and neighbouring Winchelsea in the 1980s, and starred Prunella Scales as Mapp, Geraldine McEwan as Lucia, Denis Lill as Major Benjy Flint, and Nigel Hawthorne as Georgie. There were ten episodes, (which aired in two series of five) broadcast on Channel 4 in 1985 and 1986. BBC TV A three-part adaptation written by Steve Pemberton was broadcast on BBC One on 29–31 December 2014. It starred Miranda Richardson as Mapp and Anna Chancellor as Lucia. BBC Radio 4 1980s Several radio adaptations by Aubrey Woods starring Barbara Jefford as Lucia and Jonathan Cecil as George - including "Queen Lucia" dramatised as five 45-min. radio plays. BBC Radio 4 2000s Several radio adaptations by Ned Sherrin and then John Peacock starring Belinda Lang as Lucia, Nichola McAuliffe as Mapp and Guy Henry as George. Lobster à la Riseholme Lobster à la Riseholme was a famed (ultimately infamous) gastronomic dish served by Lucia (Mrs Emmeline Lucas) in two of the Mapp and Lucia novels. The recipe was never revealed, but, in the manner of Mrs Beeton, began with the words "Take two hen lobsters ..." It took its name from the village of Riseholme, where Lucia lived before moving to Tilling, although the dish did not appear in either of the two novels set while Lucia was at Riseholme. Lucia first serves Lobster à la Riseholme in Tilling to her friend George ("Georgie") Pillson in Mapp and Lucia (1931) to cheer him up after he discovers that his housemaid Foljambe intends to marry. It then appears at a luncheon party a few weeks later. Lucia resists attempts to reveal the recipe, despite the custom in Tilling of sharing favourite recipes. Lucia's cook refuses Elizabeth Mapp's bribe of half a crown (two shillings and sixpence) to provide a copy. Elizabeth attempts to create the recipe—"Lobster à la Riseholme à la Mapp", as Benson called it—at a party of her own, but it is not a success. In Gerald Savory's adaptation for television (London Weekend Television 1984) Lucia's guests vie with each other to guess the additional ingredients—shrimps, cream, tomato, cheese, and Marsala are all suggested—but this does not happen in the book. On Boxing Day 1930, Elizabeth enters Lucia's kitchen at Grebe, on the outskirts of Tilling, and is able, in Lucia's absence, to transcribe the recipe. Lucia discovers her in the act, but before excuses can be given, the sea wall breaks