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''Wodehouse Playhouse'' is a British television comedy series based on the short stories of P. G. Wodehouse. From 1974 to 1978, three series and a pilot were made, with 21 half-hour episodes altogether in the entire series. == Series 1 == Episode Number 1 The Truth about George Original Air Date 23 April 1975 George Mulliner’s terrible stammer prevents him from proposing to his neighbour, Susan Blake. A London specialist advises George to speak to three total strangers each day, singing the words if necessary. This leads George into some embarrassing encounters with fellow train passengers, including ‘The Emperor of Abyssinia’, an escapee from a mental asylum. But his stammer does vanish and he declares his love to Susan. Episode Number 2 Romance at Droitgate Original Air Date 30 April 1975 Freddie Fitch-Fitch (Julian Holloway) wants to marry Annabelle Purvis (aka Princess Alura), assistant to conjuror Mortimer Rackstraw (aka The Great Boloni), but his uncle Sir Aylmer Bastable won’t release his trust fund. When Sir Aylmer, a hypochondriac, learns that Annabelle’s uncle Joe Boffin is also a famous hypochondriac and has even been written up in medical journals, he relents. Episode Number 3 Portrait of a Disciplinarian Original Air Date 7 May 1975 Reginald Mulliner is induced by his brother to take afternoon tea with his childhood nanny (Daphne Heard), now retired. But she has lost none of her ability to frighten him. However, she has also invited Jane Oliphant, his ex-fiancee. Locked together in a cupboard, they make up their differences. Episode Number 4 Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court Original Air Date 14 May 1975 Aubrey Bassinger, who writes ‘Pastels in Prose’ meets Charlotte Mulliner who writes ‘Vingettes in Verse’. They fall in love. They visit his ancestral home, Bludleigh Court, but Aubrey’s father (Ballard Berkeley) and the rest of the hunting-mad family cast a malevolent spell on the couple. They find themselves also turning into blood-thirsty hunters and can only recover by escaping to London and marrying. Episode Number 5 The rise of Minna Nordstrom Original Air Date 21 May 1975 In 1920’s Hollywood, everyone wants to get into films, including Vera Prebble, a parlour maid. She is fired in succession by producers Jacob Schnellenhammer (John Alderton), Isidor Q Fishbein (Sydney Tafler), and Ben Zizzbaum (Peter Jones). In revenge, she blackmails them by threatening to tell police that they are storing and drinking alcohol on their premises during Prohibition. They buy her off by making her a silent film star under the name of Minna Nordstrom. Episode Number 6 Rodney Fails to Qualify Original Air Date 28 May 1975 William Bates and Jill Packard, both avid golfers, have loved each other for years, but William’s too shy to propose. The Oldest Member at the golf club (William Mervyn) takes matters in hand, but then Jill falls for dreamy poetry-quoting Rodney Spelvin. Whilst Jill is playing in the Ladies Cup, he admits that he hates golf. She is so shocked that she and William finally get together. Episode Number 7 A Voice from the Past Original Air Date 4 June 1975 Muriel Branksome and Sacheverell Mulliner are engaged, but Mulliner can’t stand up to his fierce future father-in-law. He enrols in a correspondence course to gain Self-Confidence. Unfortunately, it works too well, turns him into an overpowering bully and the engagement is off. Mulliner tries to win Muriel back, but then meets his old Headmaster, now a bishop, who still frightens him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Wodehouse Playhouse episodes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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