The Hunger Strike (Jeeves and Wooster)

"**The Hunger Strike**"
"The Hunger Strike"
Jeeves and Wooster episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 4
Directed by	Robert Young
Original air date	13 May 1990
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"The Hunger Strike" is the fourth episode of the first series of the 1990s British comedy television series Jeeves and Wooster. It is also called "How Does Gussie Woo Madeline?".^[1] It first aired in the UK on 13 May 1990 (1990-05-13) on ITV. The episode aired in the US on 2 December 1990 on Masterpiece Theatre.^[2]

Background

Adapted from the book Right Ho, Jeeves, by P. G. Wodehouse and dramatized by Clive Exton.^[2]

Cast

Bertie Wooster – Hugh Laurie
Jeeves – Stephen Fry
Aunt Dahlia – Brenda Bruce
Tom Travers – Ralph Michael
Angela Travers – Amanda Elwes
Gussie Fink-Nottle – Richard Garnett
Tuppy Glossop – Robert Daws
Madeline Bassett – Francesca Folan
Anatole – John Barrard
Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps – Adam Blackwood
Oofy Prosser – Richard Dixon
Drones Porter – Michael Ripper^[3]

Plot

Aunt Dahlia coerces Bertie into handing out the prizes at Market Snodsbury Grammar School by threatening to withhold the services of her master chef, Anatole, being the supremely skilled French chef of Aunt Dahlia at her country house Brinkley Court. Bertie tries to sort out Tuppy Glossop and Angela Travers's relationship, Gussie and Madeline's relationship, and an issue Aunt Dahlia has with her husband—all without the help of Jeeves. Bertie recommends that they make a hunger strike in order to provoke feelings of guilt in others and to go without dinner, but this backfires when the others remain completely oblivious and an offended Anatole gives notice.

Newt-fancier Gussie Fink-Nottle comes to Jeeves for advice about Madeline Bassett, with whom he is enamoured. Since she is staying at Brinkley Court with Aunt Dahlia, Bertie delegates Gussie to give the prizes.

References

^ "Jeeves and Wooster Series 1, Episode 4". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b Taves, Brian (2006). P.G. Wodehouse and Hollywood: Screenwriting, Satires and Adaptations. London: McFarland & Company. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-7864-2288-3.
^ "How Does Gussie Woo Madeline? (1990)". BFI. British Film Institute. 2019. Archived from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2019.

External links

"The Hunger Strike" at IMDb

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[1] "Jeeves and Wooster Series 1, Episode 4". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 31 March 2019.

[Taves-2] Taves, Brian (2006). P.G. Wodehouse and Hollywood: Screenwriting, Satires and Adaptations. London: McFarland & Company. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-7864-2288-3.

[3] "How Does Gussie Woo Madeline? (1990)". BFI. British Film Institute. 2019. Archived from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2019.

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