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The Best Episodes of Jeeves and Wooster Season 1

Every episode of Jeeves and Wooster Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Jeeves and Wooster Season 1!

Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy-drama series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves" stories. It aired on the ITV network from 1990 to 1993, starring Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, a young gentleman with a "distinctive blend of airy nonchalance and refined gormlessness", and Stephen Fry as Jeeves, his improbably well-informed and talented valet. Wooster is a bachelor, a minor aristocrat and member of the idle rich. He and his friends, who are mainly members of The Drones Club, are extricated from all manner of societal misadventures by the indispensable valet, Jeeves. The stories are set in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1930s.

Genre:Comedy
Network:ITV1

Season 1 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Jeeves and Wooster" season 1 is "Jeeves Takes Charge", rated 8.1/10 from 464 user votes. It was directed by Robert Young and written by Clive Exton. "Jeeves Takes Charge" aired on 4/22/1990 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Tuppy and the Terrier".

  • Jeeves Takes Charge
    8.1/10 464 votes

    #1 - Jeeves Takes Charge

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/22/1990

    Aunt Agatha wants Bertie to marry Honoria Glossop so that she will mold his character and infuse much needed strong blood in the Wooster line. But old chum Bingo Little is in love with her, so Bertie hatches a scheme to set things straight. Luckily, Jeeves has arrived to save Bertie from his own schemes (and hangovers).

    Director: Robert Young

    Writer: Clive Exton

  • Tuppy and the Terrier
    8.0/10 364 votes

    #2 - Tuppy and the Terrier

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/29/1990

    After a round of golf with Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps, Bertie find trouble in the form of Bobbie Wickham, first involving hot-water bottle piercing, then by giving away Aunt Agatha's dog to a broadway producer. Meanwhile Tuppy's become infatuated with an Opera singer and Jeeves hatches a plan involving a little concert in which Bertie must sing.

    Director: Robert Young

    Writer: Clive Exton

  • The Purity of the Turf
    8.1/10 331 votes

    #3 - The Purity of the Turf

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/6/1990

    Uncle George has become engaged to a young waitress and Aunt Agatha wants Bertie to offer her a hundred pounds to end the scandalous engagement, but Jeeves has other plans. Then it's off to Twing Hall where Lady Wickhammersley has banned gambling due to an unfortunately incident in which Lord Wickhammersley lost the East Wing with a bad hand. So Bertie, Bingo, and Jeeves start gambling on events in the village fair, such as the Boys and Girls Mixed Animal Potato Race and the Mothers Sack Race.

    Director: Robert Young

    Writer: Clive Exton

  • The Hunger Strike
    8.0/10 303 votes

    #4 - The Hunger Strike

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/13/1990

    Part 1 of 2. Brought to Brinkley Court by Aunt Dahlia to give prizes at the Market Snodsbury Grammar School, Bertie comes up with a scheme to both help Gussie Fink-Nottle's new romance with Madeline Basset as well as get himself out of the prize-giving.

    Director: Robert Young

    Writer: Clive Exton

  • Brinkley Manor
    8.2/10 303 votes

    #5 - Brinkley Manor

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/20/1990

    Part 2 of 2. To get Gussie to propose to Madeline Jeeves slips a little something into his orange juice before he presents prizes at the grammar school. Unfortunately, so does Bertie. Things go downhill from there when Bertie rings the fire bell.

    Director: Robert Young

    Writer: Clive Exton