“Jeeves and the Dog McIntosh”
(original transmission date: 30/5/1965)
“Jeeves and the Dog McIntosh” is the opening episode of the first series of The World of Wooster and was adapted by Michael Mills. It was one of two episodes to be shown to Wodehouse in his Long Island home by Frank Muir shortly after broadcast. It is considered lost.
Synopsis
“Ian Carmichael's performance was rich in comic business, with his monocle, his stick, his eyes; shaving, combing his lank locks to transform last night's wreck into today's man-about-town. Dennis Price was the imperturbable and ingenious Jeeves to the perfectly raised eyebrow. Tracy Reed managed to be charming and scheming at the same time. Peter Stephens was a caricature American, and Addison Fordyce epitomized with one line the poisonous child.”
An adaptation of “Episode of the Dog McIntosh”, with opening segment from “Jeeves Takes Charge”. Jeeves enters Bertie's service after dispensing one of his hangover cures. The main plot concerns Bertie's friend, Bobbie Wickham, giving away his aunt's dog to an American impresario in a bid to have him buy her mother's play.
Cast
Bertie Wooster: Ian Carmichael
Jeeves: Dennis Price
Bobbie Wickham: Tracy Reed
Mr. Blumenfeld: Peter Stephens
Master Blumenfeld: Addison Fordyce
Also starring: Barbara French, Peter Purves, Dickie Martyn
Broadcasts
First broadcast
Sun 30th May 1965, 21:50 (BBC One London)1
Repeated
Thu 26th Aug 1965, 20:45 (BBC One London)2
Sun 2nd Apr 1967, 22:45 (BBC Two England)3
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