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Twenty-three years after the BBC laid The World Of Wooster to rest,Granada TV revived P G Wodehouse's comic stories with spectacular success,casting,in a stroke of genius,comedy double-act Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry in the roles,respectively,of gentleman and gentleman's gentleman. (For a fuller explanation of Wodehouse's characters and stories see that chronologically earlier BBC series,which had starred Ian Carmichael and Dennis Price.)

Although there was some doubt among members of the Wodehouse Society about their appropriateness for the parts,Fry and Laurie were simply perfect in the roles of unsurpassable valet Jeeves and bally ass Wooster,living in a 1920s-30s world of Hooray Henries and splendidly indomitable aunts. Both were major fans of the original books,and Fry had even written Wodehouse a letter,before the master's death in 1975,which elicited a signed photograph that remains much treasured.

Shot on film,production values were high throughout the 23 episodes and all of them were very funny. The scripts were dramatised from the Wodehouse originals by Clive Exton (who also adapted Agatha Christie's Poirot books for ITV),six of them being set in New York City.

根据世界级英裔美籍著名幽默作家 P.G.Wodehouse 的系列作品改编，编剧 Clive Exton 同时也是 ITV 拳头剧 《大侦探波罗》（Poirot) 系列的主力编剧。主演 史蒂芬·弗莱（Stephen Fry) 和 休·劳瑞（Hugh Laurie) 均为剑桥出身，当年与 爱玛·汤普森（Emma Thompson) 等同在剑桥 Footlights 表演俱乐部演出（Monty Python主要成员也出身于此），两人均多才多艺，在剑桥Footlights 表演俱乐部演出之后在电影、电视和广播领域又有着长年的合作。国内观众对这两位的印象可能主要来自 Richard Curtis/Ben Elton 编剧、罗温·艾金森（Rowan Atkinson) 主演的《黑爵士》（Blackadder) 系列。

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精彩看点

Stephen Fry，绝对是出类拔萃的英国演员、编剧、作家及导演，同时是哈利·波特（HP) 系列小说有声版的朗读者！给小妖我印象深刻的是他在《王尔德》（Wilde) 的表演和《银河系漫游指南》（Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy) 为其中的大头机器人Marvin（#～：～# Alan Rickman 配音）演唱赞歌 Reasons to be Miserable (His Name is Marvin）。如果各位还没印象，那看看2006年 BAFTA 颁奖礼吧，他担任司仪呢～～

Hugh Laurie，就是可爱又可恶的 House,M.D. 扮演者，不要用我多介绍大家应该很熟悉了吧，让我们来回顾他早年在喜剧中的表演及英式发音。

P.G. Wodehouse，通译沃德豪斯（1881-1975），英国小说家和喜剧作家。以塑造“绅士中的绅士” Jeeves 这一形象而闻名，1955年入美国籍。《万能管家》中的主角是迷迷糊糊的英国绅士 Bertie Wooster （其实就是个250）和他的聪明机灵、花样百出的男仆 Jeeves ，几乎每一个故事都是由主人荒唐的行为转变成不可收拾的困境，但是最后总是由男仆出人意料的机智解决。

全剧4季23集，单集长度50分钟，英语原声无字幕。

Cast

Stephen Fry - Jeeves

Hugh Laurie - Bertie Wooster