"Jeeves' Arrival" is the first episode of the first series of the 1990s British comedy television series Jeeves and Wooster. It is also called "In Court after the Boat Race" or "Jeeves Takes Charge". It first aired in the UK on 22 April 1990 (1990-04-22) on ITV. The episode aired in the US on 11 November 1990 on Masterpiece Theatre.
Contents
Background
Adapted from "Jeeves Takes Charge" (collected in Carry On, Jeeves), and "Scoring off Jeeves" and "Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch" (both collected in The Inimitable Jeeves).
Cast
Bertie Wooster – Hugh Laurie
Jeeves – Stephen Fry
Aunt Agatha – Mary Wimbush
Bingo Little – Michael Siberry
Honoria Glossop – Elizabeth Kettle
Sir Roderick Glossop – Roger Brierley
Lady Glossop – Jane Downs
Oswald Glossop – Alastair Haley
Sir Watkyn Bassett – John Woodnutt
Lord Rainsby – Jason Calder
Eustace Wooster – Ian Jeffs
Claude Wooster – Hugo E. Blick
Barmy Fotheringay Phipps – Adam Blackwood
Drones Porter – Michael Ripper
Cabbie – Tim Barker
Plot
This episode opens with Bertie Wooster being fined the sum of £5 after stealing a policeman's helmet on the night of the Oxford-Cambridge boat race. He arrives at his apartment, still hungover, when Jeeves arrives. Wooster agrees to take him on as his valet, after Jeeves makes a concoction that instantly cures his hangover.
Bertie Wooster's Aunt Agatha orders him to marry Honoria Glossop, whom Agatha believes will "reform" him. Bertie, not enamoured with the idea, finds that his friend Bingo Little is infatuated with her. In order to get Honoria's love, Bingo Little produces a plan which involves Bertie Wooster throwing Honoria's little brother Oswald in the river. Bingo Little would save the boy in order to get her love. But the plan to get Bingo and Honoria together fails. Bertie has to jump into the water to rescue Honorias's brother, and Honoria falls in love with Bertie Wooster. His capable new valet Jeeves steps in with a plan to convince Sir Roderick and Lady Glossop that their potential son-in-law is unfit to marry their daughter.