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Directed by Roger Bamford
Starring: Geoffrey Bayldon, George Cole, Geraldine James, David Suchet, Simon Cadell, Julia McKenzie, John Welsh, Paul Brooke, Geoffrey Chater, Christopher Benjamin
Contributors: Evgeny Gridneff, Malcolm Bradbury, David Mackay
Studio: BBC
Main Language:
English
Region: Region 2
Release Date: 6 Jun 2005
Originally Issued: 1985
No of Discs: 2
Weight: 98g
Dimensions: 190 x 19 x 165 (mm)
Genre: Television
BBFC Cert: (15) Suitable for 15 years and over.
Rental/Retail: Retail/Rental
Run Time: 325 minutes
Description
British television satirical comedy based on the novel by Tom Sharpe, about adulterous MP Sir Giles Lynchwood (George Cole) and his harridan of a wife, Maud (Geraldine James). Despising the ancient country pile he calls home, Rising Gorge, Lynchwood concocts a plan to have a bypass built straight through it, enabling him to collect large sums of money in compensation. When Maud hears of the plan she decides drastic measures are needed to keep the house; enlisting the help of her mysterious groundsman, Blott (David Suchet), her plan is to divorce Lycnhwood and turn Rising Gorge into a safari park, leaving Lycnhwood and the corrupt motorway officials to counter her any way they can.
And, unbeknownst to Maud, in Blott's shady past is a debt he owes to Sir Giles Lynchwood . . .
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