They laughed like they could... Not bad enough, in the spirit of Jeeves and Worcester. Not surprisingly, the author is one.
However, in my opinion, Jeeves and Worcester are inferior, and strongly.
In both in general, it shows the life of stupid, simple people. But if you look at Worcester, a charming fool, and Jeeves, his complete antagonist, interesting, funny and instructive, while not feeling tense or false, you do not press laughter. Blandings Castle is a different story... we have three Worcester-style inadequats and a woman trying to keep them in check. But it's also inadequate. And the butler, like an analogue of Jeeves, but also not adequate. The first couple of episodes was just painful, so it was noticeable that the authors are trying to keep the stamp or imitate Jeeves and Worcester ... by the end of course you get used to the actors and to the pitch, but even now this series for me is a pale likeness of Jeeves and Worcester ... not a series, but some kind of fooling.
Although it should be noted that Timothy Spall was a very organic fool, he fit in perfectly. Like the butler in the first part, Mark Williams. But Aunt Connie and Freddie came out as from a bad variety... I don’t know the roles such or so not well played actors... the pig and the gardener were better, especially with the voiceover was fun to listen and watch!
In general, not bad, lookable, but I am glad that the authors did not go further and did not continue to shoot!
8 out of 10