| Description |
6 videodiscs (approximately 600 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Pauline Collins, John Alderton. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on BBC television in 1975, 1976 and 1978. |
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Based on the stories by P.G. Wodehouse, adapted by David Climie. |
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The complete collection contains all three series, 20 episodes, in one set. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Series of dramatizations of some of P.G. Wodehouse's comic short stories - in which P.G. Wodehouse, himself, introduced some of the early episodes - that feature an assortment of Wodehouse's Drones Clubbers, golfers, and Mulliner clan in a collection of 1920s high society farces. Husband-and-wife team Alderton and Collins shared top billing in the first two series, supported by excellent guest casts, with Alderton and guests soldiering on alone for the final run of seven episodes. |
| Contents |
Disc 1 ; series 1: The truth about George -- Romance at Droitgate Spa -- Portrait of a disciplinarian -- Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court -- Disc 2 ; series 1: The rise of Minna Nordstrom -- Rodney fails to qualify -- Voice from the past -- Disc 1 ; series 2: Anselm gets his chance -- Mr. Potter takes a rest cure -- Strychine in the soup -- Disc 2 ; series 2: Feet of clay -- Nodder -- Code of the Mulliners -- Disc 1 ; series 3: The smile that wins -- Trouble down at Tudsleigh -- Tangled hearts -- Luck of the Stiffhams -- Disc 2 ; series 3: The editor regrets -- Big Business -- Mulliner's buck-u-uppo. |
| Note |
Special features: P.G. Wodehouse biography, cast filmographies, and full-color insert with background notes about the stories and characters. |
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GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Upper class -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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English wit and humor -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Television comedies -- Great Britain.
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| Added Author |
Askey, David.
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Gwenlan, Gareth.
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Collins, Pauline, 1940-
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Alderton, John, 1940-
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Climie, David.
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Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975.
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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Acorn Media (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Wodehouse playhouse (Television program)
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| ISBN |
1569387222 |
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9781569387221 |
| Standard No. |
054961722297 |
| Music No. |
AMP-7222 Acorn Media |
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