British Comedy: Jeeves & Wooster

Years: 1990-1993
Broadcaster: ITV (Granada)
Genre: Comedy Drama
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse
Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry
Episodes: 23
Episode Average: 5.739

BEST EPISODES:
The Purity of the Turf (1990), Brinkley Manor (1990)

SERIES ONE

(1990)
5 episodes
Series Score: 36
Episode Average: 7.20
Perfect 10's: 0

S1E1

JEEVES TAKES CHARGE

(IN COURT AFTER THE BOAT RACE)
Originally broadcast: 22 April 1990
Directed by: Robert Young
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Bertie has his hangover cured when the agency send over a new valet, Aunt Agatha insists that her nephew should marry Honoria Glossop, and Jeeves warns against a plan to pair her off with a more suitable match.

"Ho de ho de ho... sir."

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S1E2

TUPPY AND THE TERRIER

(BERTIE IS IN LOVE)
Originally broadcast: 29 April 1990
Directed by: Robert Young
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Aunt Agatha's dog proves to be a nuisance during a golf tournament, Jeeves is proven right about a woman after a hot water bottle prank, and Tuppy invites Bertie to the opera to see the girl he's fallen in love with.

"Now, put the pooch somewhere where my trousers will cease to cast their spell."

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S1E3

THE PURITY OF THE TURF

(THE VILLAGE SPORTS DAY AT TWING)
Originally broadcast: 6 May 1990
Directed by: Robert Young
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Aunt Agatha insists on putting an end to Uncle George's engagement, Jeeves suggests that a luncheon invite might be the perfect solution, and a trip to the country leads to a series of bets on races at the village fête.

"What a ridiculous place to leave a tree."

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S1E4

THE HUNGER STRIKE

(HOW DOES GUSSIE WOO MADELINE?)
Originally broadcast: 13 May 1990
Directed by: Robert Young
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Aunt Dahlia's furious when her nephew delegates a prize-giving role, Bertie tries to prove that he's capable of sorting out personal problems, and a French chef takes offence when his best food goes unappreciated.

"I assumed it had got into your wardrobe by mistake, sir, or else that it had been placed there by your enemies."

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S1E5

BRINKLEY MANOR

(WILL ANATOLE RETURN TO BRINKLEY MANOR?)
Originally broadcast: 20 May 1990
Directed by: Robert Young
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Jeeves is tasked with persuading the chef to return to Brinkley Manor, Bertie's efforts to tidy up his mess only make matters even worse, and Gussie livens up the prize-giving after drinking too much orange juice.

"Mmm. Now, Jeeves, it says here it's best to use soft water, but that after boiling, it may again become hard. I mean, that's ice, isn't it?"

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

SERIES TWO

(1991)
6 episodes
Series Score: 36
Episode Average: 6.00
Perfect 10's: 0

S2E1

JEEVES SAVES THE COW-CREAMER

(THE SILVER JUG)
Originally broadcast: 14 April 1991
Directed by: Simon Langton
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Bertie's ordered to steal a silver jug back when a devious plan backfires, Madeline gets upset when she finds Gussie flirting with another woman, and Jeeves devises a plan to neutralise a thoroughly fearsome fascist.

"Did you tell them about me? What, everthing? The night I came home from Pongo Twistleton's birthday party and mistook the standard lamp for a burglar?"

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S2E2

A PLAN FOR GUSSIE

(THE BASSETTS' FANCY DRESS BALL)
Originally broadcast: 21 April 1991
Directed by: Simon Langton
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Gussie loses a notebook filled with insults about Spode and Sir Watkyn, Bertie panics when Madeline suddenly turns her attentions back to him, and Stiffy resorts to blackmail when she's denied permission to marry.

"Citizens of Totleigh-in-the-Wold, I say to you that nothing stands between us and our victory except defeat!"

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S2E3

PEARLS MEAN TEARS

(THE CON)
Originally broadcast: 28 April 1991
Directed by: Simon Langton
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Bertie's summoned to the seaside to meet the latest marriage candidate, a second pearl necklace goes missing soon after Aunt Agatha's is stolen, and Jeeves refuses to get involved with a friend's unwanted engagement.

"Let sir Roderick sniff your buttonhole, Biffy."

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S2E4

JEEVES IN THE COUNTRY

(CHUFFY)
Originally broadcast: 5 May 1991
Directed by: Simon Langton
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Complaints about Bertie's noisy trombone see Jeeves hand in his notice, a move to the country leads straight to an ex-fiancée from America, and a plan to bring together two hearts threatens the sale of Chuffnell Hall.

"From now on Jeeves will take the high road and I will take the other one."

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S2E5

KIDNAPPED!

(THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER)
Originally broadcast: 12 May 1991
Directed by: Simon Langton
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Bertie's criminal record gets in the way of his Drones Club ambitions, a change of plan at Chuffnell Hall turns out to involve Sir Roderick Glossop, and an unplanned stop at a hotel leads to the threat of forced marriage.

"Well, you know, an engagement here, an engagement there."

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S2E6

JEEVES THE MATCHMAKER

(WOOSTER WITH A WIFE)
Originally broadcast: 19 May 1991
Directed by: Simon Langton
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Thoughts of becoming a father get Bertie into trouble at a girls' school, Bingo tries to soften up his uncle before telling him about a waitress, and Tuppy breaks it off with Angela again in favour of a girl who likes rugger.

"I wish I had a daughter. I wonder what the procedure is."

HOLY GODIVA 2 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 4

SERIES THREE

(1992)
6 episodes
Series Score: 35
Episode Average: 5.83
Perfect 10's: 0

S3E1

BERTIE SETS SAIL

(SAFETY IN NEW YORK)
Originally broadcast: 29 March 1992
Directed by: Ferdinand Fairfax
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Bertie flees to New York to get away from Honoria and Aunt Agatha, a spot of blackmail sees him lumbered with an unwanted companion, and Tuppy signs a cheque for 48 cars just to impress a fellow Drone's fiancée.

"A violin case would complete the effect very creditably, sir."

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S3E2

THE FULL HOUSE

(BERTIE ENSURES BICKY CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE IN MANHATTAN)
Originally broadcast: 5 April 1992
Directed by: Ferdinand Fairfax
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

A city-hating poet is asked to write reports about the New York nightlife, Bertie agrees to be a guest in his own home to deceive a friend's father, and an unexpected visitor wastes no time in making herself comfortable.

"Because, Jeeves, of all the place on this great planet of ours, West Neck, Long Island has been chosen to be the most unexciting. The last time anything remotely interesting happened here was in 1842, when a tree fell over."

HOLY GODIVA 2 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 4

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S3E3

INTRODUCTION ON BROADWAY

(CYRIL AND THE BROADWAY MUSICAL)
Originally broadcast: 12 April 1992
Directed by: Ferdinand Fairfax
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Aunt Agatha sends her protégé to New York to keep him away from the theatre, Jeeves writes a book to help an artist with his engagement woes, and Bertie manages to grow a moustache while on a tour of America.

"Jeeves, I am not going to discuss my facial arrangements."

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 7

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S3E4

RIGHT HO, JEEVES

(BERTIE TAKES GUSSIE'S PLACE AT DEVERILL HALL)
Originally broadcast: 19 April 1992
Directed by: Ferdinand Fairfax
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Aunt Agatha orders her nephew to woo her latest idea for Mrs. Wooster, an arrest means a substitute Fink-Nottle is needed to impress Madeline's aunts, and Gussie manages to fall in love while pretending to be Bertie.

"That's another thing. If this Gertrude Winkworth and I should by some remote chance hit it off, we'd be known by all and sundry as Bertie and Gertie, like some dashed music hall act."

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S3E5

HOT OFF THE PRESS

(SIR WATKYN BASSETT'S MEMOIRS)
Originally broadcast: 26 April 1992
Directed by: Ferdinand Fairfax
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Bertie's new fiancée tasks him with destroying Sir Watkyn's memoirs, Jeeves advises Stinker to sing at the village concert to impress Stiffy, and Gussie protests about having to hit his comedy partner with an umbrella.

"The dining room's over there. You can't miss it. There are people having dinner in it."

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S3E6

COMRADE BINGO

(AUNT DAHLIA, CORNELIA AND MADELINE)
Originally broadcast: 3 May 1992
Directed by: Ferdinand Fairfax
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Bingo reveals that he's joined the revolutionaries to impress a pretty girl, Aunt Dahlia orders Bertie to steal a painting to help her magazine, and Spode begins a Black Shorts farewell tour after receiving a higher calling.

"Has anyone told you you're not safe to be out, Madeline?"

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

SERIES FOUR

(1993)
6 episodes
Series Score: 25
Episode Average: 4.17
Perfect 10's: 0

S4E1

RETURN TO NEW YORK

Originally broadcast: 16 May 1993
Directed by: Ferdinand Fairfax
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Aunt Agatha's opinion of her portrait ruins her nephew's marriage plans, Bertie's twin cousins miss their boat to Africa when they fall in love, and Tuppy does a deal to sell a family recipe to an American soup company.

"You know? It's strangely satisfying sitting here watching you varnish Aunt Agatha."

HOLY GODIVA 2 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 4

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S4E2

THE ONCE AND FUTURE EX

(LADY FLORENCE CRAYE ARRIVES IN NEW YORK)
Originally broadcast: 23 May 1993
Directed by: Ferdinand Fairfax
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Bertie runs into a former fiancée whilst searching for a book for Jeeves, press interest in a boat deal threatens to ruin a play and a wedding, and a rival vows to get revenge when Lady Florence ends their engagement.

"If I were to tell you the number of times I've heard that from a girl... You can't go by what a girl says when she's giving you hell. It's like Shakespeare. Sounds well enough but it doesn't actually mean nothing."

HOLY GODIVA 2 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 4

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S4E3

BRIDEGROOM WANTED!

(HONORIA GLOSSOP TURNS UP)
Originally broadcast: 30 May 1993
Directed by: Ferdinand Fairfax
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Bingo turns to Rosie M. Banks again when he falls for another waitress, Bertie's plan to pair Honoria off with a shy doctor backfires badly, and Jeeves suggests that a theatrical agent may be able to provide a fiancée.

"I shall follow a few steps behind if that is acceptable, sir. I should not like to be seen in association with that hat."

HOLY GODIVA 1 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 3

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S4E4

THE DELAYED ARRIVAL

(ARRESTED IN A NIGHTCLUB)
Originally broadcast: 6 June 1993
Directed by: Ferdinand Fairfax
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Bertie finds himself accused of foul play after growing a new moustache, Aunt Dahlia asks for help with selling her debt-ridden magazine, and an attempt to steal a fake pearl necklace leads to the worst possible room.

"No, sir, on your upper lip. I thought for a moment that a caterpillar had lost its bearings."

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S4E5

TROUBLE AT TOTLEIGH TOWERS

(TOTLEIGH TOWERS)
Originally broadcast: 13 June 1993
Directed by: Ferdinand Fairfax
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Bertie worries that Madeline might soon be looking back in his direction, Gussie's struggle with a vegetarian diet pushes him to another woman, and Stiffy resorts to blackmail to arrange the theft of an African totem.

"Wait a minute, Stiffy, I hate to be the one to break this to you, but your Uncle Watkyn has always been nasty and short-tempered. The midwife who delivered him remarked on it."

HOLY GODIVA 2 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 4

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S4E6

THE TIES THAT BIND

(THE EXES ARE NEARLY MARRIED OFF)
Originally broadcast: 20 June 1993
Directed by: Ferdinand Fairfax
Written by: Clive Exton, P.G. Wodehouse

Jeeves worries about motive when the Ganymede Club Book is stolen, Tuppy arrives in disguise when he's called in to unblock the drains, and political events see Bertie engaged to both Madeline and Lady Florence.

"I'm not myself. Madeline Bassett's been preying on my mind. The prospect of being linked for life to a girl who would come down to breakfast, put her hands over my eyes, and say 'Guess who?' has given my morale a wallop."

HOLY GODIVA 2 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 4

BERTIE
WOOSTER

Played by Hugh Laurie
23 episodes (1990-1993)
in... The Purity of the Turf (S1E3)

REGINALD
JEEVES

Played by Stephen Fry
23 episodes (1990-1993)
in... Brinkley Manor (S1E5)

MADELINE
BASSETT

Played by Francesca Folan
2 episodes (1990)
in... The Hunger Strike (S1E4)

Played by Diana Blackburn
2 episodes (1991)
in... Jeeves Saves the Cow-Creamer (S2E1)

Played by Elizabeth Morton/Heery
5 episodes (1992-1993)
in... Trouble at Totleigh Towers (S4E5)

TUPPY
GLOSSOP

Played by Robert Daws
8 episodes (1990-1993)
in... Brinkley Manor (S1E5)

AUNT
AGATHA

Played by Mary Wimbush
6 episodes (1990-1992)
in... Jeeves Takes Charge (S1E1)

Played by Elizabeth Spriggs
2 episodes (1993)
in... Return to New York (S4E1)

OOFY
PROSSER

Played by Richard Dixon
8 episodes (1990-1993)
in... Tuppy and the Terrier (S1E2)

CYRIL 'BARMY'
FOTHERINGAY-PHIPPS

Played by Adam Blackwood
4 episodes (1990)
in... Jeeves Takes Charge (S1E1)

Played by Martin Clunes
4 episodes (1991)
in... A Plan For Gussie (S2E2)

GUSSIE
FINK-NOTTLE

Played by Richard Garnett
4 episodes (1990-1991)
in... A Plan For Gussie (S2E2)

Played by Richard Braine
3 episodes (1992-1993)
in... Right Ho, Jeeves (S3E4)

DRONES
PORTER

Played by Michael Ripper
6 episodes (1990-1991)
in... Jeeves Takes Charge (S1E1)

SIR WATKYN
BASSETT

Played by John Woodnutt
6 episodes (1990-1993)
in... A Plan For Gussie (S2E2)

RODERICK
SPODE

Played by John Turner
6 episodes (1991-1993)
in... Comrade Bingo (S3E6)

LIFTMAN
CONEYBEAR

Played by Ricco Ross
3 episodes (1991)
in... Bertie Sets Sail (S3E1)

Played by Joseph Mydell
3 episodes (1993)
in... Return to New York (S4E1)

AUNT
DAHLIA

Played by Brenda Bruce
3 episodes (1990)
in... The Hunger Strike (S1E4)

Played by Vivian Pickles
1 episode (1991)
in... Jeeves Saves the Cow-Creamer (S2E1)

Played by Patricia Lawrence
1 episode (1992)
in... Comrade Bingo (S3E6)

Played by Jean Heywood
1 episode (1993)
in... The Delayed Arrival (S4E4)

BINGO
LITTLE

Played by Michael Sibbery
3 episodes (1990-1991)
in... Jeeves Takes Charge (S1E1)

Played by Pip Torrens
2 episodes (1992-1993)
in... Comrade Bingo (S3E6)

CONSTABLE EUSTACE
OATES

Played by Campbell Morrison
2 episodes (1991)
in... A Plan For Gussie (S2E2)

Played by Stewart Harwood
1 episode (1992)
in... Hot Off the Press (S3E5)

Played by Sidney Livingstone
2 episodes (1993)
in... The Ties That Bind (S4E6)

REV. HAROLD P.
'STINKER' PINKER

Played by Simon Treves
4 episodes (1991-1993)
in... Jeeves Saves the Cow-Creamer (S2E1)

SIR RODERICK
GLOSSOP

Played by Roger Brierley
3 episodes (1990-1991)
in... Pearls Mean Tears (S2E3)

Played by Philip Locke
1 episode (1993)
in... Bridegroom Wanted! (S4E3)

STEPHANIE 'STIFFY'
BYNG

Played by Charlotte Attenborough
3 episodes (1991-1993)
in... A Plan For Gussie (S2E2)

Played by Amanda Harris
1 episode (1992)
in... Hot Off the Press (S3E5)

LADY FLORENCE
CRAYE

Played by Fiona Gillies
1 episode (1992)
in... Hot Off the Press (S3E5)

Played by Francesca Folan
3 episodes (1993)
in... Bridegroom Wanted (S4E3)

HONORIA
GLOSSOP

Played by Liz Kettle
3 episodes (1990-1993)
in... Jeeves Takes Charge (S1E1)

LADY
GLOSSOP

Played by Jane Downs
3 episodes (1990-1991)
in... Jeeves Takes Charge (S1E1)

FREDDIE
CHALK-MARSHALL

Played by John Pirkis
3 episodes (1990-1991)
in... The Purity of the Turf (S1E3)

TOM
TRAVERS

Played by Ralph Michael
3 episodes (1990-1993)
in... The Hunger Strike (S1E4)

LORD MORTIMER
BITTLESHAM

Played by Geoffrey Toone
3 episodes (1991-1993)
in... Bridegroom Wanted! (S4E3)

PAULINE
STOKER

Played by Sharon Holm
2 episodes (1991)
in... Jeeves in the Country (S2E4)

Played by Kim Huffman
1 episode (1992)
in... Bertie Sets Sail (S3E1)

CAPTAIN
CORRIGAN

Played by Sam Douglas
3 episodes (1992-1993)
in... The Full House (S3E2)

BUTTERFIELD

Played by David Rolfe
1 episode (1992)
in... Hot Off the Press (S3E5)

Played by Preston Lockwood
2 episodes (1993)
in... The Ties That Bind (S4E6)