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Tony Staveacre - Wodehouse in Hollywood

Writer PG Wodehouse is taken to 1930s Hollywood by a major movie studio. Is it a match made in heaven? Stars Tim McInnerny.

In 1930 MGM shipped PG Wodehouse out West and thrust $104,000 into his hand - in return for zilch. The stories and novels that Wodehouse created out of his Hollywood experience were his satiric riposte to those that had made a dishonest man out of him. Comedy combining Wodehouse's own writing with dramatised fictional scenes by Tony Staveacre.

PG Wodehouse......Tim McInnerny
Ethel Wodehouse.....Fenella Woolgar
Sam Marx......Rowe David McClelland
Dorothy......Fiona Clarke
Clarence......Declan Wilson
Thalberg/Bobby......Paul Ryder

Directed by Stefan Escreet.

45 minutes

Last on

Wed 15 Mar 2017 21:15

Broadcasts

  • Mon 15 Dec 2008 14:15
  • Tue 14 Dec 2010 14:15
  • Tue 17 Feb 2015 11:15
  • Tue 17 Feb 2015 21:15
  • Wed 18 Feb 2015 04:15
  • Wed 15 Mar 2017 11:15
  • Wed 15 Mar 2017 21:15

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