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The Reverent Wooing Of Archibald

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1974
  • 1 pilot

Sitcom pilot based on the stories of PG Wodehouse. Archibald Mulliner is a feckless young chap but determined to woo Aurelia Cammerleigh. Stars Julian Holloway, William Mervyn, Madeline Smith, Joan Benham, Betty Romaine and more.

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Press clippings

When Archibald asked his uncle what a worm such as he could offer a bally goddess like Aurelia Cammerleigh, Mr Mulliner wisely mentioned money, love and Archie's superb impression of a chicken laying an egg. Unwisely Archie brushed this wise advice aside. But money and love do matter and a loving and expensive production would have brought the play nearer the original.

Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 10th July 1974

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