Wodehouse Playhouse | |
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Genre |
Comedy Romance |
Written by |
P.G. Wodehouse David Climie |
Starring |
John Alderton Pauline Collins |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 3 + pilot |
No. of episodes | 21 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Location(s) | England, United Kingdom |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | BBC2 |
Original release | 9 July 1974 – 12 December 1978 |
Wodehouse Playhouse is a British television comedy series based on the short stories of P. G. Wodehouse. From 1974 to 1978, a pilot and three series were made, with 21 half-hour episodes altogether in the entire series.
P. G. Wodehouse introduced the episodes in the first and second series, shortly before his death.
With the exception of the pilot, John Alderton featured in all episodes, and his wife Pauline Collins was in all of the episodes in the first and second series. Geraldine Newman was featured in the first series. Sally Thomsett and Liza Goddard were among the actresses who were featured during the third series.
As each episode is a stand-alone adaptation of a different short story, Alderton and Collins play different parts in each show in which they appear. While they are often romantically linked, there are several episodes where they pair up with a different character. Most stories are culled from the "Mulliner" stories, the "Golf" stories and the stories that revolve around the Drones Club.