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Season 1 (1990)

Release date: 1990-04-22

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8.4 / 10

Novel: P.G. Wodehouse

Episodes (5):

1. Jeeves Takes Charge

Aunt Agatha wants Bertie to marry Honoria Glossop so that she will mold his character and infuse much needed strong blood in the Wooster line. But old chum Bingo Little is in love with her, so Bertie hatches a scheme to set things straight. Luckily, Jeeves has arrived to save Bertie from his own schemes (and hangovers).

2. Tuppy and the Terrier

After a round of golf with Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps, Bertie find trouble in the form of Bobbie Wickham, first involving hot-water bottle piercing, then by giving away Aunt Agatha's dog to a broadway producer. Meanwhile Tuppy's become infatuated with an Opera singer and Jeeves hatches a plan involving a little concert in which Bertie must sing.

3. The Purity of the Turf

Uncle George has become engaged to a young waitress and Aunt Agatha wants Bertie to offer her a hundred pounds to end the scandalous engagement, but Jeeves has other plans. Then it's off to Twing Hall where Lady Wickhammersley has banned gambling due to an unfortunately incident in which Lord Wickhammersley lost the East Wing with a bad hand. So Bertie, Bingo, and Jeeves start gambling on events in the village fair, such as the Boys and Girls Mixed Animal Potato Race and the Mothers Sack Race.

4. The Hunger Strike

Part 1 of 2. Brought to Brinkley Court by Aunt Dahlia to give prizes at the Market Snodsbury Grammar School, Bertie comes up with a scheme to both help Gussie Fink-Nottle's new romance with Madeline Basset as well as get himself out of the prize-giving.

5. Brinkley Manor

Part 2 of 2. To get Gussie to propose to Madeline Jeeves slips a little something into his orange juice before he presents prizes at the grammar school. Unfortunately, so does Bertie. Things go downhill from there when Bertie rings the fire bell.

Cast

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Kevin Fraser - Grip, Mark Davey - Camera Trainee, Annie Penn - Script Supervisor, David Crozier - Sound Mixer, Frank Heeney - Gaffer, George Vince - Best Boy Electric, Gavin Walters - Electrician, Mike Davey - Electrician, Aly Burge - Assistant Art Director, Roger Hulme - Property Buyer, Steve Hubbard - Wardrobe Master, Alan Bailey - Property Master, Ron Higgins - Props, John Bailey - Props, Larry Williams - Props, Graham Stickley - Props, Bernard Langton - Props, Ken Marples - Construction Manager, Peter Kernot - Still Photographer, Tobi Corney - Still Photographer, Sarah Hill - Producer's Assistant, Siobhan McGee - Producer's Assistant, Sally Turner - Assistant Costume Designer, Nick Penn - Clapper Loader, Martin Stephens - Focus Puller, Malcolm Vinson - Camera Operator, Jeffrey Bruce - Assistant Accountant, Jeffrey Broom - Production Accountant, Sally Hayman - Production Coordinator, Jan Hope-Kavanagh - Hairdresser, Kerry Ann Hirst - Assistant Costume Designer, Andrew Foster - Third Assistant Director, Nick Heckstall-Smith - Second Assistant Director, Andrew Nelson - Editor, Sarah Grundy - Makeup Artist, Dominic Fulford - Production Supervisor, Dany Everett - Costume Designer, Hayley Murt - Casting Assistant, Peter Jessop - Director of Photography, Anne Henderson - Casting Director, Betty Willingale - Script Consultant, Gareth Tandy - First Assistant Director, Steven Kirkby - Wardrobe Assistant, Simon McNair Scott - Location Manager, Chris Townsend - Art Direction, Jeremy Oldfield - Assistant Location Manager, P.G. Wodehouse - Novel, Brian Eastman - Producer, Eileen Diss - Production Design, Anne Dudley - Original Music Composer