Ian is joined by Nigel Townshend to enthuse over 1917's Piccadilly Jim, a breakthrough novel for Wodehouse. Nigel voices his displeasure at the 2004 film version. There are plot spoilers.
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Other works by Wodehouse mentioned
Leave it to Psmith
The Little Nugget
A Damsel in Distress (film screenplay)
A Gentleman of Leisure
"Concealed Art"
The Riviera Girl (musical, with Guy Bolton and Emmerich Kalman)
Bring On the Girls (memoir, with Guy Bolton)
Love Among the Chickens
"Rallying Round Old George"
Anything Goes (musical)
Reference works consulted
Sophie Ratcliffe, P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters
Robert McCrum, Wodehouse: A Life
Norman Murphy, A Wodehouse Handbook
Barry Day, The Complete Lyrics of P. G. Wodehouse
Lee Davis, Bolton and Wodehouse and Kern
Madame Eulalie's Rare Plums website
Also mentioned
The three film adaptations of the book
Blandings (TV series)
New York Giants
The Regent Grill
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
Hugh Laurie
George Herriman, "The Dingbat Family" & "Krazy Kat" comic strips
Delmonico's
Bachelors' Club
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