Something Fresh
- Radio comedy drama
- BBC Radio 4
- 2009
- 2 episodes (1 series)
Classic comic serial by PG Wodehouse about two imposters. Voiced by an all-star cast, headed up by Ioan Gruffudd. Stars Ioan Gruffudd, Helen McCrory, Jared Harris, Morgan Sheppard, James Frain and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1
First of a two-part dramatisation of PG Wodehouse's 1915 comic novel. Two imposters infiltrate Blandings Castle, intent on recovering a valuable scarab which the dotty Lord Emsworth has unknowingly acquired from a dyspeptic American millionaire.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 29th March 2009
- Time
- 3pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Ioan Gruffudd | Ashe Marson |
| Helen McCrory | Joan Valentine |
| Jared Harris | Rupert Baxter |
| Morgan Sheppard | Beach the Butler |
| James Frain | George Emerson |
| Hector Elizondo | J Preston Peters |
| Andrea Bowen | Aline Peters |
| Martin Jarvis | Earl of Emsworth |
| Matthew Wolf | The Hon Freddie |
| Darren Richardson | Mr Judson |
| Alan Shearman | Ensemble Actor |
| Moira Quirk | Ensemble Actor |
| Ian Ogilvy | Narrator |
| Jill Gascoine | Mrs Twemlow |
| Joanne Whalley | Miss Willoughby |
| Kenneth Danziger | Adams |
| PG Wodehouse | Writer |
| Archie Scottney | Writer (Adapted By) |
| Martin Jarvis | Director |
| Rosalind Ayres | Producer |