Blackmail

Summary
Purporting to side with his wife, Sir Giles uses the compromising photos of Dundridge to dissuade him from his tunnel idea and to run the motorway through the alternative route, the new town of Ottertown.

Thus, at the resumed hearing, Dundridge leans on convenor Lord Leakham - using Lady Maud's threats to sue him for having her falsely imprisoned - to save the hall. He is, reluctantly, put in charge with supervising the construction of the new route.

A grateful Lady Maud invites him to dinner and contrives to have him stay the night but, after being pursued by an amorous lady and shot at by Blott, "defending her honour", an irate, and nude, Dundridge vows to run the motorway through Handyman Hall after all.

Cast

 * George Cole as Sir Giles Lynchwood
 * Geraldine James as Lady Maud Lynchwood
 * David Suchet as Blott
 * Simon Cadell as Dundridge
 * Julia Mackenzie as Mrs. Forthby
 * Geoffrey Bayldon as Ganglion
 * Geoffrey Chater as Minister
 * Paul Brooke as Hoskins
 * John Welsh as Lord Leakham
 * Sarah Porter as Bessie Williams
 * Jeremy Clyde as Densher
 * Nicholas Selby as General Burnett
 * Patrick Godfrey as Mr. Bullett-Finch
 * Georgine Anderson as Mrs. Bullett-Finch
 * Matyelok Gibbs as Miss Percival 1
 * Sylvia Barter as Miss Percival 2
 * John Rapley as Colonel Chapman
 * Esmond Knight as Sir Francis Puckerington
 * Jolyon McDowell as TV Reporter
 * Clare Grogan (as C.P.Grogan) as Hotel Receptionist
 * Susan Porrett as Freda
 * John Junkin as Waiter
 * Eve Schickle as Nurse
 * Danny Davies as Policeman

Uncredited

 * Frank Jakeman as Construction Worker
 * Lucien Morgan as Lieutenant Hampshire