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.
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Air Date: 1965-05-30
Bobbie Wickham needs to impress a rich American named Blumenfeld, and Wooster is reluctantly drawn into her schemes.
Air Date: 1965-06-06
Wooster's pal Biffy yearns for a quiet life in the countryside, but his aunt Isabel, upon whom he depends for money, ...
Air Date: 1965-06-13
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Air Date: 1965-06-20
Ordered by his aunt Dahlia to break up Tuppy Glossop's romance with operatic diva Cora Bellinger, Wooster finds himse...
Air Date: 1965-06-27
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Air Date: 1965-07-04
'Sippy' Sipperley edits a fashionable magazine for bright young things, and he has a big problem — his former headmas...