Two episodes of Jeeves and Wooster and of course, the ones on offer are two of the weakest, from near the end. This review continues below, after the YT.

There are issues with the four series. One reviewer said Berty hammed it up too much in series one but thereafter improved. Hmmmm. Another reviewer said:

Definitely watch the Season 1 of this brilliant series & then say goodby. The joie de vivre of this daffy, cheerful satire on the 1920s British upper crust sparkles throughout the first season which appears to have had a very great deal of effort put into it. Sadly the production then coasted on that effort, cookie-cutter creating following episodes & changing important secondary character actors willy-nilly, totally cutting the legs out from under the series as a whole. The two leads are always a joy to watch but the sparkle that illuminated the series as a whole is just not there after Season 1.

My attitude is a mix of both reviews … whilst there was still sufficient material to keep it relatively Wodehousy into series three, when Ferdinand Fairfax took over the direction, the taking of liberties had begun … anything the BBC touches eventually goes ga ga land … perfect example being Doctor Who, with sick sexuality intruding, plus Wokery … they can’t help themselves, these people … and in one episode, Jeeves goes transvestite … meant to be very funny, ha ha, but it wasn’t to me.

But not completely. One Woke luvvy was outraged by the blackface episodes, yet they were far more of the time than rainbow politics which the modern writers simply cannot leave off, even for a few moments. In the final episode of the last (fourth) series, it had just gone farce and slapstick … modern writers simply cannot write imho … at least can’t hold a candle to Wodehouse. For a start, being ideologues, they lack subtlety … they attempt it but it’s not unlike Starmer and Rayner attempting to write a comedy.

And overplayed, one dimensional in the acting. Stoker and Spode are blackguards through and through, Stiffy and the other women are incapable of anything but rapacity … except for Madeleine who occasionally shows some humanity. For a short while. Perhaps that’s expecting a bit too much.

As for the two leads … they did not initially wish to take the roles … but understood no others were better fitted. The music? Excellent. The settings? Excellent. So much was good along the way.