The World of Wodehouse

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The World of Wodehouse was a comedy television series, based on the Blandings Castle and Ukridge comedy stories by P. G. Wodehouse. The series, which followed The World of Wooster, was shown on BBC Television during 1967 and 1968. Apart from one or more extracts from a solitary episode of Blandings Castle broadcast in February 1967, all episodes of both series are lost.

Episodes

Blandings Castle

6 Episodes • Aired 1967

Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth, lord and master of Blandings Castle, wants nothing more than to talk to his prize pig and potter about in his gardens. Reality intrudes in the form of family duties and his strong-willed sisters.

30 min

Lord Emsworth and the Girlfriend

Feb 24, 1967

On the one day per year that Blandings Castle is open to the public, Lord Emsworth finds an unlikely ally in his struggles against his overbearing sister.

30 min

The Great Pumpkin Crisis

Mar 03, 1967

Bad blood between Lord Emsworth and his gardener McAllister comes to a head at exactly the wrong time.

30 min

Lord Emsworth and the Crime Wave at Blandings

Mar 10, 1967

Rupert Baxter is an efficient private secretary, almost frighteningly so, but will he prove an equal success as a private tutor?

30 min

Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best

Mar 17, 1967

Lord Emsworth is distraught: after 18 years, his butler Beach has resigned.

30 min

Pig Hoo-oo-ey!

Mar 24, 1967

Lord Emsworth seeks to master the difficult art of hog-calling.

30 min

Lord Emsworth and Company for Gertrude

Mar 31, 1967

Can Lord Emsworth find a boyfriend for his niece Gertrude?

Ukridge

7 Episodes • Aired 1968

Stanley Featherstonehaugh (pronounced "fan-shaw") Ukridge is a quick-witted idler who is always working on his next get-rich scheme. This may lead to him opening a dog-training school, insuring fiddles, rigging horse races, or just hitting up his hapless chum Corky.

30 min