The World of Wodehouse

The World of Wodehouse
Country of origin	England
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	13
Distributor	BBC Television
Release
Original network	BBC1
Original release	24 February 1967 – 26 August 1968
Chronology
Preceded by	The World of Wooster
Related shows	Wodehouse Playhouse

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 (Blandings Castle, 6 episodes) and 1968 (Ukridge, 7 episodes). Apart from one or more extracts from a solitary episode of Blandings Castle ("Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend") broadcast in February 1967^[1] all episodes of both series are lost.^[2] (See Wiping.)

Cast members

Blandings Castle

(24 February 1967 – 31 March 1967)
The cast included:^[3]

• Sir Ralph Richardson - as Lord Emsworth
• Meriel Forbes - as Lady Constance Keeble
• Stanley Holloway - as Beach (the Butler)
• Jack Radcliffe - as the Gardener
• Derek Nimmo - as Freddie Threepwood

Ukridge

(15 July 1968 – 26 August 1968)
The cast included:^[4]

• Anton Rogers - as Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge
• Julian Holloway - as Corky

References

1. The World of Wodehouse: Series 1: Blanding's Castle, lostshows.com.
2. See also The World of Wodehouse: Series 2: Ukridge, lostshows.com
3. Blandings Castle at the Internet Movie Database
4. Ukrige at the Internet Movie Database