The World of Wooster (1965)
Based on P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories, The World of Wooster, broadcast on BBC One from 1965 to 1967, followed the farcical adventures of young upper-class twit Bertie Wooster and his invaluable manservant Jeeves. It starred Ian Carmichael as Wooster and Dennis Price as Jeeves. Wodehouse initially felt that Carmichael would be fine as Wooster, but later believed that Carmichael overacted; however, Wodehouse was satisfied enough with to later ask Carmichael to portray Bertie or Jeeves in a musical comedy. Carmichael declined, feeling too old to play Bertie again and that public perception prevented him from playing Jeeves. Wodehouse was far more positive about Price's Jeeves, stating that Price was the best Jeeves he had ever seen. Like many other series of the time, much of the episodes were wiped, leaving all but two now lost. In 2018, it was included at #51 in a list of the top 100 most wanted missing television programmes by TV archivist organisation Kaleidoscope.
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Episode 1 - Jeeves and the Dog Macintosh
Release Date: 1965-05-30Bobbie Wickham needs to impress a rich American named Blumenfeld, and Wooster is reluctantly drawn into her schemes.
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Episode 2 - Jeeves, the Aunt and the Sluggard
Release Date: 1965-06-06Wooster's pal Biffy yearns for a quiet life in the countryside, but his aunt Isabel, upon whom he depends for money, has got it into her head that he's leading the high life among the bright young things in London. Can Jeeves help?
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Episode 3 - Jeeves and the Great Sermon Handicap
Release Date: 1965-06-13 -
Episode 4 - Jeeves and the Song of Songs
Release Date: 1965-06-20Ordered by his aunt Dahlia to break up Tuppy Glossop's romance with operatic diva Cora Bellinger, Wooster finds himself called upon to sing at a charity concert.
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Episode 5 - Jeeves and the Hero's Reward
Release Date: 1965-06-27 -
Episode 6 - Jeeves and the Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy
Release Date: 1965-07-04'Sippy' Sipperley edits a fashionable magazine for bright young things, and he has a big problem — his former headmaster keeps submitting articles, and he's still too frightened of him to turn them down.