The series is set in 1929 in the fictional Blandings Castle, home to a chaotic family struggling to keep itself in order. This time around Clarence, who wants nothing more than to spend time with his precious pig, The Empress of Blandings, faces the prospect of being committed to an asylum thanks to an obnoxious house guest, his sister Charlotte, disgrace at the hands of his brother Galahad, a leather-gusseted religious maniac and visiting Hollywood film crew plus subterfuge, kidnap and rivalry with Stinker Parsloe in the race for the biggest pumpkin and fattest pig.