What Ho! Jeeves

What Ho! Jeeves (sometimes written as What Ho, Jeeves!) is a series of radio dramas based on some of the Jeeves short stories and novels written by P. G. Wodehouse, starring Michael Hordern as the titular Jeeves and Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster.

What Ho! Jeeves
Cover of Jeeves & Wooster: The Collected Radio Dramas, featuring most episodes
GenreComedy
Running time30 or 45 minutes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Language(s)English
Home stationBBC Radio 4
StarringMichael Hordern
Richard Briers
Written byChris Miller and Richard Usborne, adapted from the works of P. G. Wodehouse
Produced byDavid Hatch
Peter Titheridge
Simon Brett
Original release5 June 1973 – 7 January 1981
No. of episodes54

The stories were adapted for radio by Chris Miller, except the last two novels featured in the series, which were dramatised by Richard Usborne.[1] The series was first broadcast from 1973 to 1981 on BBC Radio 4.[2]

Production

The novels were adapted into several episodes. Each episode is approximately 30 minutes long, except for the episodes adapted from Thank You, Jeeves and The Mating Season, which are each about 45 minutes long.[1]

"The Ordeal of Young Tuppy" and Joy in the Morning episodes were produced by Simon Brett. The Thank You, Jeeves and The Mating Season episodes were produced by Peter Titheridge. The episodes adapted from The Inimitable Jeeves, The Code of the Woosters, Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit, and Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves were produced by David Hatch.

Six of the dramatized books are included in the audio collection Jeeves & Wooster: The Collected Radio Dramas, published by BBC Books in 2013.[3] Some episodes occasionally air on BBC Radio 4 Extra.[4]

Main cast

Episode list

The series features eight multipart adaptations.[2][16] A standalone episode adapted from the short story, "The Ordeal of Young Tuppy" (1930), was also aired, and first broadcast on 27 December 1976.[17]

The Inimitable Jeeves

Adapted from The Inimitable Jeeves (1923). The cast included Ronald Fraser as Mortimer Little,[18] Maurice Denham as the Rev. Heppenstall, Jonathan Lynn and David Jason as Claude and Eustace,[19] and Edwin Apps as Steggles.[20]

EpisodeTitleFirst broadcast
1Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum5 June 1973
2Pearls Mean Tears14 June 1973
3Honoria Glossop21 June 1973
4The Startling Dressiness of a Lift Attendant28 June 1973
5Comrade Bingo5 July 1973
6The Great Sermon Handicap12 July 1973
7The Purity of the Turf17 July 1973
8The Metropolitan Touch24 July 1973
9The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace31 July 1973
10Bingo and the Little Woman7 August 1973

Right Ho, Jeeves

Adapted from Right Ho, Jeeves (1934). The cast included John Graham as Uncle Tom and Anatole, and Jennie Goossens as Angela.[21]

EpisodeTitleFirst broadcast
1Jeeves Loses His Grip14 August 1973
2Aunt Dahlia21 August 1973
3Anatole Is Insulted30 August 1973
4Getting Gussie Going4 September 1973
5The Roasting of Tuppy Glossop11 September 1973
6Gussie Presents the Prizes20 September 1973
7An Awful Doom25 September 1973
8Jeeves Finds the Key4 October 1973

The Code of the Woosters

Adapted from The Code of the Woosters (1938). The cast included Douglas Blackwell as Harold Pinker and Tony McEwan as PC Oates.[15]

EpisodeTitleFirst broadcast
1The Silver Cow Creamer9 October 1973
2The Small Leather-Covered Notebook16 October 1973
3The Plot Thickens23 October 1973
4Spode's Fangs Are Drawn30 October 1973
5Strange Behaviour of a Curate6 November 1973
6The Course of True Love13 November 1973
7A Wrongful Arrest20 November 1973

Thank You, Jeeves

Adapted from Thank You, Jeeves (1934). The cast included Clive Francis as Lord Chuffnell, Connie Booth as Pauline Stoker, Jo Manning-Wilson as Seabury,[22] Blain Fairman as J. Washburn Stoker, John Dunbar as Sergeant Voules, John Bull as Constable Dobson,[23] and Alaric Cotter as Brinkley.[24]

EpisodeTitleFirst broadcast
1Chuffnell Regis2 July 1975
2Sinister Behaviour of a Yacht Owner9 July 1975
3The Butter Situation16 July 1975
4Jeeves Finds the Way23 July 1975

The Mating Season

Adapted from The Mating Season (1949). The cast included James Villiers as Esmond Haddock, Jo Kendall as Corky Pirbright, Kenneth Fortescue as Catsmeat Pirbright, Miriam Margoyles as Dame Daphne Winkworth and Hilda Gudgeon, John Dunbar as Silversmith, and Antony Higginson as the Rev. Sydney Pirbright and Constable Dobbs.[25]

EpisodeTitleFirst broadcast
1Deverill Hall30 July 1975
2The Great Web6 August 1975
3Amorousness of a Newt Fancier13 August 1975
4The Village Concert20 August 1975
5Reunited Hearts27 August 1975

Joy in the Morning

Adapted from Joy in the Morning (1946). The cast included Peter Woodthorpe as Lord Worplesdon, Jonathan Cecil as Boko Fittleworth, Denise Bryer as Edwin the Boy Scout,[26] Rosalind Adams as Nobby Hopwood, and Michael Kilgarriff as Stilton Cheesewright.[27]

EpisodeTitleFirst broadcast
1Florence Craye9 January 1978
2Steeple Bumpleigh16 January 1978
3Tribulations of an Uncle By Marriage23 January 1978
4Sundry Happenings in a Garden1 February 1978
5Schemes and Ruses8 February 1978
6Fancy Dress13 February 1978
7Jeeves Sails Into Action22 February 1978

Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit

Adapted from Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (1954). The cast included James Villiers as Stilton Cheesewright, Jonathan Cecil as Percy Gorringe, Norman Bird as L. G. Trotter, Diana King as Mrs Trotter, Ann Davies as Daphne Dolores Morehead, Liza Goddard as Lady Florence Crayne and David Tate as Seppings.[28]

EpisodeTitleFirst broadcast
1The New Moustache21 May 1979
2Ephraim Gadsby, Jailbird28 May 1979
3Dark Doings at Brinkley4 June 1979
4Bedrooms, Burglars and Broken Troths11 June 1979
5A Man's Best Friend Is His Cosh18 June 1979
6Jeeves, Mastermind25 June 1979

Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves

Adapted from Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (1963). The cast included Douglas Blackwell as the Rev. Harold Pinker, Ann Davies as Emerald Stoker,[29] Ronald Fraser as Major Plank, Percy Edwards as the dog Bartholomew.[30] and Graham Faulkner as Constable Oates.[31]

EpisodeTitleFirst broadcast
1The Menace of Totleigh Towers3 December 1980
2Upstairs, Downstairs and Bumps in the Night10 December 1980
3Bartholomew, Blackmail and Barefaced Lies17 December 1980
4Spode Is Unsuccessful24 December 1980
5Black Eyes and Bloody Noses2 January 1981
6Game, Set and Match to Jeeves7 January 1981

References

Notes
  1. Lucas, John (25 March 2019). "Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville". The Global British Comedy Collaborative. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  2. Taves, page 128.
  3. "Jeeves & Wooster: The Collected Radio Dramas". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  4. "PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves". BBC Radio 4 Extra. 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020. See also The Code of the Woosters, Joy in the Morning, and Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves.
  5. "What Ho, Jeeves!: Part 3: Honoria Glossop". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  6. "What Ho, Jeeves!: 1: Chuffnell Regis". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  7. "What Ho, Jeeves!: Part 12: Aunt Dahlia". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  8. "What Ho, Jeeves!: 2: The Great Web". BBC Genome Project. 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  9. "What Ho! Jeeves: Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves: 2: Upstairs, Downstairs and Bumps in the Night". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  10. "What Ho, Jeeves!: 14: Getting Gussie Going". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  11. "What Ho, Jeeves!: 15: The Roasting of Tuppy Glossop". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  12. "What Ho! Jeeves: The Ordeal of Young Tuppy". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  13. "What Ho, Jeeves!: 21: The Plot Thickens". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  14. "What Ho! Jeeves". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  15. "What Ho, Jeeves!: 23: Strange Behaviour of a Curate". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  16. "Search Results". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  17. "What Ho! Jeeves: The Ordeal of Young Tuppy". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  18. "What Ho, Jeeves!: Part 1: Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum". BBC Genome Project. BBC. 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  19. "What Ho, Jeeves!: Part 6: The Great Sermon Handicap". BBC Genome Project. BBC. 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  20. "What Ho, Jeeves!: 7: The Purity of the Turf". BBC Genome Project. BBC. 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  21. "What Ho, Jeeves!: 17: An Awful Doom". BBC Genome Project. BBC. 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  22. "What Ho, Jeeves!: 1: Chuffnell Regis". BBC Genome Project. BBC. 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  23. "What Ho, Jeeves!: 2: Sinister Behaviour of a Yacht Owner". BBC Genome Project. BBC. 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  24. "What Ho, Jeeves!: 3: The Butter Situation". BBC Genome Project. BBC. 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  25. "What Ho, Jeeves!: 5: Reunited Hearts". BBC Genome Project. BBC. 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  26. "What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning: 4: Sundry Happenings in a Garden". BBC Genome Project. BBC. 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  27. "What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning: 7: Jeeves Sails Into Action". BBC Genome Project. BBC. 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  28. "What Ho! Jeeves", BBC.co.uk, accessed 4 October 2019.
  29. "What Ho! Jeeves (Part 5)". BBC Genome Project. BBC. 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  30. "What Ho! Jeeves (Part 3)". BBC Genome Project. BBC. 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  31. "What Ho! Jeeves (Part 6)". BBC Genome Project. BBC. 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
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