“Jeeves and the Indian Summer of an Uncle”
(original transmission date: 15/2/1966)
“Jeeves and the Indian Summer of an Uncle” is the final episode of the second series of The World of Wooster, and was adapted by Michael Pertwee.
It does not exist as a complete programme, but some footage is known to have been recovered. The BFI archive does not hold any recordings, partial or otherwise, but has a record for it1. One scene was shown on Wogan on Wodehouse, a 2011 BBC2 documentary on the life and work of P. G. Wodehouse, with another or more fragments known to exist2 3 4. A partial 16mm telerecording is held in the Kaleidoscope Archive.
1. BFI identifier #658421
2. “Indian Summer of an Uncle (surviving fragment) - Mrs Wilberforce (Beryl Reid) is a guest at Bertie's dinner. "Hello you old crook," she breezily greets Jeeves. Bertie's other companion is Lord 'Piggy' Yaxley, who turns out to be an old friend of the good lady. "Like deep calling to deep," they happily exchange details of their ailments just like "a sick parade"” (Source: 78rpm.co.uk)
3. “One or more sequences exist, but the complete programme is lost.” (Source: Kaleidoscope's Lost Television search engine)
4. missing-episodes.com
Synopsis
An adaptation of “Indian Summer of an Uncle”.
Cast
Bertie Wooster: Ian Carmichael
Jeeves: Dennis Price
Aunt Agatha: Fabia Drake
Uncle George: Max Adrian
Mrs. Wilberforce: Beryl Reid
Rhoda: Penny Morrell
Maid: Janina Faye
Street musician: Dickie Martyn
Broadcasts
First broadcast
Tue 15th Feb 1966, 19:30 (BBC One London)1
Repeated
Fri 9th Sep 1966, 19:30 (BBC One London)2
Sun 16th Jul 1967, 21:45 (BBC Two England)3
1. BBC Genome
2. BBC Genome
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Screencaps
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