, attracting an impressive 5.7million viewers to its early-evening Sunday slot.

Published: 7 Jun 2013