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