A special episode consisting of excerpts from the first ten episodes of Wodehousekeeping, introduced by host Ian Cockburn with a little background on how the show came about.
This is designed for the listener who has skipped these episodes because the haven't read (or actively dislike) the books that the episodes discuss. The selections therefore have been chosen to steer clear of plot spoilers, and plot recapping generally. The emphasis is on my guests' history with Wodehouse and their general thoughts on him, plus other stuff that I think is intrinsically interesting or amusing, outside the wider context of the full podcasts.
The ten episodes
The Pothunters
A Prefect’s Uncle
Tales of St Austin’s
The Gold Bat
William Tell Told Again
The Head of Kay’s
Love Among the Chickens
The White Feather
Not George Washington
The Globe By The Way Book
and the guests featured
Julia Ediger
Alexander Rennie
Josh Cockburn
Thom Robinson
Ujjwal Deb
Mora
Gwen Sheldon
You can e-mail me at wodehousekeeping@gmail.com.
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Main reference works consulted
N T Murphy: A Wodehouse Handbook
Sophie Ratcliffe, ed: P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters
Robert McCrum: Wodehouse: A Life
Madame Eulalie's Rare Plums website
Wikipedia
Other Wodehouse works mentioned
Very Good Jeeves
Summer Moonshine
Psmith in the City
The Inimitable Jeeves
"Ukridge Starts a Bank Account"
A Few Quick Ones
"Jeeves Takes Charge"
"Goodbye to All Cats"
"The Amazing Hat Mystery"
Also mentioned
Arthur Ransome
Enid Blyton
Winker Watson in the Dandy
Jeeves and Wooster TV show
Herbert Westbrook
Baldwin King-Hall
Ella King-Hall
Sebastian Faulks, Jeeves and the Wedding Bells
Frasier
Anthony Buckeridge, The Jennings books
Edward Gorey
Richard Ayoade
St Stephen's College, Delhi
Shashi Tharoor
Lewis Carroll
SNL
Jonathan Swift
Alexander Pope
Winston Churchill
Peter Motteaux's English translation of Miguel Cervantes's Don Quixote
René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, the Asterix books
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