Jeeves And Wooster - The Complete Third Series [1992]

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Primary Contributor : Stephen Fry
Primary Contributor : Hugh Laurie

Product Details

Director : Ferdinand Fairfax
Actor : Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
Format : PAL
Binding : VHS Tape
EAN : 5024165823200
Number of Discs : 2
Product Group : Video
Release Date : 1999-09-13
Running Time : 304minutes
Studio : Granada Media

ASIN : B00004CZIF

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review

The first three episodes of this third series of Jeeves & Wooster take place in Manhattan. In spite of the change of scene, our hero continues to get into the most terrible scrapes, and it falls to the faithful Jeeves to save the day, frequently. When he realises that Honoria Glossop may once again have her sights set on his precious bachelorhood, Bertie Wooster sets sail for the New World. Here he helps old pal Tuppy to make a business deal. At the same time he has to keep Motty Malvern on the straight and narrow, while helping two writer friends deceive their prying relatives. The final straw comes in the shape of Cyril Bassington-Bassington, the stage-struck son of Aunt Agatha's closest friend.

Back home in England, Bertie and Gussie Fink-Nottle switch identities, the lunatic Roderick Spode reappears, Bertie is forced to commit burglary (again!), and there's a spot of trouble with a tin of treacle and some communists. The unflappable Jeeves is Bertie's only hope. Although the humour in this collection sometimes feels a little less assured than in earlier episodes and the new actor playing Gussie is a disappointment, the central performances of Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry are as good as ever. Few actors have ever brought such beloved characters so convincingly to life. --Simon Leake

Customer Reviews

Jeeves and Wooster go to America (2004-10-21)

This is very much in the same style as the first two series, but not quite as good, or subtle, or consistent.The big difference is that J&W leave the tranquility of England behind for three episodes, so you may miss Totleigh Towers, Madeleine Bassett and Gussie Fink-Nottle if you're addicted to them.The thing I like most about Jeeves and Wooster is the setting in England, so I wasn't as keen on this series, though half of it is still set back in Blighty.And I think that some of the stories are getting a bit silly (sillier than usual that is), though not as silly as in the fourth series.But having said that, this disc is really a must if you've enjoyed the first two.

Welcome return of Jeeves and Wooster on to DVD ! (2002-06-20)

Finally the third series of the much acclaimed TV series of Jeeves and Wooster is on DVD, and on the whole its worth the wait. This series finds Berty and Jeeves on the other side of the great pond together with their usual trials and tribulations in life. Some great shots of NY during the early part of the 20th century accompanied with plenty of period background music which go towards really capturing the era.Great to see this series now on DVD but the quality of the DVD is somewhat disappointing with a poorer picture and sound quality than series 1 & 2. - shame, but none the less a must for all Jeeves and Wooster fans.

Little depth in American satyrical characterisations (2001-01-14)

I was quite dissapointed by the first of the two tapes in the set, as in my opinion the strength of Woodhouse has always been the characterisation of the 'grotesques' in English society - across the class spectrum. The Americans portrayed in this series are done so with little punch, and the characters seem peppered in merely to provide an 'across the pond appeal'. I am a fan - really I am - of Woodhouse and of the other tapes in this series, but the first in this box set failed to get that sense of social claustraphobia that Berty et.al need in order to get in and out of pickles. The second tape returns to Blighty and the claustraphobia returns - the characters are endowed with an appropriate package of nervous ticks and affectations. Hoorah. Buy it , it's worth it, but if you only buy one - buy another one.

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