Jeeves and Wooster
Jeeves and Wooster (1990-1993)
Seasons: 4,
episodes: 23
Episode runtime: 55 min
Average rating:
8.5/10
48 751
Status
Completed
Creators
Clive Exton
Scenario
P.G. Wodehouse
Author
Composer
Producer
Brian Eastman
Actors
Hugh Laurie
Bertie Wooster
Stephen Fry
Jeeves
Preston Lockwood
Butterfield
John Elmes
Catsmeat
Richard Bebb
Member
Philip Locke
Glossop
Roger Brierley
Sir Roderick Glossop
Joanna Riding
Chorus Girl
Short description
Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy-drama series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves" stories.
It aired on the ITV network from 1990 to 1993, starring Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, a young gentleman with a "distinctive blend of airy nonchalance and refined gormlessness", and Stephen Fry as Jeeves, his improbably well-informed and talented valet. Wooster is a bachelor, a minor aristocrat and member of the idle rich. He and his friends, who are mainly members of The Drones Club, are extricated from all manner of societal misadventures by the indispensable valet, Jeeves. The stories are set in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1930s.
Seasons
| Season | Episodes | Release date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1990-04-22 | 8.4 | |
| 6 | 1991-04-14 | 8.2 | |
| 6 | 1992-03-29 | 8.4 | |
| 6 | 1993-05-16 | 8.3 |
What's left behind the scenes
- Hugh Laurie personally performs his character's songs in the series and plays the piano himself. The piano playing is an original invention of the show. In P.G. Wodehouse's books, Bertie only plays the banjo (which was replaced by a trombone in the adaptation).
- Jeeves is sometimes referred to as a butler, but he is actually a valet. The point is that an English valet serves his employer as a person, whereas a butler serves the employer's household. Nevertheless, Wooster 'lent' Jeeves out as a butler on several occasions, noting that 'as a house servant, he would adequately meet the demands of the most refined aristocrat'.
- Between 1965 and 1967, the BBC aired 'The World of Wooster,' which is considered the first attempt to adapt this cycle of comic works into a series format.
- During the Russian dubbing of the series by the 'Nota' studio, P.G. Wodehouse's name was mistakenly rendered as 'Peter Wodehouse'.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
