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Episode 2

Ashe and Joan's battle to secure the precious scarab is becoming intense. Baxter is in hot pursuit, and Lord Emsworth is on alert for midnight marauders. With Ian Ogilvy.

Second of a two-part dramatisation of PG Wodehouse's 1915 comic novel.

The rivalry between Ashe and Joan to secure the precious scarab is becoming intense. The obsessive Baxter is in hot pursuit and Lord Emsworth keeps a shotgun beside him in case of midnight marauders.

Ashe ...... Ioan Gruffudd
Joan ...... Helen McCrory
Baxter ...... Jared Harris
Earl of Emsworth ...... Martin Jarvis
J Preston Peters ...... Hector Elizondo
The Hon Freddie ...... Matthew Wolf
George Emerson ...... James Frain
Aline Peters ...... Andrea Bowen
Beach ...... Morgan Sheppard
Mr Judson ...... Darren Richardson
Colonel Mant ...... Kenneth Danziger
Wodehouse ...... Ian Ogilvy

Directed by Martin Jarvis.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 1 Feb 2014 03:00

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