Episode 2
1930s comedy drama based on EF Benson's novels. The Tilling Summer Exhibition provides Lucia with a new battlefield to conquer. Mapp takes an opportunity to start a new trend.
The Tilling Summer Exhibition provides Lucia with a new battlefield to conquer. With pencils sharpened and easels at the ready, she and Georgie prepare to amaze their new friends with their artistic ability, whatever lengths they have to go to for success.
Their triumphs leave Mapp gnashing her teeth with fury until an exotic visitor passing through Tilling provides her with an opportunity to start a new trend. Lucia may have won the artistic heart of Tilling, but Mapp will fight back for their souls and waistlines. Only Georgie's frightful sisters, it seems, can rain on her parade.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Elizabeth Mapp | Miranda Richardson |
| Withers | Susan Porrett |
| Grosvenor | Soo Drouet |
| Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas | Anna Chancellor |
| Georgie Pillson | Steve Pemberton |
| Algernon Wyse | Nicholas Woodeson |
| Susan Wyse MBE | Pippa Haywood |
| Godiva 'Diva' Plaistow | Felicity Montagu |
| Evie Bartlett | Poppy Miller |
| Rev Kenneth 'Padre' Bartlett | Paul Ritter |
| Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint | Mark Gatiss |
| Irene Coles | Gemma Whelan |
| Foljambe | Jenny Platt |
| Guru | Harish Patel |
| Hermione 'Hermy' Pillson | Katy Brand |
| Ursula 'Ursy' Pillson | Joanna Scanlan |
| Twistevant | Andy Godfrey |
| Cadman | Gavin Brocker |
| Writer | Steve Pemberton |
| Author | EF Benson |
| Director | Diarmuid Lawrence |
| Producer | Susie Liggat |
| Executive Producer | Lisa Osborne |
| adapting EF Benson | Mark Gatiss |
| adapting EF Benson | Steve Pemberton |
Broadcast
- Tue 30 Dec 2014 21:00
Interview: Miranda Richardson
Miranda Richardson discusses Mapp's extraordinary spirit
Interview: Anna Chancellor
Anna explains Lucia's backstory and the Tilling social hierarchy