First broadcast 16th March 2014.

Colonel Fanshawe calls to sound out Clarence as his successor as Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire, an honour for which Connie is desperate; but Beach has become positively peculiar. Blandings is more than ever an embarrassing shambles. And there is the question of Mugsy, the dog.

Timothy Spall - Clarence
Jennifer Saunders - Connie
Jack Farthing - Freddie
Tim Vine - Beach
Ron Donachie - McAllister
James Fleet - Colonel Fanshawe
Sophie Colquhoun - Valerie Fanshawe