Product Details

• Actors: John Alderton, Pauline Collins, Timothy Carlton, Margaret Courtenay, Alan MacNaughton
• Producers: Michael Mills
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Acorn Media
• DVD Release Date: August 12, 2003
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00009WNVM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #171,779 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Wodehouse Playhouse, Series 2" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

The comic stories of P.G. Wodehouse
Jeeves and Wooster are but two in a universe of characters created by the famously prolific Wodehouse, the very soul of dry English wit. This legendary BBC series brings to life many of his other characters, including several members of the eccentric Mulliner clan. Comic virtuosos John Alderton and Pauline Collins (Upstairs, Downstairs; No, Honestly) star in these six hilarious stories, playing different characters in each episode. "An engaging tribute to the master of polished, joyous foolishness" —The Guardian (UK).

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE
P.G. Wodehouse biography, cast filmographies and full-color insert with background notes about the stories and characters
The Stories
Anselm Gets His Chance
Mr. Potter Takes a Rest Cure
Strychnine in the Soup
Feet of Clay
The Nodder
The Code of the Mulliners

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars very, very, very , very, very, very, dry English humor, March 16, 2007

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it (Sunnyvale, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wodehouse Playhouse, Series 2 (DVD)

These programs are unique. Unless you like reading Punch magazine you may not like them. Even if you liked Jeeves and Wooster you may not like these. They are very subtle satires of aspects of English culture that many people do not understand.

On another note, the two main acting people play the main parts in all of the programs. This may or may not have been the best casting decision.

Finally, this presentation has the very insulting feature of canned laughter injected here and there. I would like the BBC and ITC to send the people who are responsible for this into being desert hermit monks

7 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Code of the Mulliners, August 27, 2003

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clydehill "clyde" (Bellevue, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wodehouse Playhouse, Series 2 (DVD)

I have not reviewed the DVD; however, I watched the Code of the Mulliners so many times on PBS in the 70s that I had the dialog pretty well memorized. Cecil Mulliner's mother was going mad. Since we all know that madness is hereditary, Cecil had to get disengaged from the girl he loved but breaking an engagement is against the Code of the Mulliners. However, there were some quite brilliant chaps at the Drones Club to advise him. The solution was to employ a melodrama queen past her prime(Collins) to break things up. At a Savoy luncheon with his mother and fiance, Collins confronted him: "You swine!"...He: "Waiter some wine"... Collins: "You have treated me shabbily"...He: " Waiter! Chablis". To everyone's utter surprise, all turns out right for everyone in the end. Do not miss it.