"Safety in New York" is the first episode of the third series of the 1990s British comedy television series ''

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 ...

''. It is also called "Bertie Sets Sail". It first aired in the UK on on

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. In the US, "Safety in New York" was one of five episodes that were not aired as part of the original broadcast of ''Jeeves and Wooster'' on ''

Masterpiece Theatre ''Masterpiece'' (formerly known as ''Masterpiece Theatre'') is a drama anthology television series produced by WGBH-TV, WGBH Boston. It premiered on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on January 10, 1971. The series has presented numerous acclaim ...

'', though all episodes were made available on US home video releases. The episode " Return to New York" was aired as the first episode of the third series instead.

Background

Adapted from "

Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in the '' Saturday Evening Post'' in the United States in December 1916, and in ''T ...

" (collected in ''

Carry On, Jeeves ''Carry On, Jeeves'' is a collection of ten short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. It was first published in the United Kingdom on 9 October 1925 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on 7 October 1927 by George H. Doran, New York.McIl ...

'').

Cast

Jeeves Jeeves (born Reginald Jeeves, nicknamed Reggie) is a fictional character in a series of comedic short stories and novels by English author P. G. Wodehouse. Jeeves is the highly competent valet of a wealthy and idle young Londoner named Bertie W ...

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Stephen Fry Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. He first came to prominence in the 1980s as one half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring ...

Bertie Wooster Bertram Wilberforce Wooster is a fictional character in the comedic Jeeves stories created by British author P. G. Wodehouse. An amiable English gentleman and one of the "idle rich", Bertie appears alongside his valet, Jeeves, whose intelligenc ...

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Hugh Laurie James Hugh Calum Laurie (; born 11 June 1959) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and musician. He first gained recognition for his work as one half of the comedy double act Fry and Laurie with Stephen Fry. The two men acted together in a ...

Tuppy Glossop Hildebrand "Tuppy" Glossop is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves stories by humorist P. G. Wodehouse. Tuppy is a member of the Drones Club, a friend of Bertie Wooster, and the fiancé of Angela Travers, Bertie's cousin. Life and chara ...

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Robert Daws Robert Daws (born 4 May 1959) is an English actor, and crime fiction author. He is best known for his television roles, including Tuppy Glossop in ''Jeeves and Wooster'' (1990-93), gruff cricketer Roger Dervish in the comedy ''Outside Edge'' ( ...

* Rocky Todd – John Fitzgerald-Jay * Wilmot "Motty", Lord Pershore –

Ronan Vibert Ronan David Jackson Vibert (23 February 1964 – 22 December 2022) was an English actor who was known for his appearances in films and on British and American television. Early life He was born in Cambridge, on 23 February 1964, the son of Dil ...

* Lady Malvern –

Moyra Fraser Moyra Fraser (3 December 1923 – 13 December 2009) was an Australian-born English actress and ballet dancer, who is best known for playing Penny in the long-running sitcom '' As Time Goes By''. Her sister was the actress Shelagh Fraser. She mar ...

* J. Washburn Stoker –

Don Fellows Don Fellows (December 2, 1922 – October 21, 2007) was an American actor known for his roles in British theater and television. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, Fellows served in the United States Merchant Marine ...

* Pauline Stoker –

Kim Huffman Kim Huffman (sometimes credited as Kymberley Huffman) is a Canadian actress born in St. Catharines, Ontario. She trained to be an opera singer, but is most known for her television and cinema roles. Career Huffman played Lisa Trekker in the Chan ...

* Liftman, Mr Coneybear –

Ricco Ross Ricco Ross is an American actor. Life and career Born at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, he is the fifth of eight children, and in addition has three step sisters and another brother from his father's first marriage. He first acted ...

* Diner – Gordon Sterne * Taxi Driver – Morgan Deare

Plot

Bertie escapes Aunt Agatha's plot to get him married to

Honoria Glossop Honoria Glossop is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves stories by English comic writer P. G. Wodehouse. Athletic as well as scholarly, she is a formidable young lady and one of the women whom Bertie Wooster becomes reluctantly engaged ...

by taking a ship to New York, accompanied by Jeeves. On board he meets

who is going to buy a car there. Tuppy's uncle is Bertie's nemesis (and later good friend) Sir

Roderick Glossop Sir Roderick Glossop is a recurring fictional character in the comic novels and short stories of P. G. Wodehouse. Sometimes referred to as a "nerve specialist" or a "loony doctor", he is a prominent practitioner of psychiatry in Wodehouse's wor ...

and his cousin is Bertie's ex-fiancée

. Meanwhile, Tuppy has fallen in love with the daughter of an American automobile manufacturer. He wants to import American cars to Britain and promises to buy 48 cars, but he barely has enough money for one American car. Bertie is then lumbered with Wilmot "Motty", Lord Pershore, who is the son of Aunt Agatha's friend Lady Malvern. Once in America, she leaves for a tour of prisons for an upcoming book. She has left strict instructions as to how to look after the very delicate Wilmot, who cannot travel with his mother, as he gets ill when travelling by train. But once out of his mother's eye, he turns from a withdrawn little man into someone who's out clubbing and getting drunk every night and yielding to the temptations of New York in a big way. Bertie escapes to the woods to stay with poet friend Mr Todd while Jeeves sorts things out calling a policeman. Wilmot assaults the policeman whilst drunk, and is sent to prison. But his mother sees Wilmot as prisoner on her tour of prisons. Wilmot does not want her to find out what he has done. He turns to Jeeves for help.

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*{{IMDb episode, 0614725 Jeeves and Wooster episodes 1992 British television episodes Television episodes set in New York City

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