Stephen fry left as jeeves and hugh laurie as bertie wooster. Michael hordern and richard briers star as jeeves and wooster in six bbc radio 4 fullcast dramatisations. Wodehouse, featuring michael horden and richard briers as jeeves and wooster, also with maurice denham, paul eddington, david jason, john le mesurier, miriam margolys, jonathan cecil and liza goddard. Martin jarvis, live on stage, as pg wodehouses jeeves, wooster and the rest of the cast. Wodehouse discussing jeeves and wooster 1960s interview duration. Jeeves and wooster is a british comedy drama series adapted by clive exton from p. Read by mark nelson bertram wooster s manservant, jeeves, is renown for his ability to apply his keen intellect to solve all problems domestic, and berties friends and relatives flock to him for his counsel. More escapades from pg wodehouses most famous creations, jeeves and wooster. Those frightfully good eggs at colonial radio theatre have seen fit to release some of the earliest stories by the worlds greatest comic writer, p. Jeeves is a series of radio dramas based on some of the jeeves short stories and. Find out where jeeves and wooster is streaming, if jeeves and wooster is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Bertie wooster is living the high life, as an english gentleman in new. The theme called jeeves and wooster is an original piece of music in the jazzswing style written by composer anne dudley for the program.
Wodehouse, 97814750351, available at book depository with free delivery. Jeeves and wooster, the collected radio dramas by p g wodehouse, 9781408426791, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Some of the finest examples of humorous writing found in english literature are woven around the relationship between these two men of very different classes and temperaments. Born 19 june 1957 in watford, england, treves is the eldest son of actor frederick treves and the great great nephew of sir frederick treves, the surgeon who. Brought together for the first time, this is a collection of perennially popular jeeves and wooster bbc radio fullcast dramatizations, with michael hordern and richard briers. Right ho, jeeves sees mayhem breaking out at brinkley court, but there are more brains in the wooster household than just jeeves. Rockys aunt isabel wants him to live the life of a new york socialite but the poor chap loathes the city with his whole bohemian soul. Jeeves and wooster is a british comedy drama television series adapted by clive exton from p. Series 1, episode 1 is repeated on radio 4 extra tomorrow at 8. Wodehouse, narrated by full cast, michael hordern, richard briers. Wodehouse, 97814750351, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook.
In the television documentary fry and laurie reunited, the actors, reminiscing about their involvement in main article. Jeeves and wooster is the story of bertie wooster, a member of the idle rich in preworld war ii england, and jeeves, his valet. A proposed comedy series based on characters created by p. It aired on the itv network from 22 april 1990 to 20 june 1993, with the last series nominated for a. My man jeeves, first published in 1919, introduced the world to affable, indolent bertie wooster and his precise, capable valet, jeeves. The jeeves collection a bbc radio 4 fullcast dramatisation. The cast also features maurice denham, paul eddington, david jason, john le mesurier, miriam margolyes, jonathan cecil, liza goddard, and patrick cargill. Oneman performances recorded live on stage in which martin jarvis becomes bertie wooster, jeeves and an array of other pg wodehouse characters available now. Wodehouses classic stories, the series follows a dim aristocrat bertie wooster hugh laurie and his highly intelligent valet, jeeves stephen fry, whose chief purpose is. Also featuring maurice denham, paul eddington, david jason, john le mesurier, miriam margolyes, jonathan cecil, liza goddard and patrick cargill. Wodehouse, jeeves and wooster is set sometime between the wars and focuses on bertie wooster, an affable but not overly bright young chap with an unfortunate tendency to get accidentally engaged to every woman he so much as looks at, while his valet not butler, jeeves, is the brains of the. Can jeeves save michael hordern and richard briers star as jeeves and wooster in six bbc radio 4 fullcast dramatisations. But for bertie wooster, it is a place to be avoided, containing not only the appalling aunt agatha but also her husband, the terrifying lord worplesdon.
Bbc radio 4 extra pg wodehouse the inimitable jeeves. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Oct 08, 2009 buy jeeves and wooster, the collected radio dramas bbc audio by wodehouse, p g, hordern, michael, briers, richard, full cast isbn. Bertram wooster, a wellintentioned, wealthy layabout, has a habit of getting himself into trouble and its up to his brilliant valet, jeeves, to get him out. Jeeves and wooster jeeves and wooster audiobook, by p. What starts as a plan to pair tonguetied, amphibianloving augustus finknottle and fanciful, poetryloving madeline basset quickly goes awry. Jeeves and wooster, the collected radio dramas bbc audio.
The series was a collaboration between brian eastman of picture partnership productions and granada television. The collected radio dramas the collected radio dramas by p. Leave it to jeeves forecast drama old time radio downloads. In stiff upper lip, jeeves, madeline bassett and gussie finknottles engagement is on the rocks, and poor berties next in line for the fair maidens hand. Radio drama starring john gielgud, michael hordern, joan greenwood, simon ward. Also featuring maurice denham, paul eddington, david jason, john le mesurier, miriam. In the 1956 bbc light programme dramatisation of the novel, deryck guyler portrayed jeeves and naunton wayne portrayed bertie wooster. The collected radio dramas six bbc full cast radio dramas popular online. A tv series starring stephen fry and hugh laurie and based on the short stories and novels of p. Also featuring maurice denham, paul eddington, david jason, john le mesurier, miri. Over the years, wodehouses books have been adapted for virtually all mediums, and televison and radio have had their fair share. Aug 03, 2015 radio drama starring john gielgud, michael hordern, joan greenwood, simon ward. A rollicking collection of s ix acclaimed dramatisations of p. Wodehouse is one of the most delightful writers of humor of the past hundred years.
Also featuring maurice denham, paul eddington, david jason, john le mesurier, miriam margolyes, jonathan cecil, liza goddard and. Jeeves starring michael hordern as jeeves and richard briers as bertie wooster. Michael hordern stars as jeeves with richard briers as bertie in a bbc radio fullcast dramatization. Wodehouse, starring michael hordern as the titular jeeves and richard briers as bertie wooster.
Very much like the bbc television series with stephen fry and hugh laurie. With stephen fry, hugh laurie, robert daws, richard dixon. The radio drama starred cecil trouncer as uncle fred and philip cunningham as pongo. Bertie wooster gets into troubles that jeeves solves. Thank you, jeeves was adapted into a radio drama in 1975 as part of the series what ho. It also features maurice denham, paul eddington, david jason, john le mesurier, miriam margolyes, jonathan cecil, liza goddard and patrick cargill.
Jeeves and wooster must devise a plan that will allow berties old friend bicky, an aimless drifter, to deceive his father so that he may remain living in manhattan and receiving an allowance. Wodehouses stories would be adapted by granada television as jeeves and wooster with stephen fry and hugh laurie benefiting both from much more lavish. Read by mark nelson bertram woosters manservant, jeeves, is renown for his ability to apply his keen intellect to solve all problems domestic, and berties friends and relatives flock to him for his counsel. Aunt agatha is forcing bertie to get engaged to the formidable honoria glossop. Uk this friday afternoon musical quiz from yorkshire television was originally hosted by radio personality steve merike. Jeeves and wooster tv series 19901993 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Jeeves in bloom adapted by margaret raether playscripts inc. Wodehouse, full cast, michael hordern, richard briers, bbc digital. In the television series, stoker locks both bertie and jeeves inside a room on his yacht. His jeeves and wooster series is a modern classic that centers about the. The collected radio dramas, featuring most episodes. Jeeves and wooster where to stream and watch decider.
Sometimes, they spoke a little too quickly, or a little too softly, for me to make this is another in my growing list of books listened to on the commute to and from work, and i may keep. The collected radio dramas six acclaimed dramatisations starring michael hordern and richard briers as jeeves and wooster. Jeeves and wooster is jeeves and wooster on netflix. Hearing the jeeves and wooster tales as a radio drama is probably far different from reading them, but i liked the deliveries of the actors, for the most part. Wodehouse, full cast, michael hordern, richard briers, bbc digital audio. A rollicking collection of six acclaimed dramatisations of p. Dudley uses variations of the theme as a basis for all scores and was nominated for a british academy television award for her work on the third series. Frederick simon treves, known as simon treves, is a british actor, director, and writer, probably best known for playing harold stinker pinker in three series of itvs jeeves and wooster. When i got to the end, i listened to it all over again and loved it even more. Uncle fred is mentioned by his title, lord ickenham, in the third episode of the first season of jeeves and wooster starring hugh laurie and stephen fry. Aug 07, 2019 brought together for the first time, this is a collection of perennially popular jeeves and wooster bbc radio fullcast dramatizations, with michael hordern and richard briers starring as jeeves and wooster. The peaceful english countryside may never be the same after bertie wooster and his unflappable valet, jeeves, pay a visit. A radio drama based on uncle fred flits by was broadcast on the bbc home service on 14 october 1939.
The writing is delicious and perfect for an audio book. The radio series on the bbc, from the early seventies, was extremely popular and covered most of the wooster chronicles, whilst the world of wooster and latterly, jeeves and wooster, have made impressions as the definitives of their times of both bertie and jeeves. Despite being independently wealthy via inheritance, bertie still. His jeeves and wooster series is a modern classic that centers about the relationship of a dimwitted welltodo englishman of the early 20th century and his brilliant butlervalet. Whats to be done with bertie woosters chum rockmetteller todd. Right ho, jeeves was adapted into a radio drama in 1973 as part of the series what ho. The collected radio dramas audible audiobook original recording p.
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