⋅ Resources ⋅
An assortment of miscellaneous reference material
Related media
- Wogan on Wodehouse (BBC Two, 2011)
- A Terry Wogan documentary on Wodehouse, featuring clips from The World of Wooster. (genome listing)
- In Their Own Words: British Novelists (BBC Four, 2010)
- A documentary on the 20th-century British novel, with a Wodehouse segment featuring clips from The World of Wooster. (genome listing / youtube link)
- Jeeves in the Offing (Chivers Audio Books, 1990)
- An audiobook version of the novel, read by Ian Carmichael. First published 1990 on tape, rereleased by the BBC on CD in 2009 [ISBN 9781408443354]. Carmichael does a splendid job of the narration, indulging in his mid-60s interpretation of Bertie. (youtube link)
- Plum (BBC Two, 1989)
- An hour-long documentary about Wodehouse's life and works, featuring clips from The World of Wooster. (genome listing / youtube link)
- Wodehouse on Broadway (BBC Radio 2, 1975)
- A radio programme about Wodehouse's musical career, presented by Ian Carmichael (genome listing / youtube link)
- A Conversation between P. G. Wodehouse and Malcolm Muggeridge (BBC One, 1964)
- Muggeridge interviews Wodehouse on his career and the changing world around him, rebroadcast in 1965 after the opening episode of The World of Wooster. (genome listing)
- The World of Books (BBC Home Service, 1963)
- Alistair Cooke talks to Wodehouse about his work. (genome listing / youtube link)
- An Act of Homage and Reparation (BBC Home Service, 1961)
- Evelyn Waugh's address in praise of Wodehouse, published the following day in The Sunday Times. (genome listing / read online)
- Monitor (BBC Television, 1958)
- A television interview with Wodehouse filmed at his home in New York (genome listing / clip on youtube)
Further Reading
Will the Real Ian Carmichael: An Autobiography, Ian Carmichael, 1980.
This Charming Man: The Life of Ian Carmichael, Robert Fairclough, 2011.
P. G. Wodehouse and Hollywood: Screenwriting, Satires, and Adaptations, Brian Taves, 2006.
Wooster Proposes, Jeeves Disposes or Le Mot Juste, Kristin Thompson, 1992.
Missing Believed Wiped: Searching for the Lost Treasures of British Televison, Dick Fiddy, 2001.
Missing Believed Wiped: The Top 100 Lost TV Shows, Ray Langstone, 2018.
Other pages about The World of Wooster
The World of Wooster at the BBC Genome
The World of Wooster on Wikipedia
The World of Wooster at IMDB
The World of Wooster at the BFI's Screenonline
The World of Wooster at Kaleidoscope's Lost Television database
Related links
- Wodeaptations
- A comprehensive list of various P. G. Wodehouse adaptations
- Madame Eulalie's Rare Plums
- Contains all P. G. Wodehouse material available in the public domain in the United States, as well as extensive annotations for his major works, and much more. An essential resource.
- The P. G. Wodehouse Society
- The British Wodehouse Society's website
- The Wodehouse Society
- The American Wodehouse Society's website
- The Russian Wodehouse Society
- The Russian Wodehouse Society's website