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PG Wodehouse
Leave It To Psmith

Leave It To Psmith

  • Radio comedy
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2020
  • 2 episodes (1 series)

Comedy adapted from the tales of P.G. Wodehouse, about an impoverished chap named Psmith. Stars Edward Bennett, Susannah Fielding, Patricia Hodge, George Blagden, Nigel Anthony and more.

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Key details

Genre
Comedy
Broadcast
2020
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
2 (1 series)
Stars
Edward Bennett, Susannah Fielding, Patricia Hodge, George Blagden, Nigel Anthony, Martin Jarvis, Lisa Dillon, Ifan Meredith and more
Writers
PG Wodehouse and Archie Scottney
Directors
Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres
Company

Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres direct a star cast in this sparkling P.G. Wodehouse comedy.

It's the 1920s and Edward Bennett is Psmith (the P is silent!). He's as broke as the Ten Commandments and advertises himself to 'go anywhere, do anything. Crime not objected to!'

Down at idyllic Blandings Castle, affably vague Lord Emsworth prepares to travel to London to collect a famous poet who's been invited to Blandings by his fearsome sister Constance.

Emsworth's son Freddie sees Psmith's advert. He needs someone to steal his aunt's necklace! In town, the Earl mistakes Psmith for the poet. Psmith spots lovely Eve Halliday. He falls in love on sight. Freddie hires Psmith to do the stealing.

Love and crime, hand-in-hand. A thrilling farce ensues.

Additional details

Also known as
  • Electric Decade: Leave It To Psmith
Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Sunday 17th May 2020 at 3pm on BBC Radio 4
All previous repeats
  • Sunday 5th December 2021 at 3:00pm on Radio 4 - Episode 2
  • Sunday 28th November 2021 at 3:00pm on Radio 4 - Episode 1

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