Jeeves and Wooster Episode Guide
Barry Prescott
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by Barry Prescott (b...@cs.hull.ac.uk)
There follows plot outlines of all the episodes in each of the three
TV series of Jeeves and Wooster. After each plot outline is a list of
the P.G. Wodehouse stories that have been used in that episode.
Then there is a bibliography of Jeeves books, with a breakdown of
which chapters were dramatized in which TV episode. If I've missed
anything please tell me!
Detailed cast lists were considered too lengthy to be worthy of
typing. Should anyone wish to do this, please do!
Series 1
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1) Ordered by Aunt Agatha to reform and marry Honoria Glossop, Bertie's
scheme to clear the path for fellow-suitor `Bingo' Little doesn't
impress Jeeves, and predictably fails, leaving the hapless Bertie
perilously close to the altar. That is until his butler masterminds the
not too difficult task of convincing Sir Roderick and Lady Glossop that
their potential son-in-law is quite mad, and obviously unfit to marry
Honoria, saving Wooster from the horrors of matrimony.
(The Inimitable Jeeves {5. The Pride of the Woosters is Wounded,
6. The Hero's Reward, 7. Introducing Claude and Eustace, 8. Sir
Roderick Comes to Lunch})
2) Invited to the Wickham's, Bertie is determined to propose to their
``volatile and frivolous'' daughter Bobbie. When Barmy trashes him at
golf, Bertie decides to get even by perpetrating a midnight scheme
suggested by Bobbie which involves piercing Barmy's hot-water bottle with
a darning needle tied to the end of long stick.
Entrusted by Aunt Agatha with her over-pampered Aberdeen Terrier
McIntosh, Bertie is mortified when Bobbie Wickham gives it away to the
son of a Broadway producer.
Tuppy has dropped Angela Travers after becoming infatuated with
an opera singer, Cora Bellinger. Aunt Dahlia wishes Tuppy to finish the
affair. Jeeves has a plan which involves Bertie singing in public in
order to land Tuppy in the soup.
(Very Good Jeeves {3. Jeeves and the Yule-Tide Spirit, 5.
Episode of the Dog McIntosh, 4. Jeeves and the Song of Songs})
3) Uncle George is contemplating marriage with a young waitress. Aunt
Agatha is not at all pleased and decides to offer the girl 100 pounds to
back out of the engagement. Unfortunately for Bertie he must perform
the deed.
Bertie is invited for a spell at Twing Hall. Unfortunately Lady
Wickhammersley has banned all gambling after Lord Wickhammersley lost
the East Wing in a game of Shove Ha'penny. Steggles however has decided
to make a book on the sport at the village fete. Bingo Little has a hot
tip for the mother's sack race...
(Very Good, Jeeves {10. Indian Summer of an Uncle} The
Inimitable Jeeves {14. The Purity of the Turf})
4) Bertie is forced into doing the prize-giving at Market Snodsbury
Grammar School by Aunt Dahlia. Lincolnshire's foremost newt-fancier
Gussie Fink-Nottle is enamoured of Madeline Bassett, who is staying at
the very Aunt's abode, Brinkley Court in Market Snodsbury. Bertie
sees a way out of his trouble...
(Right Ho Jeeves)
5) Bertie is holed up at home, hiding from Aunt Dahlia after a set-to at
Brinkley. Jeeves is sent to London to persuade Anatole the cook to come
back to Brinkley after he had been gravely insulted. Bertie returns to
sort out the emotional turmoil that is Brinkley Court, beginning by
reconciling Angela and Tuppy.
In order to bolster teetotaller Gussie's courage so that he can
hold the Market-Snodsbury audience spellbound and then propose to the
overawed Madeline Bassett, Bertie decides to slip him a Mickey.
(Right Ho Jeeves)
Series 2
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1) Sent to sneer at an antique cow-creamer by his Aunt Dahlia in order to
bring down its price for Uncle Tom, Bertie accidently brings the antique
to the attention of Tom's arch-rival Watkyn Bassett, who buys it. Aunt
Dahlia co-erces Bertie into retrieving it at all costs.
Gussie has a rival in his affection for Madeline Bassett in
Roderick Spode, the amateur dictator. His engagement to Madeline is
under threat and Bertie is summoned to heal the rift; something Bertie
regards as imperative as the dizzy woman may set her sights on him.
(The Code of the Woosters)
2) A worried Gussie seeks Jeeves's advice about his wedding speech.
Roderick Spode and Watkyn Bassett in the audience would severely dent
his courage. Gussie starts to keep a notebook containing scornful
thoughts of the two ogres and he becomes a changed man. When he loses
the notebook, Gussie fears that it may fall into the hands of the enemy.
The Reverend Harold `Stinker' Pinker and Stephanie Byng wish to
marry. They must persuade her guardian, Watkyn Bassett, that the Rev.
has sufficient ambition to progress beyond curate. When Stephanie
blackmails Bertie into a machiavellian scheme designed to persuade Pop
Bassett into approving of Harold, things take a turn for the worse for
Bertie.
(The Code of the Woosters)
3) Aunt Agatha summons Bertie to Westcombe-on-Sea to meet Aline
Hemmingway, "a nice quiet girl". Her brother, the Reverend Sidney
Hemmingway is financially embarrassed after a bad day at the races, and
Aline places her pearl necklace as security on a loan from Bertie.
Biffy, the most forgetful man in London, turns up trying to
forget about a girl he was engaged to but lost, quite literally.
(The Inimitable Jeeves {3. Aunt Agatha Speaks her Mind, 4.
Pearls Mean Tears} + Carry On, Jeeves {6. The Rummy Affair of old
Biffy})
4) In order to practise the trombone, Bertie decides to retire a country
cottage in Chuffnell Regis, Devon. On learning this fact, Jeeves gives
his notice. The replacement valet, Brinkley is not entirely satisfactory.
Chuffy, the local Baron snaps up Jeeves like a shot. Chuffy,
currently without a bean, is intent on selling Chuffnell Hall to the
American J. Washburn Stoker, and gaining the hand of his daughter
Pauline.
(Thank You Jeeves)
5) The Drones are electing a new chairman of the dining committee.
Bertie had his heart set on the post until it is found out that no one
with a criminal record can stand.
Pauline Stoker is being followed by a man. Bertie shall act as
her bodyguard back to Chuffnell Hall. Because J. Washburn Stoker
cannot get planning permission to turn the Hall into a hotel, Pauline
wishes to persuade Sir Roderick Glossop to turn it into a sanatorium.
Bertie is surprised to meet fellow Drones in Chuffnell Regis
playing at being minstrels.
(Thank You Jeeves)
6) A visit to the theatre moves Bertie towards the idea of parenthood.
Jeeves reminds him that marriage is the preliminary step, for those
willing to undergo its rigours. Bobbie Wickham seems the ideal
candidate.
A telegram sent by Tuppy arives from Upper Bleaching demanding
rugger boots and an Irish water-spaniel. Evidently Tuppy has fallen out
with Angela Travers and is infatuated with dog-lover Katherine
Dalgleish. Bertie resolves to nip the romance in the bud and thus open
the way for his cousin Angela again.
Meanwhile Bingo is also in love --- with a waitress named Mabel.
The main obstacle to happiness is that Bingo's financial mainstay, Uncle
Mortimer would stop Bingo's allowance if he knew Bingo was to marry a
woman of inferior social status.
(Carry On, Jeeves {10. Bertie Changes His Mind} Very Good,
Jeeves {7. Jeeves and the kid Clementina, 11. The Ordeal of Young
Tuppy} The Inimitable Jeeves {1. Jeeves Exerts the old Cerebellum 2.
No Wedding Bells for Bingo}
Series 3
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1) Faced with the blood-chilling prospect of marriage to Honoria
Glossop, Bertie and Jeeves head for the safety of New York.
Unfortunately they have to nurse-maid a milksop called Wilmot Malvern.
Tuppy tries to arrange a car import deal with J. Washburn Stoker.
(Carry On Jeeves {3. Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest} + )
2) Bertie has to lend his Manhattan apartment to two friends, Rocky
and Bicky; both of whom's relatives think that they own it.
(Carry On Jeeves {4. Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg, 5. The
Aunt and the Sluggard})
3) Lady Bassington-Bassington is adamant that her son Cyril shall not
go on the stage and sends him to New York. But Cyril lands a role in
the Broadway musical ``Ask Dad''.
Bertie's American artist friend Corky needs help convincing his
Uncle that Corky should marry.
(Carry On Jeeves {2. The Artistic Career of Corky}, The
Inimitable Jeeves {9. A Letter of Introduction, 10. Startling
Dressiness of a Lift Attendant})
4) When Gussie Fink-Nottle is arrested for searching for newts in the
Trafalgar Square fountains, Bertie is forced to assume Gussie's
identity and take his place at Deverill Hall to meet Gussie's future
wife's Godmother.
(The Mating Season)
5) The forthcoming publication of Sir Watkyn Bassett's racey memoirs
proves to be the source of a conundrum for Bertie, who is engaged to be
married to Watkyn's niece Florence Craye, the "Lady Caligula" who wants
publication avoided at all costs.
Stephanie is producing the Totleigh-in-the-Wold village concert.
Her betrothed, the Reverend `Stinker' Pinker, Gussie and Roderick
Spode all perform.
(Carry On Jeeves {1. Jeeves Takes Charge} + )
6) Bingo Little masquerades as a communist in order to win the heart of
a girl. Bertie is coerced into becoming an art thief by Aunt Dahlia.
(The Inimitable Jeeves {11. Comrade Bingo, 12. Bingo has a bad
Goodwood} + )
The Jeeves Books by P.G. Wodehouse
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Taken from "P.G. Wodehouse - A Biography" by Frances Donaldson
Title Year Place Publisher Dramatized?
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My Man Jeeves 1919 UK George Newnes Ltd.
The Inimitable Jeeves 1923 UK Herbert Jenkins MOST
Jeeves 1923 USA George H. Doran
Carry On, Jeeves 1925 UK Herbert Jenkins MOST
1925 USA George H. Doran
Very Good, Jeeves 1930 UK Herbert Jenkins MOST
1930 USA Doubleday Doran
Thank You, Jeeves 1934 UK Herbert Jenkins YES
1934 USA Little, Brown & Co.
Right Ho, Jeeves 1934 UK Herbert Jenkins YES
Brinkley Manor 1934 USA Little, Brown & Co.
The Code of the Woosters 1938 UK Herbert Jenkins YES
1938 USA Doubleday Doran
Joy in the Morning 1947 UK Herbert Jenkins
1946 USA Doubleday Doran
The Mating Season 1949 UK Herbert Jenkins YES
1949 USA Didier
Ring For Jeeves 1953 UK Herbert Jenkins
The Return of Jeeves 1954 USA Simon & Schuster
Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit 1954 UK Herbert Jenkins
Bertie Wooster Sees it Through 1955 USA Simon & Schuster
How Right You Are, Jeeves 1960 UK Herbert Jenkins
Jeeves in the Offing 1960 USA Simon & Schuster
Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves 1963 UK Herbert Jenkins
1963 USA Simon & Schuster
Much Obliged, Jeeves 1971 UK Barrie & Jenkins
Jeeves and the Tie that Binds 1971 USA A. & C. Black
The Inimitable Jeeves
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1. Jeeves Exerts the old Cerebellum - J&W II(6)
2. No Wedding Bells for Bingo - J&W II(6)
3. Aunt Agatha Speaks her Mind - J&W II(3)
4. Pearls Mean Tears - J&W II(3)
5. The Pride of the Woosters is Wounded - J&W I(1)
6. The Hero's Reward - J&W I(1)
7. Introducing Claude and Eustace - J&W I(1)
8. Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch - J&W I(1)
9. A Letter of Introduction - J&W III(3)
10. Startling Dressiness of a Lift Attendant - J&W III(3)
11. Comrade Bingo - J&W III(6)
12. Bingo has a Bad Goodwood - J&W III(6)
13. The Great Sermon Handicap
14. The Purity of the Turf - J&W I(3)
15. The Metropolitan Touch
16. The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace
17. Bingo and The Little Woman
18. All's Well
Carry On, Jeeves
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1. Jeeves Takes Charge - J&W III(5)
2. The Artistic Career of Corky - J&W III(3)
3. Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest - J&W III(1)
4. Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg - J&W III(2)
5. The Aunt and The Sluggard - J&W III(2)
6. The Rummy Affair of old Biffy - J&W II(3)
7. Without the Option
8. Fixing it for Freddie
9. Clustering Round Young Bingo
10. Bertie Changes His Mind - J&W II(6)
Very Good, Jeeves
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1. Jeeves and the Impending Doom
2. The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy
3. Jeeves and the Yule-tide Spirit - J&W I(2)
4. Jeeves and the Song of Songs - J&W I(2)
5. Episode of the Dog McIntosh - J&W I(2)
6. The Spot of Art
7. Jeeves and the kid Clementina - J&W II(6)
8. The Love That Purifies
9. Jeeves and the Old School Chum
10. Indian Summer of an Uncle - J&W I(3)
11. The Ordeal of Young Tuppy - J&W II(6)
Thank You, Jeeves
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J&W II(4&5)
Right Ho, Jeeves
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J&W I(4&5)
The Code of the Woosters
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J&W II(1&2)
The Mating Season
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J&W III(4)
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Barry Prescott, Hypermedia Systems Group, Dept. of Computer Science,
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Len Lawson
Those who enjoy the writings of P.G. Wodehouse may be interested to know
that there is an international society honoring him. It is called The
Wodehouse Society. Information can be obtained by writing to Marilyn
MacGregor, 3215-5 Bermuda Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA. She will send
you information on our society which, by the way, is not steeped to the
gills with serious purpose.
Len Lawson
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