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Wodehouse Playhouse

  • TV Series
  • 1974–19781974–1978
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
132
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Wodehouse Playhouse (1974)
  • Comedy
  • Romance
A series of dramatisations of some of P. G. Wodehouse's comic short stories - in which P. G. Wodehouse, himself, introduced some of the early episodes.A series of dramatisations of some of P. G. Wodehouse's comic short stories - in which P. G. Wodehouse, himself, introduced some of the early episodes.A series of dramatisations of some of P. G. Wodehouse's comic short stories - in which P. G. Wodehouse, himself, introduced some of the early episodes.
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
132
YOUR RATING
  • Stars
    • John Alderton
    • Pauline Collins
    • P.G. Wodehouse
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  • Stars
    • John Alderton
    • Pauline Collins
    • P.G. Wodehouse
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    • 4User reviews
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    John Alderton
    John Alderton
    • Reginald Mulliner…
    20 episodes20 eps • 1975–1978
    Pauline Collins
    Pauline Collins
    • Agnes Flack…
    13 episodes13 eps • 1975–1976
    P.G. Wodehouse
    • Narrator…
    3 episodes3 eps • 1975
    Paul McDowell
    • First Cop…
    3 episodes3 eps • 1975–1978
    Sydney Tafler
    Sydney Tafler
    • I.Q. Fishbein…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1975–1976
    David Healy
    David Healy
    • Bellhop - Raymond Bunion…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1976–1978
    David Quilter
    • Tuppy Glossop
    2 episodes2 eps • 1976–1978
    Anthony Sharp
    Anthony Sharp
    • Specialist
    2 episodes2 eps • 1975–1978
    Cyril Luckham
    Cyril Luckham
    • Bishop…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1975–1978
    Robert Prince
    • Bernard…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1975
    David Rowlands
    • Lord Knubble
    2 episodes2 eps • 1978
    William Mervyn
    • Mr. Mulliner…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1974–1975
    Julian Holloway
    Julian Holloway
    • Archibald Mulliner…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1974–1975
    Michael Burrell
    • Waldo Winkler
    1 episode1 ep • 1975
    Alan MacNaughtan
    Alan MacNaughtan
    • J.H. Potter
    1 episode1 ep • 1976
    Anna Wing
    • Mrs. Barnaby
    1 episode1 ep • 1975
    Therese McMurray
    • Poppy Tremayne
    1 episode1 ep • 1975
    Simon Williams
    Simon Williams
    • Sidney McMurdo
    1 episode1 ep • 1976
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    This hilarious show should be brought back
    I watched this show as a teenager and found it to be side-splittingly hilarious. It introduced me to the works of PG Wodehouse, who became one of my all time favorite authors.

    PG Wodehouse poked fun at his fellow Englishmen (and women) with affectionate, yet sharp humor. And no one had the mastery of Wit that Wodehouse possessed! His works brought this era of the British Empire to life with nostalgic color. These adaptions of his work are by far the best; the two leads have nimble comic timing that is brilliant.

    I remember one show (this was almost 30 years ago, so please forgive my memory!) in which there was a manor house full of hunting enthusiasts, and they kept shocking a visiting vegetarian with their manic blood/gun lust. Wodehouse loved to pierce the veneer of political correctness (in a light-hearted way) even then.

    This show should be brought back. I searched for it in vain at the PBS store that was in San Diego. Wodehouse should be introduced to a new generation of teenagers.
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    • Oct 3, 2004

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    • Can someone please tell me why Pauline Collins was only in the first 13 of the 20 episodes of the Wodehouse Playhouse series ?

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    • Release date
      • July 9, 1974 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El pequeño teatro de Wodehouse
    • Filming locations
      • England, UK
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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