Episode Guide (Series 2)
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1: "The Code Of The Woosters (1)" (14 Apr 91)
Aunt Dahlia tells Bertie to visit an antique dealer so that he can castdoubt on the authenticity of a silver cow creamer jug. She wants thedealer to reduce the price so that Uncle Tom can buy it more cheaply.Bertie makes a mess of things and Sir Watkyn Bassett buys the jug.
Aunt Dahlia wants Bertie to go to Totleigh Towers to steal the cowcreamer. Bertie also receives a telegram from Gussie to say that he andMadeleine have fallen out. Jeeves and Wooster set off for Totleigh Towers later that day.
Roderick Spode suspects that Bertie is afterthe cow creamer. He threatens to beat Bertie "to a jelly" ifanything happens to the item in question. Jeeves discovers a secretconcerning Roderick Spode, which Bertie is able to use to his advantage.
Madeline's cousin Stiffy wants to marry penniless curateHarold 'Stinker' Pinker. She tells Bertie that he must steal the cowcreamer so that Stinker can recover it and make a good impression withSir Watkyn. Bertie refuses to become involved.
Aunt Dahlia, tiring of Bertie's excuses for not stealing the cow creamer, visits Totleigh Towers and steals it herself.
Also appearing:
John Turner (Roderick Spode), John Woodnutt (Sir Watkyn Bassett), CharlotteAttenborough (Stiffy), Diana Blackburn (Madeline Bassett), RichardGarnett (Gussie Fink-Nottle), Simon Treves (Stinker Pinker), VivianPickles (Aunt Dahlia), Campbell Morrison (P.C. Oates), Martin Clunes(Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps), Harry Landis (Proprietor), Michael Ripper(Porter), Catherine Livesey (Housemaid), Alan Gilchrist (Constable),John Atkinson (President), Richard Bebb (Member), Neville Phillips (Member), Ian Price (Member)
Adapted from:
The Code Of The Woosters
2: "The Code Of The Woosters (2)" (21 Apr 91)
Gussie Fink-Nottle tries to overcome his fear of Sir Watkyn Bassett andRoderick Spode by writing down "scornful thoughts" about themin a notebook. Then he loses the notebook and Stiffy finds it. Sherefuses to return it unless Jeeves comes up with a way to make herguardian (Sir Watkyn) agree to her marrying Stinker.
Gussie goes to Stiffy's room to try to get his notebook back. Madeline catches him with Stiffy and jumps to the wromg conclusion. She breaks off her engagementand announces that she's going to marry Bertie instead.
Jeeves suggests that Bertie tells Sir Watkyn that he plans to marry Stiffy. Thelady in question would then tell her guardian that she would rathermarry Stinker. Sir Watkyn would be so relieved that he wasn't gettingBertie as a 'nephew-in-law' that he'd agree to Stiffy marrying Stinker.When Bertie puts the plan into operation, however, Sir Watkyn says thathe's delighted that Bertie wants to marry his niece rather than hisdaughter.
Stiffy shows Gussie's notebook to Roderick Spode, who goeslooking for Gussie. Bertie uses Spode's secret against him once again tosave Gussie from a beating. He recovers the notebook from Spode andreturns it to Gussie, who takes it to Madeline and explains why he wasin Stiffy's room. They are reconciled. Then Sir Watkyn finds some ofGussie's newts in his bath-tub and the wedding is 'off' again.
Stiffy talks Stinker into stealing the local policeman's helmet . She hides itin Bertie's room and then tells the constable where it is. Bertie isarrested and ends up in a cell in the local police station. Sir Watkyndecides that he doesn't want Bertie to marry Stiffy, so he agrees to lether marry Stinker. Jeeves blackmails Roderick Spode into saying that hestole the policeman's helmet. Bertie is released from custody.
Also appearing:
John Turner (Roderick Spode), John Woodnutt (Sir Watkyn Bassett), Diana Blackburn (Madeline Bassett), Charlotte Attenborough (Stiffy), Richard Garnett (Gussie Fink-Nottle), Campbell Morrison (P.C. Oates), Simon Treves (Stinker Pinker), Martin Clunes (Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps), Richard Dixon (Oofy Prosser), Michael Irwin (Footman)
Adapted from:
The Code Of The Woosters
3: "Pearls Mean Tears" (28 Apr 91)
Aunt Agatha is staying at a hotel in Westcombe-On-Sea. She sends Bertiea telegram, instructing him to join her. When he arrives, he discoversthat his Aunt has met a young lady named Aline Hemingway and has decidedthat she would be a 'suitable match' for Bertie.
Bertie quickly decides that Aline and her brother Sidney (a curate) are not the sort ofpeople he wants to spend much time with, so he does his best to avoidthem.
Sidney tells Bertie that he's foolishly given someone a chequefor 100 pounds without having enough money in his bank account to coverit. Bertie lends him the money to cover the cheque and is given a box ofpearls to keep as 'security' until the loan is repaid. Meanwhile, AuntAgatha has discovered that her pearls are missing.
Jeeves discoversthat Aline and Sidney are a couple of confidence tricksters. He unmasksthem, hands them over to the police and recovers Aunt Agatha's stolen pearls.
Biffy Biffen tells Bertie that he met a girl named Mabel on aliner to New York. He fell in love with her, proposed marriage and wasaccepted. He subsequently forgot her surname and the name of her hotel,so he lost touch with her.
Several days later, Bertie learns that Biffy has managed to become engaged to Honoria Glossop. Bertie rallies around in an attempt to help Biffy extricate himself, with little success. Then Jeeves suggests that Bertie takes Biffy and the Glossops to see a show called "Woof, Woof!". One of the performers inthe show is the 'missing' Mabel, so Biffy is reunited with his 'lost'love. Jeeves reveals that Mabel is, in fact, one of his nieces.
Also appearing:
Mary Wimbush (Aunt Agatha), Graham Seed (Sidney Hemingway), Rebecca Saire (Aline Hemingway), Philip Shelley (Biffy Bingham), Roger Brierley (Sir Roderick Glossop), Jane Downs(Lady Glossop), Liz Kettle (Honoria Glossop), Martin Clunes (BarmyFotheringay-Phipps), Richard Dixon (Oofy Prosser), John Duval(Freddie), Robert Aldous (Manager), Steph Bramwell (Thompson), PhillipReader (Superintendent), Christopher Whittingham (Sergeant), NatalieAbbott (Chambermaid), Jenny Whiffen (Mabel), Lucy Blair (Chorus Girl),Colette Forbes (Chorus Girl), Salli Randi (Chorus Girl), Joanna Riding (Chorus Girl)
Adapted from:
The Inimitable Jeeves
Chapter 3 : Aunt Agatha Speaks Her Mind
Chapter 4 : Pearls Mean Tears
Carry On, Jeeves
Chapter 6 : The Rummy Affair Of Old Biffy
4: "Thank You, Jeeves (1)" (5 May 91)
Bertie is trying to learn to play the trombone. The other tenants complain about the awful noise, so Bertie decides to move to the country. As a result, Jeeves hands in his notice.Bertie's old school pal Chuffy wants help to woo a wealthy American girl who used to be engaged to Bertie.
Also appearing:
Matthew Solon (Chuffy), Sharon Holm (Pauline), Manning Redwood (Stoker), Fred Evans (Brinkley), Fidelis Morgan (Myrtle), Edward Holmes (Seabury), James Holland (Dwight), Dave Atkins (Vaules), William Waghorn (Dobson), John Leavitt (Mangelhoffer), John Rutland (Henberry), Merelina Kendall (Miss Daly)
Adapted from:
Thank You, Jeeves
5: "Thank You, Jeeves (2)" (12 May 91)
Bertie bumps into Pauline Stoker, who's come to London to buy a weddingdress. She tells him that she's being followed by a mysterious strangerwith a ginger beard. She talks Bertie into acting as her bodyguard.
Also appearing:
Matthew Solon (Chuffy), Sharon Holm (Pauline), Manning Redwood (Stoker), Roger Brierley (Sir Roderick), Jane Downs (Lady Glossop), Fidelis Morgan (Myrtle), Edward Holmes (Seabury), James Holland (Dwight Stoker), Martin Clunes (Barmy), Richard Dixon (Oofy), Dave Atkins (Voules), William Waghorn (Constable Dobson), Cynthia Grenville (Aunt Hilda), Gordon Salkilld (Stationmaster), Raymond Young (Porter), Michael Ripper (Drones Porter), Marlene Sidaway (Pub Landlady), Colin Pinney (Butler)
Adapted from:
Thank You, Jeeves
6: "No Wedding Bells For Bingo" (19 May 91)
Bertie is bored. He decides that having a child would improve thequality of his life. He contemplates marriage to Bobbie Wickham. BingoLittle wants to marry a waitress, so he seeks Bertie's help to convincehis uncle that it would be a good idea.
Also appearing:
Robert Daws (Tuppy), Michael Siberry (Bingo), Niamh Cusak (Bobbie), Geoffrey Toone (Bittlesham), Hubert Rees (Sir Reginald), Sonia Graham (Lady Dalgleish), Catherine McQueen (Daisy), Janet Henfrey (Miss Mapleton), Charlotte Avery (Mabel), Hermione Eyre (Clementina), Marissa Dunlop (Margaret), Alex Leppard (Sergeant)
Adapted from:
Carry On, Jeeves
Chapter 10 : Bertie Changes His Mind
Very Good, Jeeves
Chapter 7 : Jeeves And The Kid Clementina
Chapter 11 : The Ordeal of Young Tuppy
The Inimitable Jeeves
Chapter 1 : Jeeves Exerts The Old Cerebellum
Chapter 2 : No Wedding Bells For Bingo