What Ho! Jeeves
{{Short description|BBC radio drama series, 1973–1981}}
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| format = Comedy
| runtime = 30 or 45 minutes
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| language = English
| home_station = BBC Radio 4
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| starring = Michael Hordern
Richard Briers
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| writer = Chris Miller and Richard Usborne, adapted from the works of P. G. Wodehouse
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| producer = David Hatch
Peter Titheridge
Simon Brett
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| first_aired = 5 June 1973
| last_aired = 7 January 1981
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What Ho! Jeeves (sometimes written 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.
The stories were adapted for radio by Chris Miller, except the last two novels featured in the series, which were dramatised by Richard Usborne.{{cite web |url=http://www.thegbcc.info/w-dr/Wodehouse_P_G.html|title=Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville |last=Lucas|first=John| date=25 March 2019 |website=The Global British Comedy Collaborative |access-date=2 July 2019}} The series was first broadcast from 1973 to 1981 on BBC Radio 4.Taves, page 128.
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.
"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.{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Jeeves-Wooster-Collected-Radio-Dramas/dp/1471350355 |title=Jeeves & Wooster: The Collected Radio Dramas |author= |website=Amazon.com |access-date=2 July 2019}} Some episodes occasionally air on BBC Radio 4 Extra.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00crrh8/episodes/guide|title=PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves|website=BBC Radio 4 Extra|date=2020|access-date=3 May 2020}} See also [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cjhs9/episodes/guide The Code of the Woosters], [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00b5t3v/episodes/guide Joy in the Morning], and [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c55ks/episodes/guide Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves].
Main cast
- Bertie Wooster — Richard Briers
- Jeeves — Michael Hordern
- Bingo Little — Jonathan Cecil
- Aunt Agatha — Joan Sanderson
- Honoria Glossop — Miriam Margolyes
- Sir Roderick Glossop — Andrew Cruickshank (1973),{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c4f9f779cd564110b4aa2023192a9dd6 |title=What Ho, Jeeves!: Part 3: Honoria Glossop |author= |website=BBC Genome Project |access-date=18 November 2017}} John Graham (1975){{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e11e2e0c472b4159badd14ffee208cce |title=What Ho, Jeeves!: 1: Chuffnell Regis |author= |website=BBC Genome Project |access-date=18 November 2017}}
- Aunt Dahlia — Vivian Pickles{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/50c8dfb75f364e4a9b14e860fcace02f |title=What Ho, Jeeves!: Part 12: Aunt Dahlia |author= |website=BBC Genome Project |access-date=18 November 2017}}
- Gussie Fink-Nottle — Rex Garner (1973), David Valla (1975),{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/06e3e354040a4e4db8c1c674aa83d919 |title=What Ho, Jeeves!: 2: The Great Web |author= |date=2019 |website=BBC Genome Project |access-date=8 August 2019}} Jonathan Cecil (1980){{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/069b47c41b4c4a2bb23423078c5b8c94 |title=What Ho! Jeeves: Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves: 2: Upstairs, Downstairs and Bumps in the Night|author= |website=BBC Genome Project|access-date=21 April 2019}}
- Madeline Bassett — Bridget Armstrong (1973),{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4e2ef3d164cd408099b90fd2ad48dcd6 |title=What Ho, Jeeves!: 14: Getting Gussie Going |author= |website=BBC Genome Project |access-date=18 November 2017}} Aimi MacDonald (1980)
- Tuppy Glossop — Ray Cooney (1973),{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7aabf836232441718384cec294e1748d |title=What Ho, Jeeves!: 15: The Roasting of Tuppy Glossop |author= |website=BBC Genome Project |access-date=18 November 2017}} Stephen Moore (1976){{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0a58f2b7358e457eaea436ccec970644 |title=What Ho! Jeeves: The Ordeal of Young Tuppy |author= |website=BBC Genome Project |access-date=18 November 2017}}
- Roderick Spode (later the Earl of Sidcup) — James Villiers (1973),{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7805142ef5f2481593f0c9709150430e |title=What Ho, Jeeves!: 21: The Plot Thickens |author= |website=BBC Genome Project |access-date=18 November 2017}} Paul Eddington (1980)
- Lady Florence Craye — Bronwen Williams (1978), Liza Goddard (1979)){{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/169b4aa32cbe41669877d1064da6dcce|title=What Ho! Jeeves |author= |website=BBC Genome Project |access-date=18 November 2017}}
- Sir Watkyn Bassett – Patrick Cargill (1973), John Le Mesurier (1980)
- Stephanie "Stiffy" Byng – Miriam Margolyes (1973),{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/556c8de3a4c94437b61c12387589a13b |title=What Ho, Jeeves!: 23: Strange Behaviour of a Curate|author= |website=BBC Genome Project |access-date=8 May 2019}} Denise Coffey (1980)
Episode list
The series features eight multipart adaptations.{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?adv=1&order=asc&q=what+ho+jeeves#search |title=Search Results |author= |website=BBC Genome Project |access-date=18 November 2017}} A standalone episode adapted from the short story, "The Ordeal of Young Tuppy" (1930), was also aired, and first broadcast on 27 December 1976.{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0a58f2b7358e457eaea436ccec970644 |title=What Ho! Jeeves: The Ordeal of Young Tuppy |author= |website=BBC Genome Project |access-date=18 November 2017}}
=''The Inimitable Jeeves''=
Adapted from The Inimitable Jeeves (1923). The cast included Ronald Fraser as Mortimer Little,{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/087f6f13b1fc4a2eac61ff3994d6ef96 |title=What Ho, Jeeves!: Part 1: Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum |date=2020 |website=BBC Genome Project |publisher=BBC |access-date=5 January 2020}} Maurice Denham as the Rev. Heppenstall, Jonathan Lynn and David Jason as Claude and Eustace,{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a885cae02465455f946d236e178b4e3e|title=What Ho, Jeeves!: Part 6: The Great Sermon Handicap |date=2020 |website=BBC Genome Project |publisher=BBC |access-date=5 January 2020}} and Edwin Apps as Steggles.{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c667b70ed5e04d998dc119a5ba6ca998 |title=What Ho, Jeeves!: 7: The Purity of the Turf |date=2020 |website=BBC Genome Project |publisher=BBC |access-date=5 January 2020}}
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!Episode!!Title!!First broadcast | ||
| 1 | Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum | 5 June 1973 |
| 2 | Pearls Mean Tears | 14 June 1973 |
| 3 | Honoria Glossop | 21 June 1973 |
| 4 | The Startling Dressiness of a Lift Attendant | 28 June 1973 |
| 5 | Comrade Bingo | 5 July 1973 |
| 6 | The Great Sermon Handicap | 12 July 1973 |
| 7 | The Purity of the Turf | 17 July 1973 |
| 8 | The Metropolitan Touch | 24 July 1973 |
| 9 | The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace | 31 July 1973 |
| 10 | Bingo and the Little Woman | 7 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.{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/05dba434bb124f4db5230e80e22bee01 |title=What Ho, Jeeves!: 17: An Awful Doom |date=2020 |website=BBC Genome Project |publisher=BBC |access-date=5 January 2020}}
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!Episode!!Title!!First broadcast | ||
| 1 | Jeeves Loses His Grip | 14 August 1973 |
| 2 | Aunt Dahlia | 21 August 1973 |
| 3 | Anatole Is Insulted | 30 August 1973 |
| 4 | Getting Gussie Going | 4 September 1973 |
| 5 | The Roasting of Tuppy Glossop | 11 September 1973 |
| 6 | Gussie Presents the Prizes | 20 September 1973 |
| 7 | An Awful Doom | 25 September 1973 |
| 8 | Jeeves Finds the Key | 4 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.
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!Episode!!Title!!First broadcast | ||
| 1 | The Silver Cow Creamer | 9 October 1973 |
| 2 | The Small Leather-Covered Notebook | 16 October 1973 |
| 3 | The Plot Thickens | 23 October 1973 |
| 4 | Spode's Fangs Are Drawn | 30 October 1973 |
| 5 | Strange Behaviour of a Curate | 6 November 1973 |
| 6 | The Course of True Love | 13 November 1973 |
| 7 | A Wrongful Arrest | 20 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,{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e11e2e0c472b4159badd14ffee208cce |title=What Ho, Jeeves!: 1: Chuffnell Regis |author= |date=2019 |website=BBC Genome Project |publisher=BBC |access-date=5 October 2019}} Blain Fairman as J. Washburn Stoker, John Dunbar as Sergeant Voules, John Bull as Constable Dobson,{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a9afa9581651440581071e9334ea8c8c |title=What Ho, Jeeves!: 2: Sinister Behaviour of a Yacht Owner |author= |date=2019 |website=BBC Genome Project |publisher=BBC |access-date=5 October 2019}} and Alaric Cotter as Brinkley.{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e057aa41926241188601ac7559752162 |title=What Ho, Jeeves!: 3: The Butter Situation |author= |date=2019 |website=BBC Genome Project |publisher=BBC |access-date=5 October 2019}}
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!Episode!!Title!!First broadcast | ||
| 1 | Chuffnell Regis | 2 July 1975 |
| 2 | Sinister Behaviour of a Yacht Owner | 9 July 1975 |
| 3 | The Butter Situation | 16 July 1975 |
| 4 | Jeeves Finds the Way | 23 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.{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/524268f97fd143198a6cc971d3b91aa2 |title=What Ho, Jeeves!: 5: Reunited Hearts |author= |date=2019 |website=BBC Genome Project |publisher=BBC |access-date=4 October 2019}}
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!Episode!!Title!!First broadcast | ||
| 1 | Deverill Hall | 30 July 1975 |
| 2 | The Great Web | 6 August 1975 |
| 3 | Amorousness of a Newt Fancier | 13 August 1975 |
| 4 | The Village Concert | 20 August 1975 |
| 5 | Reunited Hearts | 27 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,{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0701dbf5f23846ed9a5d12d71a9d255f|title=What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning: 4: Sundry Happenings in a Garden |author= |date=2019 |website=BBC Genome Project |publisher=BBC |access-date=4 October 2019}} Rosalind Adams as Nobby Hopwood, and Michael Kilgarriff as Stilton Cheesewright.{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6c2f0fa76dc7423e8de53280fbe94616 |title=What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning: 7: Jeeves Sails Into Action |author= |date=2019 |website=BBC Genome Project |publisher=BBC |access-date=4 October 2019}}
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!Episode!!Title!!First broadcast | ||
| 1 | Florence Craye | 9 January 1978 |
| 2 | Steeple Bumpleigh | 16 January 1978 |
| 3 | Tribulations of an Uncle By Marriage | 23 January 1978 |
| 4 | Sundry Happenings in a Garden | 1 February 1978 |
| 5 | Schemes and Ruses | 8 February 1978 |
| 6 | Fancy Dress | 13 February 1978 |
| 7 | Jeeves Sails Into Action | 22 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 Stebbings.[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a7fafd80d90e4f1cb7c50174f0d53c8a "What Ho! Jeeves"], BBC.co.uk, accessed 4 October 2019.
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!Episode!!Title!!First broadcast | ||
| 1 | The New Moustache | 21 May 1979 |
| 2 | Ephraim Gadsby, Jailbird | 28 May 1979 |
| 3 | Dark Doings at Brinkley | 4 June 1979 |
| 4 | Bedrooms, Burglars and Broken Troths | 11 June 1979 |
| 5 | A Man's Best Friend Is His Cosh | 18 June 1979 |
| 6 | Jeeves, Mastermind | 25 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,{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f88d2f97842b4302b8a59bceb9ed1653 |title=What Ho! Jeeves (Part 5) |author= |date=2019 |website=BBC Genome Project |publisher=BBC |access-date=4 October 2019}} Ronald Fraser as Major Plank, Percy Edwards as the dog Bartholomew.{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0e0ed39979974d2b81869248019ecc57 |title=What Ho! Jeeves (Part 3) |author= |date=2019 |website=BBC Genome Project |publisher=BBC |access-date=4 October 2019}} and Graham Faulkner as Constable Oates.{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d95b646fd800473cbcae5d6e38b4005d |title=What Ho! Jeeves (Part 6) |author= |date=2019 |website=BBC Genome Project |publisher=BBC |access-date=4 October 2019}}
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!Episode!!Title!!First broadcast | ||
| 1 | The Menace of Totleigh Towers | 3 December 1980 |
| 2 | Upstairs, Downstairs and Bumps in the Night | 10 December 1980 |
| 3 | Bartholomew, Blackmail and Barefaced Lies | 17 December 1980 |
| 4 | Spode Is Unsuccessful | 24 December 1980 |
| 5 | Black Eyes and Bloody Noses | 2 January 1981 |
| 6 | Game, Set and Match to Jeeves | 7 January 1981 |
References
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- {{Cite book
| author = Taves, Brian
| year = 2006
| title = P. G. Wodehouse and Hollywood
| location = London
| publisher = McFarland & Company
| isbn = 978-0-7864-2288-3
}}
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