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The Delayed Arrival
"The Delayed Arrival" is the fourth episode of the fourth series of the 1990s British comedy television series ''Jeeves and Wooster''. It is also called "Arrested in a Night Club". It first aired in the UK on on ITV. In the US, it was aired as the third episode of the third series of ''Jeeves and Wooster'' on ''Masterpiece Theatre'', on 24 October 1993. " Jeeves Saves the Cow-Creamer" aired as the fourth episode of the fourth series instead. Background Adapted from ''Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit''. Cast * Bertie Wooster – Hugh Laurie * Jeeves – Stephen Fry * Aunt Dahlia – Jean Heywood * Florence Craye – Francesca Folan * Stilton Cheesewright – Nicholas Palliser * Percy Gorringe – Walter James * Uncle Tom – Ralph Michael * Mrs Trotter – Sylvia Kay * Mr Trotter – John Rapley * Magistrate – Peter Howell * Mr Burwash – James Ottaway * Seppings – Ian Collier * Oofy Prosser – Richard Dixon * Police – Jon Croft, Peter Diamond, Jim Barclay Plot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeeves And Wooster
''Jeeves and Wooster'' is a British comedy-drama television series adapted by Clive Exton from P. G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves" stories. It aired on the ITV network from 22 April 1990 to 20 June 1993, with the last series nominated for a British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series. Set in the UK and the US in an unspecified period between the late 1920s and the 1930s, the series starred Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, an affable young gentleman and member of the idle rich, and Stephen Fry as Jeeves, his highly intelligent and competent valet. Bertie and his friends, who are mainly members of the Drones Club, are extricated from all manner of societal misadventures by the indispensable Jeeves. When Fry and Laurie began the series, they were already a popular comedic double act for their regular appearances on Channel 4's '' Saturday Live'' and their own show ''A Bit of Fry & Laurie'' (BBC, 1987–95). In the television documentary ''Fry and Laurie Reunited'' (2010), t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Jeeves Characters
The following is a list of recurring and notable fictional characters featured in the Jeeves novels and short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. Anatole Anatole is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves stories, being the supremely skilled French chef of Aunt Dahlia at her country house Brinkley Court. He is mentioned in many of the stories and is often praised as "God's gift to the gastric juices". A small, rotund man, Anatole has a large moustache; Bertie Wooster notes that the ends of Anatole's moustache turn up when he is happy and droop when he is upset. Originally from Provence, Anatole speaks English with a mixed fluency, having learned much of his English from Bingo Little and an American chauffeur from Brooklyn. Anatole previously worked for the Littles but entered Aunt Dahlia's employment in " Clustering Round Young Bingo". The only cook known to be able to make food that agrees with Tom Travers's digestion, he was relied on to such an extent that Tom Travers postp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Barclay (actor)
James Barclay (born 1965) is a British fantasy author. James or Jim Barclay may also refer to: * James Barclay, eighteenth century English banker, namesake of Barclays Bank * James A. Barclay (1923–2011), Scottish Canadian oil industry scientist and executive, golfer, and golf historian * James William Barclay (1832–1907), Scottish businessman * Colonel James Barclay, a fictional character in "The Adventure of the Crooked Man", a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle * James Turner Barclay, American missionary and explorer of Palestine * James Barclay (priest) (died 1750), Canon of Windsor * James Lent Barclay (1848–1925), American member of New York society during the Gilded Age * James Barclay (minister), minister of the Church of Scotland and footballer * Jim Barclay (politician) James Gillespie Barclay (24 June 1882 – 5 October 1972) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Biography Early life Barclay was born in Pigeon Bay on Banks P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Diamond (actor)
Peter Diamond (10 August 1929 – 27 March 2004) was an English actor who had trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and is remembered as a stuntman on television or film. His appearances total over 1,000 credits in the industry as a stuntman, co-ordinator or fight arranger. He appeared as the Tusken Raider who attacked Luke Skywalker in '' Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope''. He also contributed to the sequels ''The Empire Strikes Back'' and ''Return of the Jedi''. His film credits include several ''Carry On'' films, ''Never Let Go'', '' From Russia with Love'', '' Dracula: Prince of Darkness'', '' An American Werewolf in London'', '' Raiders of the Lost Ark'', and '' Highlander''. Diamond's numerous television credits include ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'', ''The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel'', ''The Adventures of William Tell'', ''Sword of Freedom'', '' The Saint'', '' The Avengers'', ''Paul Temple'', ''Last of the Summer Wine'', '' Heartbeat'', '' London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Croft
Jon is a shortened form of the common given name Jonathan, derived from "YHWH has given", and an alternate spelling of John, derived from "YHWH has pardoned". Behind the Name. Retrieved on 2013-09-06. The name is spelled in and on the . In the Nordic countries, it is derived from |
Richard Dixon (actor)
Richard or Ricky Dixon may refer to: Law and politics * Richard Dixon (communist) (1905–1976), Australian communist leader * Richard N. Dixon (1938–2012), American politician in Maryland * Richard Clay Dixon (born 1942), American politician in Ohio Sports * Richard Dixon (sailor) (1865–1949), British sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics * Ricky Dixon (born 1969), Nicaraguan judoka * Richard Dixon (footballer, born 1990), Jamaican-American footballer * Richard Dixon (footballer, born 1992), Panamanian footballer Others * Richard Dixon (bishop) (fl. 1570s), Bishop of Cork and Cloyne * Richard Watson Dixon (1833–1900), English poet and divine * Richard Dixon (chemist) (1930–2021), British chemist * Richard Frederick Dixon (born 1940), American criminal hijacker and murderer * Richard Dixon (translator) Richard Dixon is an English translator of Italian literature. He translated the last works of Umberto Eco, including his novels '' The Prague Cemetery'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oofy Prosser
The following is an incomplete list of fictional characters featured in the books and stories of P. G. Wodehouse, by series, in alphabetical order by series name. Due to overlap between the various classifications of Wodehouse's work, some characters appear more than once. Blandings Castle Threepwood family * Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth Emsworth's siblings and their families * The Hon. Galahad Threepwood, Emsworth's unmarried younger brother * ''The Hon. Lancelot Threepwood'', Emsworth's deceased brother ** Millicent Threepwood, his daughter * Lady Ann Warblington, Emsworth's sister, sometime châtelaine at Blandings * ''Jane'', deceased sister of Emsworth ** Angela, daughter of Jane, Emsworth's niece *Lady Constance Keeble, later Schoonmaker, Emsworth's bossiest sister ** Joseph Keeble, her first husband, Phyllis Jackson's stepfather. *** Phyllis Jackson, Joe Keeble's stepdaughter **** Michael "Mike" Jackson, her husband, an old friend of Psmith ** James Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Collier
Ian Gordon Arthur Collier (25 January 1943 – 1 October 2008) was a British actor. He appeared on stage in Tony Richardson's production of "Hamlet" in 1969 at London's Roundhouse, and at the Lunt-Fontanne theater in New York City. Other repetory work includes appearances in Barrow-in-Furness and Liverpool, as well as the Royal Shakespeare Company. He also appeared in various television programmes including ''Rentaghost'', ''Hi-de-Hi!'' and ''Howards' Way'' as well as in the '' Doctor Who'' serial ''The Time Monster''. He portrayed the villain Omega in the Fifth Doctor serial ''Arc of Infinity'' and later in the Big Finish Productions audio drama ''Omega''. He played Bernice Summerfield's father, Isaac Summerfield, in ''Death and the Daleks'', and he guest starred in the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio drama ''Excelis Decays''. Among his other television appearances was a guest part in an episode of ''Are You Being Served?'' in 1985. His film credits included role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ottaway
William Cecil James Ottaway (25 July 1908 – 16 June 1999) was a British film, television and stage actor whose career spanned seven decades. in '''' - 7 July 1999 Family background Born in 1908 in in Surrey, Ottaway was the son of William Henry Ottaway, an enthusiastic amateur actor with the St Pancras People's Theatre and the Superintendent of the School of Handicrafts for Poor Boys in Chertsey, and his wife Mary Ellen, the School's Matron. Their oldest son was Andrew Kenneth Cosway Ottaway (1905-1980), a lecturer in Education at th ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Howell (actor)
Peter Norman Bulmer Howell (25 October 1919 – 20 April 2015) was an English actor. Born in London, he was educated at Winchester College and began studying law at Christ Church, Oxford, but left in 1939 after being called up for military service in World War II. He served as a second-lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade, but was invalided out with dysentery during the North Africa Campaign in 1943. Shortly after, he made his professional stage debut with the Old Vic company. His West End plays included '' The Affair'', '' The Doctor's Dilemma'', ''Little Boxes'', and ''Conduct Unbecoming''. Howell's most recognised role was as Dr. Peter Harrison in television hospital drama series ''Emergency – Ward 10'' from 1958 to 1964, making brief returns to the series in 1966 and for the show's final episode in 1967. He made guest appearances in '' The Avengers'', ''The Prisoner'', Bill Brand, the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Mutants'' and ''Yes Minister''. He played the prison governor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rapley
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Kay
Sylvia Margaret Kay (16 May 1936 – 18 January 2019) was an English character actress who had many roles in British television programmes, most notably as Daphne Warrender in the BBC sitcom ''Just Good Friends''. Early life She attended Roundhay High School for Girls in Leeds. Career Kay appeared in films such as ''That Kind of Girl'' (1963), ''Rapture'' (1965), ''Wake in Fright'' (1971) (directed by her then-husband Ted Kotcheff), and ''Coming Out of the Ice'' (1982). She also appeared in the television dramas The Avengers (1968)'', Dalziel and Pascoe'', '' Shelley'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Dead of Night'', ''Minder'', ''Jeeves and Wooster'', ''Just Good Friends'', ''The Professionals'' and an episode of Public Eye (1968). As landlady Dorothy Lawson, she appeared in 29 episodes of the first series of ''Rooms'' (1974–77). Personal life Sylvia was married twice. In 1962 she married the Canadian director, Ted Kotcheff with whom she had three children, Aaron, Katrina and Joshua. Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |