Wodehouse, (Sir) Pelham Grenville
(15-Oct-1881, Guilford – 1975)

Last Edited: 30-Apr-2012 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

Date

Title

Cast

Parameters

Published 1923
Broadcasts:
05-Jun-1973 –
07-Jul-1973
R7:
11-Sep-2005 to

The Inimitable Jeeves

  1. Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum

  2. Pearls Mean Tears

  3. Honoria Glossop

  4. The Startling Dressiness of a Lift Attendant

  5. Comrade Bingo

  6. The Great Sermon Handicap

  7. The Purity of the Turf

  8. The Metropolitan Touch

  9. The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace

  10. Bingo and the Little Woman

Richard Briers, Michael Hordern, Ronald Fraser, Jonathan
Cecil, Anne Davis, Joan Sanderson, Pat Coombs, Bran
Ulton, Brian Haines, Miriam Margolyes, Andrew
Cruikshank, James Villiers, Denise Briers,
Adapted by Chris Miller
Produced by David Hatch

27:02, 25344, S
27:01, 25340, S
26:58, 25298, S
ep4 missing
29:39, 17364, S
27:02, 25360, S
27:00, 25314, S
26:52, 25198, S
26:58, 25286, S
26:56, 25266, S

Published 1927
Broadcasts:
29-Apr-2002

Meet Mr. Mulliner
“Honeysuckle Cottage”

Richard Griffiths, Matilda Ziegler , Tom George,
David Timson, Peter Acre, Martin Hyder
Dramatised by Roger Davenport
Directed by Ned Chaillet

28:27, 6670, M

Published 1927
Broadcasts:
05-May-2002
04-Dec-2002

Meet Mr. Mulliner
"A Slice of Life”

Richard Griffiths, Matilda Ziegler , Tom George,
Peter Acre, David Timson, Martin Hyder
Dramatised by Roger Davenport
Directed by Ned Chaillet

28:27, 6672, M

Published 1927
Broadcasts:
13-May-2002
11-Dec-2002

Meet Mr. Mulliner
“The Smile that Wins”

Richard Griffiths, Matilda Ziegler, Carl Prekopp,
Peter Acre, David Timson, Martin Hyder
Dramatised by Roger Davenport
Directed by Ned Chaillet

28:15, 6625, M

Published 1927
Broadcasts:
20-May-2002
18-Dec-2002

Meet Mr. Mulliner
“Open House”

Richard Griffiths, Matilda Ziegler, Martin Hyder, Peter
Acre, David Timson, Marlene Sidaway
Dramatised by Roger Davenport
Directed by Ned Chaillet

28:24, 6661, M

Published 1927
Broadcasts:
27-May-2002

Meet Mr. Mulliner
“Came the Dawn”

Richard Griffiths, Matilda Ziegler, Tom George, Martin
Hyder, Peter Acre, David Timson
Dramatised by Roger Davenport
Directed by Ned Chaillet

28:24, 6657, M

Published 1927
Broadcasts:
03-Jun-2002

Meet Mr. Mulliner
“Mulliner’s Buck-U-Uppo”

Richard Griffiths, Matilda Ziegler, Carl Prekopp, Tom
George, David Timson, Peter Acre, Martin Hyder,
Sandra Clarke
Dramatised by Roger Davenport
Directed by Ned Chaillet

28:14, 6619, M

Published 1927
Broadcasts:
06-Feb-2004

More Mr. Mulliner
“The Bishop’s Move”

Richard Griffiths, Matilda Ziegler, Carl Prekopp,
Tom George, David Timson, Peter Acre, Martin Hyder
Dramatised by Roger Davenport
Directed by Ned Chaillet

27:53, 26156, S

Published 1927
Broadcasts:
13-Feb-2004

More Mr. Mulliner
“The Ordeal of Osmond Mulliner”

Richard Griffiths, Matilda Ziegler, Carl Prekopp,
Tom George, David Timson, Peter Acre, Martin Hyder
Dramatised by Roger Davenport
Directed by Ned Chaillet

27:47, 26052, S

Published 1927
Broadcasts:
20-Feb-2004

More Mr. Mulliner
“The Knightly Quest of Mervyn”

Richard Griffiths, Matilda Ziegler, Tom George, David
Timson, Peter Acre, Martin Hyder, Joanna McCallum,
Gbemisola Ikemelo
Dramatised by Roger Davenport
Directed by Ned Chaillet

27:53, 26144, S

Published 1927
Broadcasts:
27-Feb-2004

More Mr. Mulliner
“The Truth About George”

Richard Griffiths, Matilda Ziegler, Peter Darney, Martin
Hyder, David Timson, Peter Acre, Damian Lynch, Lydia
Leonard
Dramatised by Roger Davenport
Directed by Ned Chaillet

28:06, 26359, S

Published 1946
Broadcasts:
09-Jan-1978 –
20-Feb-1978
R7:
24-Jul-2005

Joy in the Morning

  1. Florence Craye

  2. Steeple Bumpleigh

  3. Tribulations of an Uncle by Marriage

  4. Sundry Happenings in a Garden

  5. Schemes and Roses

  6. Fancy Dress

  7. Jeeves Sails into Action

Richard Briers, Michael Hordern, Bronwen Williams,
Michael Kilgarriff, Peter Woodthorpe, Jonathan Cecil,
Denise Bryer, Rosalind Adams, Bruce Bennett
Adapted by Chris Miller
Produced by Simon Brett

27:30, 25783, S
27:40, 25946, S
27:27, 25740, S

Published 1954
Broadcasts:
21-May-1979 –
25-Jun-1979

Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit

  1. The New Moustache

  2. Ephraim Gadsby, Jailbird

  3. Dark Doings at Brinkley

  4. Bedrooms, Burglars and Broken Troths

  5. A Man’s Best Friend Is His Cosh

  6. Jeeves, Mastermind

Richard Briers, Michael Hordern, James Villiers, Liza
Goddard, Vivian Pickles, Jonathan Cecil, Ballard Berkeley
Adapted by Richard Usborne
Produced by David Hatch

37:03, 17369, M
39:14, 18394, M
31:57, 14983, M
34:08, 16009, M
good, low volume

Published 1963
Broadcasts:
03-Dec-1980 –
07-Jan-1981

Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves

  1. The Menace of Totleigh Towers

  2. Upstairs, Downstairs and Bumps in the Night

  3. Bartholomew, Blackmail and Barefaced Lies

  4. In Which Spode Is Unsuccessful and Gussie Unrepentant

  5. Black Eyes and Bloody Noses

  6. Games, Set and Match to Jeeves

Richard Briers, Michael Hordern, Jonathan Cecil, Paul
Eddington, John Le Mesurier, Vivian Pickles, Ann Davies,
Douglas Blackwell, Aimi Macdonald, Denise Coffey,
Ronald Fraser, Percy Edwards, Graham Faulkner
Adapted by Richard Usborne
Produced by David Hatch

37:32, 17598, M
36:41, 17200, M
35:25, 16607, M
34:54, 16640, M
Good, but low
volume and no
credits

Published 1915
Broadcasts:
29-Mar-2009
05-Apr-2009

Something Fresh

Ioan Gruffudd, Helen McCrory, Hector Elizondo, Martin Jarvis,
Andrea Bowen, James Frain, Jared Harris, Morgan Sheppard,
Jill Gascoine, Joanne Whalley, Matthew Wolf, Darren Richardson,
Kenneth Danziger, Alan Shearman, Moira Quirk, Ian Ogilvy,
Darren Richardson
dramatised by Archie Scottney
Director Martin Jarvis

57:11, 53621, S
57:12, 53628, S

Published 1965
Broadcasts:
??

Galahad at Blandings

Richard Vernon, Ian Carmichael, Elizabeth Sprigs, Harold
Innocent, Simon Shreaves, Susanna Fellows, Jonathan
Cecil, Moira Lesley, Alan Marriott, Richard Pearce,
Vivian Pickles, Chris Emmett, Colin McFarlane
Narrator: Murray Watson
Adapted by Richard Usborne
Produced by Gareth Edwards

29:07, 13650, m
26:52, 12601, m
26:51, 12590, m
28:21, 13295, m
good, low volume

Broadcasts
R4 Jul-1994
R7:
01-Feb-2004
08-Feb-2004
15-Feb-2004
22-Feb-2004
29-Feb-2004
07-Mar-2004

Uncle Dynamite

  1. Pity Poor Pongo

  2. Disturbances in a Country Village

  3. The Perplexing of Pongo

  4. Night Alarms and Excursions

  5. Engagements and Re-engagements

  6. The Old School Tie

Richard Briers, Hugh Grant, Chris Emmett, Jacqueline Tom,
John Ebbetts, Felicity Montagu, David Howarth, Simon
Treves, Charles Gray, Josephine Tewson, Teresa
Gallagher, Mary Chater, Tippi Longworth, Donald Hewlett
Narrated by Paul Eddington
Adapted by Richard Osborne
Produced by Gareth Edwards

27:37, 25899, S
27:32, 25829, S
27:33, 25834, S
27:39, 25938, S
26:07, 24492, S
27:07, 25434, S

Broadcasts
R4
R7:
06-Nov-2005
to
18-Dec-2005

The Code of the Woosters

  1. The Silver Cow Creamer

  2. The Small Leather-Covered Notebook

  3. The Plot Thickens

  4. Spode’s Fangs are Drawn

  5. Strange Behaviour of a Curate

  6. The Course of True Love

  7. A Wrongful Arrest

Richard Briers, Michael Hordern, Patrick Cargill, Vivian Pickles,
James Villiers, William Slade, Lex Garner, Bridget Armstrong,
Miriam Margoyles, Douglas Blackwell, Tony McEwer,
Bridget Armstrong
Adapted by Chris Miller
Produced by David Hatch

26:58, 25296, S
26:30, 24846, S
26:54, 25230, S
26:56, 25258, S
26:42, 25038, S
26:49, 25146, S
26:55, 25238, S

R4:
09-Apr-2006
16-Apr-2006

The Code of the Woosters

Marcus Brigstocke, Andrew Sachs, Carolyn Pickles,
Flaminia Cinque, Jon Glover, Jack Klaff, Jeremy Swift,
Tracy Wiles, Kim Wall, Anthony Glennon
dramatised by Judith French
Original music by David Pickvance
Producer/director Jonquil Panting

56:20, 52814, S
56:35, 53048, S

R4:
19-Sep-2008 to
10-Oct-2008

Psmith in the City

  1. First Steps in a Business Career

  2. The Haunting of Mr Bickersdyke

  3. Stirring Times with Comrade Waller

  4. Psmith Arranges His Future

Simon Williams, Nick Caldecott, Inam Mirza, Stephen
Critchlow, Chris Pavlo, Jonathan Tafler, Robert Lonsdale,
Dan Starkey, Ryan Watson, Jonathan Tafler, Jill Cardo

dramatised by Marcy Kahan
music by Clive Swift
directed by Abigail Lafite

28:07, 26375, S
28:07, 26363, S
28:00, 26260, S
 27:54, 26164, S

Broadcasts:
06-Feb-2005 to

Without the Option

Read by Alex Jennings
Produced by Catherine Beacon

28:27, 26686, S
27:13, 25518, S

08-Aug-2005
to
12-Aug-2005

The Reggie Pepper Stories

  1. Absent Treatment
  2. Lines and Business
  3. Disentangling Old Percy
  4. The Test Case
  5. Concealed Art

Read by Martin Jarvis
Directed by Rosalind Ayres

13:48, 6470, m
13:54, 6520, m
14:04, 6595, m
13:52, 6508, m
13:59, 6559, m

24-Dec-2007

Fixing It for Freddie

read by Martin Jarvis
Directed by Rosalind Ayres

27:21, 25652, S

31-Dec-2007

Bertie Changes His Mind

read by Martin Jarvis
Directed by Rosalind Ayres

27:54, 26168, S

21-May-2009

Providence and the Butler

read by Martin Jarvis
Directed by Rosalind Ayres

13:56, 13070, S
29-Dec-2009

Jeeves and the Yuletide Sprit

Read by Julian Rhind Tutt.
Abridged by Richard Hamilton Jones
produced by Justine Willett

 13:57, 13080, S
04-Jul-2010
11-Jul-2010

Summer Lightning

Charles Dance, Patricia Hodge, Tim Pigott-Smith, Matt Lucas,
Martin Jarvis, Samuel West, Lisa Dillon, Matthew Wolf,
Rachael Stirling, Jared Harris, Michael Jayston, David Weston,
Jon Glover, Anna Moore, Ian Ogilvy, Joanna David
Dramatised by Archie Scottney
Director: Martin Jarvis
Producer: Rosalind Ayres

 56:56, 53389, S
57:09, 53587, S
20-Dec-2010
27-Dec-2010

Jeeves in Manhattan

  1. The Artistic Career of Corky
  2. Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest

Martin Jarvis
Producer/Director: Pete Atkin

27:47, 26051, S
27:57, 26207, S
22-Apr-2012
29-Apr-2012

Uncle Fred in the Springtime

Alfred Molina, Patricia Hodge, Christopher Neame, Jared Harris,
Rufus Sewell, Lloyd Owen, Julian Holloway, Sophie Winkleman,
Martin Jarvis, Ian Ogilvy, Simon Templeman, Matthew Wolf,
Kenneth Danziger, Moira Quirk, Darren Richardson, Mark Holden
Dramatised by Archie Scottney
Director: Martin Jarvis
Producer: Rosalind Ayres

 56:40, 53012, S
56:32, 52898, S

Documentaries, Biographies, Etc.

Date

Title

Cast

Parameters

R7:
24-Jul-2005

The Wodehouse Letters

Read by Simon Caddell
Produced by Sue Roberts

28:07, 26376, S
27:57, 26206, S
27:52, 26138, S

Broadcast R7
30-Aug-2004
to
03-Sep-2004

Wodehouse, A Life

Read by Robert Daws
Additional Readings by Stephen Campbell Moore
Abridged by Paul Kent
Produced by Jill Waters

14:07, 13243, S
13:43, 12873, S
14:03, 13182, S
14:12, 13322, S
14:09, 13277, S

26-Aug-2004

Front Row – Wodehouse, A Life

Robert McCrum
Interviewed by Mark Lawson
Produced by Robin Reid

29:17, 27465, S

02-Sep-2008

Musical Comedy Was My Dish

Ben Elton
Caroline Hughes

27:57, 26208, S