| Jeeves and Wooster | |
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| Based on | Jeeves stories by P. G. Wodehouse |
| Screenplay by | Clive Exton |
| Starring | Hugh Laurie Stephen Fry |
| Composer | Anne Dudley |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 23 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Sally Head |
| Producer | Brian Eastman |
| Running time | 50 minutes[1] |
| Production companies | Picture Partnership Productions[1] Granada Television[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 22 April 1990[1] – 20 June 1993[1] |
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Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy-drama television series adapted by Clive Exton from P. G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves" stories. It aired on the ITV network from 22 April 1990 to 20 June 1993, with the last series nominated for a British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series. Set in the UK and the US in an unspecified period between the late 1920s and the 1930s, the series starred Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, an affable young gentleman and member of the idle rich, and Stephen Fry as Jeeves, his highly intelligent and competent valet. Bertie and his friends, who are mainly members of the Drones Club, are extricated from all manner of societal misadventures by the indispensable Jeeves.
When Fry and Laurie began the series, they were already a popular comedic double act for their regular appearances on Channel 4's Saturday Live and their own show A Bit of Fry & Laurie (BBC, 1987–95).[1]
In the television documentary Fry and Laurie Reunited (2010), the actors, reminiscing about their involvement in the series, revealed that they were initially reluctant to play the parts of Jeeves and Wooster, but eventually decided to do so because the series was going to be made with or without them, and they felt no one else would do the parts justice.[2]
The series was a collaboration between Brian Eastman of Picture Partnership Productions and Granada Television.
- ^ a b c d e f Jeeves and Wooster at the BFI's Screenonline
- ^ Laurie also addressed that issue in an article he wrote about Wodehouse's impact on his life "Hugh Laurie: Wodehouse Saved my Life". The Daily Telegraph. 25 May 1999. Retrieved 7 February 2018.