castle, however, as Baxter, secretary to Lord Emsworth for some time, has never previously met him. Thereafter he becomes a regular visitor, frequently involved in the intrigues and conspiracies that invariably surround the place, generally filling the role of level-headed and resourceful saviour and the champion of youth and romance. In the two Blandings novels after Summer Lightning in which he does not play a part, his shoes are ably filled by his fellow-Pelican Uncle Fred (Lord Ickenham). In fact, it has been said that Ickenham lays down the pattern that Galahad follows. Uncle Fred's first appearance in a Blandings novel is Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939), in which he arrives at the castle under an assumed name, bringing several other impostors with him. In the next Blandings novel, Full Moon (1947), critic Richard Usborne points out that "in patches Gally, [the novel's] real hero, acts and talks more like Lord Ickenham than himself. 'Spreading sweetness and light' is Lord Ickenham's specific role, but here, Wodehouse, seeming to forget, applies these words to Gally." Critic J. H. C. Morris agrees, "Gally becomes more and more like Lord Ickenham as the Blandings Saga progresses. In the later stories there is no one like him for telling the tale." Adaptations Television In the 1995 BBC television film Heavy Weather, Galahad was portrayed by Richard Briers. In the 2013–2014 BBC series Blandings, he was played by Julian Rhind-Tutt. Radio In the 1985–1992 Blandings radio series, Galahad was voiced by Ian Carmichael. Galahad was portrayed by Derwent Watson in the 1999 BBC radio dramatisation of Full Moon. Charles Dance portrayed Galahad in the 2010 BBC radio adaptation of Summer Lightning. References External links P. G. Wodehouse characters Literary characters introduced in 1929 Fictional English people Fictional gentry Male characters in literature