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Based on P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories, The World of Wooster, broadcast on BBC One from 1965 to 1967, followed the farcical adventures of young upper-class twit Bertie Wooster and his invaluable manservant Jeeves. It starred Ian Carmichael as Wooster and Dennis Price as Jeeves. Wodehouse initially felt that Carmichael would be fine as Wooster, but later believed that Carmichael overacted; however, Wodehouse was satisfied enough with to later ask Carmichael to portray Bertie or Jeeves in a musical comedy. Carmichael declined, feeling too old to play Bertie again and that public perception prevented him from playing Jeeves. Wodehouse was far more positive about Price's Jeeves, stating that Price was the best Jeeves he had ever seen. Like many other series of the time, much of the episodes were wiped, leaving all but two now lost. In 2018, it was included at #51 in a list of the top 100 most wanted missing television programmes by TV archivist organisation Kaleidoscope.
1966
Wooster's nephews, Claude and Eustace, foist themselves upon his hospitality, and cause no end of trouble.
To the horror of Aunt Dahlia, Wooster becomes enamored with an eccentric artist.
Wooster is fond of Uncle George, but the old boy will keep on making what Aunt Agatha calls 'unsuitable alliances'. It falls to Wooster to break up the latest of these.
1967
Jas. Waterbury is definitely, as Wooster says, a 'greasy bird'. What nefarious scheme is he up to?
Aunt Agatha has the idea that Wooster would make an ideal private secretary for her politician friend Mr Filmer.
Aunt Dahlia's chef Anatole is the envy of her friends and acquaintances. However, she's entered into a wager that places her in danger of losing the lovely Anatole for a while. Obviously, she doesn't want this to happen and seeks Wooster – or more specifically Jeeves – for help.
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1965
Bobbie Wickham needs to impress a rich American named Blumenfeld, and Wooster is reluctantly drawn into her schemes.
Wooster's pal Biffy yearns for a quiet life in the countryside, but his aunt Isabel, upon whom he depends for money, has got it into her head that he's leading the high life among the bright young things in London. Can Jeeves help?
Ordered by his aunt Dahlia to break up Tuppy Glossop's romance with operatic diva Cora Bellinger, Wooster finds himself called upon to sing at a charity concert.
'Sippy' Sipperley edits a fashionable magazine for bright young things, and he has a big problem — his former headmaster keeps submitting articles, and he's still too frightened of him to turn them down.
Ian Carmichael
Bertie Wooster
Dennis Price
Jeeves
