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- From: efosbroo@axion.bt.co.uk (Elisabeth Fosbrooke)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.wodehouse
- Subject: Re: Older Wodehouse for Television
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.134553@axion.bt.co.uk>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 13:45:53 GMT
- References: <1083@quirm.terminus.ericsson.se> <C17M8M.3BC@syscen.com>
- Sender: news@axion.bt.co.uk
- Reply-To: efosbroo@axion.bt.co.uk (Elisabeth Fosbrooke)
- Organization: British Telecom Research Labs
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- In article <C17M8M.3BC@syscen.com>, reidc@syscen.com (Reid Carson/Development) writes:
- |> In article 1083@quirm.terminus.ericsson.se, andy@terminus.ericsson.se (Andy Davies) writes:
- |> > In article 3196@tymix.Tymnet.COM, filfeit@rael.Tymnet.COM (Fil Feit) writes:
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- |> This would be the series called "Wodehouse Playhouse", based on many of
- |> the Master's short stories, including, though not limited to, the Mulliner
- |> stories, which were told (in the stories) by Mr. Mulliner in the Angler's
- |> Rest about his many relatives.
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- |> They starred John Alderton and Pauline Collins, though I believe the last
- |> batch only had Alderton - I have a vague recollection that they got divorced
- |> around this time. The first stories were introduced by P. G. himself.
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- Divorced?? But they're still together!
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- |> If there are any Wodehouse fans who haven't seen the series (I've seen
- |> them all several times) I highly recommend them. All are at least
- |> entertaining, and several are quite hilarious. (Of course, I'm a big
- |> fan of Collins and Alderton.)
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- And still working!
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- The Fry and Laurie series(pl) aren't strictly genuine Wodehouse, but based on Jeeves and Wooster stories, in a sort of mix-and-match-and-add-a-bit.
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- I liked Ian Carmichael. And Dennis Price, of course.
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- Elisabeth
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