Oh, this episode is exactly right. I am 82, born in 1941 and though the time period is off ten to twenty year the scenery country landscape and seaside all have an illusion, as I remember New Jersey in the 1940's. Even some of the episode events have a vague allusions to things that I learned about as an adult, that was happening around me that I was to innocence as a child to understand. Thanks again, Jeeves and Wooster, for a memory "trigger " of things I remember or imagined.

"...I saw Irving playing Hamlet.'' "Really? Who won?'' That just about killed me.

Bertie’s triumphant hop skip and a jump after the Hemmingway denouement is a thing of beauty.

This must be the best cast of all comedy series. Wodehouse's genius is so wonderfully played by these 2 that they are now in my mind synonymous of the characters.

This to me, is the best work these two ever did and ever will do. A Bit of.., QI, Blackadder & House are great, but as a duo with Wodehouse as the foundation they excel. Nuanced, polished intellectually superior Jeeves and loopy, well-meaning, oft befuddled Wooster, great sets, backdrops, props and a complimentary cast all add up to utter perfection.

Late summer, Sidmouth, 1990 I worked on the set of this. We had to make the predominately pebbly beach look like a sandy ones with the help of lorry loads of sand and a lot of elbow grease. Good grub in the catering stations as I recall. Stephen kept himself to himself by Hugh was very friendly.

"Is that the doorbell, Jeeves?" "It certainly gave that impression, sir." Wodehouse is an evergreen delight!

Just found these I'm 63 read Wodehouse as a kid my family had all the books lovely memories so well done fine collection of flint knapped flints😉😁🤣

When Jeeves tells an exhausted Bertie that the first bicycle was invented in 1839: “Too late to do anything about it now I suppose?”. This has to be THE classic J&W episode. Although I love them all.

"I'm going back into the room now and I'm going to put in some pretty tense thinking." "Shall I waken you at six, sir?" As well as the brilliance of the two leads and the general cast no TV series has stuck closer to the author's original dialogue.

I remember laughing out loud reading these stories. As much as I think TV programs and films based on books are inferior, this series is an exception that confirms the rule.

The point where Bertie goes into Aunt Agatha's room where she's speaking to the police and greets them, and Aunt Agatha stops, looks at him and then continues speaking to the police - reminds me of when I was in the theatre the other day and I said excuse me to a horrible woman who was blocking the aisle. She stopped, looked at me and then continued speaking to whoever she was speaking to, while I waited. Seeing this scene with Bertie somehow makes me feel better about that. Not only is this the most perfect, beautifully done comedy, but it also makes me see the comedy in my own life.

Not only do the woman react in shock at Bertie's language, but a baby starts crying. lol. Great stuff.

The epitome of British humor and wit.

my favourite episode of this series. So nice to see Bertie come out on top and Aunt Agatha look foolish.

The woman playing Honoria is wonderful in the role.

A perfectly ripping series! Even the title sequence of the band, with the lively signature tune, is exceptional.

God, this is so brilliantly directed. All the little details, like when Bertie is dragged off to the concert on the pier and you see the old geezer hobbling along with the nurse and the brass band playing slightly flat... delightful...

I love how at 7:54 those two climb a 15% slope without breaking a sweat while a collegiate rower and an Olympic hopeful in his day huffs and puffs behind.

The baby started crying LOL what a great comic addition! This show is pure genius.

Aunt Agatha has been cast perfectly here..."stand up straight!" and "you should be breeding!". lol

Although they are almost all excellent, this episode is probably one of the best ! Jeeves & Wooster is the best thing that has happened to Britain since prehistoric times.

love how honoria leaps over the table 38:05

I love Wodehouse. These enactments are as good as adaptations can be, but still don’t capture the unique hilarity of the stories themselves, because Wodehouse’s writing, in itself, is a chief joy.

Bertie: "Is that the door, Jeeves?" Jeeves: "It certainly gave that impression, sir."

The expression on Jeeves face as he listens to the lyrics of Bertie's song is absolutely priceless...

I’m so happy to see this as a series. I absolutely loved the books. The series is as entertaining as they were. great job, what talent!

Honoria is the kind of character that could have been played as an intense,conventionally romantic hearted as reading her lines in the novels used to make me think! But this Honoria is adorable and so well portrayed (perfectly cast) because she also is of an athletic disposition as PGW described her! :)

Pure delight! Greatest of joy and entertainment, thanks to KZfaq uploading now available outside the UK. Never ever have I seen such a perfect tv show! Every scene, every actor, every setting just PERFECT! Hugh and Steven: OSCARS 👑👑 must be given to TV actors, too! Adorable acting, which only the Brits can do. I cannot stop celebrating the whole creative team 🏆 And the music is just gorgeous!

Aww, Bertie is so good-natured. I love this show :)

My preferred aesthetic is Bertie playing the piano singing a ditty while Jeeves calmly prepares libations in the background.

OMG I had forgotten how brilliant this show was.

Absolutely spiffing and top hole! The actors give an excellent authentic rendition of the subtle social manners from the period, with nary a set or prop out of place. I never thought Ian Carmichael would be upstaged, but Fry and Laurie strike sparks from each other...

All the wonderful & accurate period pieces & props throughout this Jeeves & Wooster series are a pleasure to behold. From the clothes, cars, furniture, interior decor & art work & the various castles, Manorial homes & apartments, etc. are a treat for the viewer. I have always appreciated the BBC’s focus on high quality period accuracy in their television series 8:06 productions.

I love the finale of this episode, it's like a very polite version of Inglourious Basterds

I always enjoy these stories for how all loose ends are tied up in surprisingly simple ways. Yes it is all plots but in the end it is "oh that was my niece."

What a treat to catch the young Doc Martin (Martin Clunes) as one of Bertie's air-headed friends!

Absolutely fabulous.

The entire dinner scene with the Glossops is sheer genius.

“Because they jolly well stole them. That’s how.” My favorite line delivery of the whole series!

The “Hemmingways” don’t deal in small sums. The £100 loan would be worth somewhere around $10.000 (£7800 or so) in today’s money, and the £3000 value claimed for the pearl necklace would be more like $300,000 ($234,777) today.

27:42 - Great character acting work by the constable here with the wink at the chambermaid. I don't know if it was scripted or not, but it's an excellent touch that goes beyond the simple direction of "Act satisfied at other character's misery".

Maybe it's mostly thanks to the actress, but I absolutely love Honoria.

"I don't pretend to be Sherlock Holmes..." my foot. I've seen House.

At about 37:59, Honoria leaps over the fallen table, banging on some silverware. What a hilarious bit of business and so in character. She is my favourite among the females that threaten Bertie.

Biffy's hotel has "big doors, and a sort of roof..."

It must be great being "blessed" with a confidant that just happens to act as a Guardian Angel. Jeeves' sobriety, wit, and common sense fills the gap missing in Wooster's personality. But Wooster is as good of a person as any of us have ever met. Wooster's mischief is always in fun and never intended to harm. Put Wooster and Jeeves together and we have a person we'd all love to emulate.

Every woman gasps and a baby cries .... Hahaha !!

Each episode is so beautifully done! Watched them so many times but never gets tiresome and always bring a smile to my face ! What ho Jeeves :)

will never stop loving this series. these guys defintely had a lot of fun.

I love this series and wish they would bring it back at least once a year! The chemistry between Jeeves and Bernie is phenomenal.....amazing.....unique and hilarious! Nobody could have done it better than these two seasoned actors!

Playing Hamlet. - Really? Who won? Classic.

Loved these exquisitely done pieces in this veddy English series. And you had to find a forklift to get my jaw off the floor after I realized who was playing Dr. House. Also exquisite. It was great to be made to feel humble as an American. To badd it didn't last. I have to mention the first episode Jeeves & Wooster where Jeeves shows for the first time and Bertie is deeply hungover and speechless, straining for cognizance. It was looking like some primal climb to consciousness and was howlingly enjoyable.

Wooster s wardrobe is simply topping.

I never would've guessed Laurie was British watching 'House' here in America. The accent transition is astoundingly good.

Could not agree more they were perfection & born to play the roles.

Very good Sir, shall I wake you at 6? Yes ... No no Jeeves!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

"The last time we met you said you were thinking of getting a job", "Yes, still thinking!" Brilliant!

31:36 -- "Sunny Disposish" by George Gershwin (1927)

What a delightful episode. So often the picturisation falls so short of the book, but here I was chuckling away as much as I did with the book. Perfect casting all around.

I love Bertie's unflappable optimism!!

"I told ya he couldn't be as gormless as he looks!" 😂

I love how Jeeves describes his niece wanting to marry a loser lol

Love Jeeves and Wooster brilliant actors brilliant locations I love Sidmouth in Devon where this part of the episode was filmed.Nothing today compares to this brilliance well done to Stephen and Hugh will always love these epidodes

Bertie getting to tell Aunt Agathia off. AWESOMENESS!

I love Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie as Jeeves and Wooster. I advise anyone to find and read PG Wodehouse's many hilarious books on Jeeves and Bertie Wooster.

"The nostrils positively quiver" lol

I just found out that Hugh Laurie went on to do a medical series named "House MD". Here Hugh is a totally light-hearted comedy actor and in House he is solemn drama sometimes subtle sarcastic humor. Shows what range he has for acting.

This series is a thing of greatness.

Has anyone else noticed that Stephen Fry's Jeeves always says, "Yes [comma] sir," and "No [comma] sir"? Not an automatic "yessir," "nosir," like he isn't really listening? A bit of magic there. Not only does that signal to Bertie that Jeeves is really listening, but also Jeeves is sort of encouraging Bertie to THINK about what he is saying. Not that that usually works...but...Jeeves always does his best.

Omigod I love that Aunt Agatha! I'd forgotten how hilarious that show was. Great fun to catch up :-)

Biffy: I see. The trouble is there isn't any insanity in my family. Wooster: Really? ROFLMAO

This production must have cost a small fortune -- all the period cars that had to be hired, all of the people at the racecourse and strolling beside the beach in period costume, ...

Hugh Laurie as Wooster and then as House MD shows that he can play comedy and drama with aplomb! Wow! He can play the piano and sing as well.

24:38 "I have to get back to my flock by tomorrow." "Oh, sheering time, is it?" Damn! Clever dialogue!! A hell of an innuendo there, inadvertently made by Bertie, that them gruesome twosome were slick hustlers. Don't know if any one else caught that as a sly way of outright saying the false preacher had get back to his congregation to "fleece" them (some more, I suppose), if anyone else stills knows the meaning of "fleece" in underworld con games terminology. That was just TOO good, alas unbeknownst to Bertie. Damn!!!

I constantly have envisions of Monty Python's: "UPPER-CLASS TWIT OF THE YEAR" COMPETIONS

Sarcasm flows from Jeeves like there is no tomorrow.

love this episode..... somehow i expect poirot to show up whenever an aristocrat losing their jewellery.

Love it . The Ladies at the Beach , & a Baby cries. Fantastic Fun.

I...... can't....... stop...... watching.......these.....

Thanks so much for putting these up. Seen them before and I'll see them again but they're the perfect antidote for all the hollywood violence and shmaltz.

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Laurie and Fry were so brilliant together and played their parts so well!

"I told you he couldn't be as gormless as he looked." And the look on Bertie's face. I think the casting of Hugh Laurie as Bertie is perfection itself. Stephen Fry is too young to be Jeeves but I think Wodehouse himself would have been thrilled by Laurie.

27:26 just watch his little dance at the end of the scene Sweet revenge but gentle.

Love the Jeeves & Wooster series. Watched the House series which made me a fan of Hugh Laurie. Lovely to watch him as Wooster. Bravo 👏👏👏👏👏

Did the animal's appetite improve, sir? Not noticeably. He ate the telegram though. Ha!

I love Bertie when Aunt Agatha dresses him down. I imagine Hugh Laurie as very henpecked man lol

Thank you so so much! this is my favourite serial. Thank you

I loved 47 ginger haired sailors.

Wonderful!! Thank you❤

my favourite Wooster phrase: Well that bally well takes the giddy biscuit !

1923 : ' I wonder if I might crave a boon Sir? ' 2023 : 'Ere guvnor, do us a favour will ya?' Ah progress...

The vocabulary in these are wonderful, it almost makes me wish I had gone to Cambridge. Fry and Laurie are all rounders, from this to Blackadder and beyond.

"and stand up strait" lol i still had to listen to that kind of thing when i was a parent myself. it never stops.

This is Gold! Television at its very Best!!

... this Glossop menace... 🤣

I'm pretty sure old P G would be 'Delighted' with these two swells!

Thanks for posting. Bertie, with his louche and lavish lifestyle, endless aunts called Agatha, Dahlia etc, leading a life with no visible means of support, apart from said aunts... of course , all English people live like this. And cricket and bowling greens and honey for tea. And floral clocks and boon craving. Such a soporific, such fun.

It's funny that Jeeves refusing to do something on the basis of "taking a liberty". Most every time he saves the day, his 'debriefing' begins with, "I took the liberty of..."