P.G. Wodehouse 
Uncle Fred in the Springtime 
(Blandings Castle)

A classic Blandings novel from P.G. Wodehouse, the great comic writer of the 20th century. Blandings is now a BBC One show starring Jennifer Saunders and Timothy Spall. Episode One, series two, ‘Throwing Eggs’, features scenes from ‘Uncle Fred in the Springtime’. Uncle Fred believes he can achieve anything in the springtime. However, disguised as a loony-doctor and trying to prevent prize pig, the Empress of Blandings, from falling into the hands of the unscrupulous Duke of Dunstable, he is stretched to his limit… ‘A cavalcade of perfect joy.’ – Caitlin Moran’Sunlit perfection… Bask in its warmth and splendour.’ – Stephen Fry’The best English comic novelist of the century.’ – Sebastian Faulks’The greatest chronicler of a certain kind of Englishness’ – Julian Fellowes