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Jeeves & Wooster BBC Series Characters & Settings

With links to articles at Wikipedia.org & other relevant sites.

Numbers in parantheses indicate the seasons in which the actor played the character.

Jeeves — Stephen Fry (1,2,3,4)
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Bertie Wooster — Hugh Laurie (1,2,3,4)
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Bertie's chums who appear the most frequently in the series

Augustus "Gussie" Fink-Nottle — Bespectacled, socially awkward studier of newts, often depicted carting them around in tanks. Avoids alcohol. Despite all this, many of the serie's love tangles involve him - Richard Garnett (1,2); Richard Braine (3,4)	Gussie, series 1 & 2	Gussie, series 3 & 4
Richard P. "Bingo" Little tends to fall in love with most young girls he comes across - Michael Siberry (1,2); Pip Torrens (3,4)	Bingo, series 1 & 2	Bingo, series 3 & 4

Hildebrande "Tuppy" Glossop — With a preening smile, he mingles with the rich, though he isn't particularly wealthy. The storylines often involve his schemes to make money. Smitten by a long series of women, including Bertie's cousin Angela Travers. Cousin of Honoria & Oswald Glossop, nephew of Sir & Lady Glossop - Robert Daws (1,2,3,4)

Robert Daws as Tuppy Glossop

Ditteridge Hall, home of the Glossops

Ditteridge Hall, home of the Glossops

Bertie at Ditteridge Hall

From the official Englefield site

Ditteridge Hall was filmed at Englefield House, Berkshire. The official Englefield House web site is http://www.englefieldestate.co.uk. I don't know if that's Stephen Fry in the above, right photo.

Honoria Glossop Daughter of Sir & Lady Glossop, sister of Oswald Glossop, cousin of Tuppy Glossop. This domineering beauty is engaged to Bertie in the very first episode — Elizabeth Kettle (1,2,4)	Elizabeth Kettle as Honoria Glossop
Sir Roderick Glossop — Eccentric doctor of mental health. Father of Honoria and Oswald, husband of Delia Glossop, uncle of Tuppy Glossop - Roger Brierley (1,2); Philip Locke (4)	Roger Brierly as Sir Roderick Glossop	Philip Locke as Sir Roderick Glossop
Lady Delia Glossop Mother of Honoria & Oswald, wife of Sir Glossop, aunt of Tuppy Glossop — Jane Downs (1,2)	Jane Downs as Lady Delia Glossop
Oswald Glossop — Son of Sir & Lady Glossop, brother of Honoria Glossop, cousin of Tuppy Glossop - Alistair Haley (1)	Alistair Haley as Oswald Glossop

Brinkley Court - home of Bertie's relatives, the Travers

Brinkley Court series 1 exterior 1

Brinkley Court series 1 exterior 2

Brinkley Court series 4

Brinkley Court series 4

Brinkley Court series 4

Exterior shots of Brinkley Court were filmed in Barnsley Park, Gloucestershire in series 1 and Hall Barn, Buckinghamshire in series 4.

Aunt Dahlia Travers - Bertie's nice aunt, sister of his late father. Propietor of the unprofitable publication for women Milady's Boudoir. — Brenda Bruce (1); Vivian Pickles (2); Patricia Lawrence (3); Jean Heywood (4)

Dahlia 1

Dahlia 2

Dahlia 3

Dahlia 4

Tom Travers - Bertie's uncle by marriage to Aunt Dahlia. Collects silver in rivalry with Sir Watkyn Bassett. Wealthy but reluctant to pay much for silver or fund Dahlia's unprofitable publication. — Ralph Michael (1,4)	Tom Travers
Angela Travers - Bertie's cousin, daughter of Aunt Dahlia & Tom Travers. Engaged to Bertie's chum Tuppy Glossop — Amanda Elwes (1)	Angela Travers
Anatole - Supremely talented French chef of Brinkley Court - John Barrard (1)	Anatole

All interior shots of Brinkley Court were filmed at Wrotham Park, a historical house at Hertsmere, Hertfordshire. The official Wrotham Park web site is http://www.wrothampark.com.

At left, the Brinkley Court dining room. At right, dining room photo from the official Wrotham Park web site.

At left & right, the Brinkley Court stairway. At center, staircase hall photo from the official Wrotham Park web site.

Bertie relatives other than those at Brinkley Court

Aunt Agatha Gregson - Bertie's mean aunt, sister of his late father — Mary Wimbush (1,2,3); Elizabeth Spriggs (4)

Mary Wimbush as Aunt Agatha

Elizabeth Spriggs as Aunt Agatha

Claude Wooster — Hugo E. Blick (1); Jeremy Brook (4)
Eustace Wooster — Ian Jeffs (1); Joss Brook (4)
Bertie's younger cousins Claude and Eustace are the twin sons of two characters not seen in the TV series: Uncle Henry and Aunt Emily Wooster. Henry is the brother of Bertie's late father.

Claude & Eustace Wooster, series 1

Claude & Eustace Wooster, series 4

Uncle George Wooster (aka Lord Yaxley, brother of Bertie's late father) — Nicholas Selby (1)	Nicholas Selby as Uncle George Wooster
Maud Wilberforce — Uncle George's long lost love, a former barmaid. After the events of 1.3 The Purity of the Turf, I suppose she is Countess Yaxley and Bertie's newest aunt - Paula Jacobs (1)	Paula Jacobs as Maud

Totleigh Towers - home of the Bassetts

Bertie & Madeline at Totleigh Towers	Interior photo from official Highclere Castle web site	Spode on the staircase at Totleigh Towers
Totleigh Towers interior	Interior photo from official Highclere Castle web site	Totleigh Towers front hall
Left, dining at Totleigh Towers. Right, from the official Highclere Castle web site		Totleigh Towers front door

Exteriors and interiors for Totleigh Towers were filmed at Highclere Castle. The official Highclere Castle web site is http://www.highclerecastle.co.uk.
Sir Watkyn Bassett — Ill-tempered magistrate, father of Madeline, guardian of Stiffy. Collects silver in rivalry with Tom Travers, dislikes Bertie - John Woodnutt (1,2,3,4)	Sir Watkyn Bassett

Madeline Bassett — Bertie spends much effort avoiding marriage to the starry-eyed daughter of Sir Watkyn Bassett - Francesca Folan (1); Diana Blackburn (2); Elizabeth Morton (3,4)

Madeline Bassett, series 1

Madeline Bassett, series 2

Madeline Bassett, series 3 & 4

Stephanie "Stiffy" Byng — Manipulative ward of Sir Watkyn Bassett, whom she wants to sponsor a vicarage for her fiancee Stinker Pinker - Charlotte Attenborough (2,4); Amanda Harris (3)

Charlotte Attenborough as Stiffy Byng

Amanda Harris as Stiffy Byng

Rev. Harold "Stinker" Pinker — Old chum of Bertie's, fiance of Stiffy Byng. Prone to clumsy falls at unfortunate moments - Simon Treves (2,3,4)	Simon Treves as Stinker Pinker
Roderick Spode — Close friend of Sir Bassett and seemingly a permanent fixture at Totleigh Towers. Prone to threatening Bertie and his friends. Enjoys public speaking and adulation, with obvious comparisons to certain German and Russian dictators - John Turner (2,3,4)	John Turner as Spode

Chuffnell Hall - home of the Chuffnells

Chuffnell Hall (Wrotham Park)

Chuffy, Myrtle & Bertie

From the official Wrotham Park site

Chuffnell front room 1

Chuffnell front room 2

Front room pic from Wrotham Park site

Interior and exterior shots of Chuffnell Hall, in series 2, were filmed at Wrotham Park, a historical house at Hertsmere, Hertfordshire. The official Wrotham Park web site is http://www.wrothampark.com.

Chuffy Chuffnell - Marmaduke, 5th Baron "Chuffy" Chuffnell, a college chum of Bertie. Nephew of Myrtle Chuffnell. Falls for American heiress Pauline Stoker, yet another ex-fiancee of Bertie's — Matthew Solon (2)

Myrtle Chuffnell — Sister of Chuffy, mother of Seabury - Fidelis Morgan (2)

Seabury Chuffnell — Brat son of Myrtle Chuffnell. Having watched gangster movies, demands "protection" money from Bertie and others - Edward Holmes (2)

Deverill Hall - home of the Winkworths

Joyce Grove photo from www.bbc.co.uk
The exterior (and interior?) of Deverill Hall (season 3, episode 4) was filmed at Joyce Grove, a mansion in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire. Now the Sue Ryder palliative care centre, Joyce Grove once belonged to the family of Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond novels. The centre's official site is http://www.suerydercare.org/nettlebedhospice.

Dame Daphne Winkworth — Rosalind Knight (3)
Dame Winkworth, a friend of Bertie's Aunt Agatha, lives at Deverill Hall with her sisters, Emmeline, Charlotte, Myrtle and Harriet, as well as her pretty daughter Gertrude.
Rosalind Knight as Dame Daphne Winkworth

Gertrude Winkworth — In ep 3.4 Right Ho Jeeves, poor Gertrude is torn between Catsmeat and Gussie, who is pretending to be Bertie - Chloe Annett (3)
Chloe Annett as Gertrude Winkworth

Skeldings Hall - home of the Wickhams

Bobbie Wickham — Woman with whom Bertie becomes infatuated on more than one occasion. Has a taste for practical jokes. Daughter of Sir & Lady Wickham - Nina Botting (1); Niamh Cusack (2)	Nina Botting as Bobbie Wickham	Niamh Cusack as Bobbie Wickham
Lady Wickham - mother of Bobbie Wickham, wife of Sir Wickham. Has authored a play - Rosemary Martin (1)	Rosemary Martin as Lady Wickham
Sir Cuthbert Wickham — father of Bobbie Wickham, husband of Lady Wickham - Brian Haines (1)	Brian Haines as Sir Cuthbert Wickham

The Stokers

Pauline Stoker — American heiress. Another in the long series of women briefly engaged to Bertie. Daughter of J. Washburn Stoker, older sister of Emerald & Dwight - Sharon Holm (2); Kymberley Huffman (3)
J. Washburn Stoker — American millionaire, father of Pauline, Dwight & Emerald Stoker - Manning Redwood (2); Don Fellows (3)
Dwight Stoker — Son of J. Washburn Stoker, brother of Pauline & Emerald - James Holland (actor) (2)
Emerald Stoker — Daughter of J. Washburn Stoker, sister of Pauline & Dwight, though she never appears in a scene with any of them. Works as the cook for the Bassetts in Trouble at Totleigh Towers. Enamoured of newt fancier Gussie Fink-Nottle - Emma Hewitt (4)

Twing Hall - home of the Wickhammersleys

Twing Hall (episode 1.3, The Purity of the Turf) was filmed at Stanway House, Gloucestershire. The official Stanway House web site is at http://www.stanwayfountain.co.uk.

Lord Wickhammersley — Likes to gamble, which has cost him some valuable possessions. Father of Cynthia Wickhammersley - Jack Watling (1)

Jack Watling as Sir Wickhammersley

Lady Wickhammersley — Forbids gambling by all the inhabitants of Twing Hall. Mother of Cynthia Wickhammersley - Richenda Carey (1)

Richenda Carey as Lady Wickhammersley

Lady Cynthia Wickhammersley, daughter of Lord Wickhammersley - Helena Michell

Helena Michell as Cynthia Wickhammersley

"New York City"

Bob Fahey in April 2018 at Senate House in London, the building that used to represent Bertie Wooster's New York apartment building

Exterior shots of Stuyvesant Tower, Bertie's apartment building in New York City in series 3 and 4, were filmed at Senate House, the central library and administration building for the University of London. Most of the photos are from the show; the first shot with bright blue skies is from Wikipedia. Senate House is right next to the British Museum, so it was easy for me to snap a photo of myself there on a visit in April 2018. It looks kind of sad with its heavy fence and tent out front, like it's under seige.

Marsham Manor - Home of the Fothergills

In 3.6 Comrade Bingo, Bertie's Aunt Dahlia Travers prevails upon him to steal a painting at Marsham Manor, which was represented by Dorney Court. The above wide view is from the Dorney Court official site at http://www.dorneycourt.co.uk.

Other characters

Lady Florence Craye — Fiona Gillies (3); Francesca Folan (4)
Constable Oates — Campbell Morrison (2); Stewart Harwood (3); Sidney Livingstone (4)
Rosie M. Banks — Anastasia Hille (4)
Cyril Bassington-Bassington — Nicholas Hewetson (3)

Cora Bellinger — Opera singer with whom Tuppy becomes infatuated in Tuppy & the Terrier (1.2) Constance Novis (1)

Constance Novis as Cora Bellinger

Bicky Bickersteth — Julian Frith (3)

Biffy Biffen — Bertie's friend who literally loses the girl of his dreams by forgetting her surname and address in Pearls Mean Tears - Philip Shelley (2)

Rev. Beefy Bingham — Owen Brenman (1)
Lord Bittlesham — Geoffrey Toone (2,3)
Mr. Blumenfield — Billy J. Mitchell (1,3)
Sydney Blumenfield — Anatol Yusef (1,3)

Daphne Braithwaite — Wins the ever-vascillating Bingo's heart away from her friend Honoria Glossop - Justine Glenton (1)

Daphne

Brinkley — Temporarily becomes Bertie's valet in 2.4 "Jeeves in the Country." Reappears in 4.6 "The Ties that Bind" - Fred Evans (2,4)

Brinkley

George Caffyn — David Crean (3)
Freddie Chalk-Marshall — John Duval (1)

Darcy "Stilton" Cheesewright — Old friend of Bertie's, but not so chummy in 4.2 The Once and Future Ex, where he is jealous of Bertie's relationship with Florence Craye - Nicholas Palliser (4)

Nicholas Palliser as Stilton Cheesewright

Cyril "Barmy" Fotheringay-Phipps — One of Bertie's many old chums and, like most of them, a member of the Drones Club. Not the brightest bulb, thus his nickname - Adam Blackwood (1); Martin Clunes (2)

Adam Blackwood as Barmy

Martin Clunes as Barmy

Claude Cattermole "Catsmeat" Potter-Pirbright — Bertie chum, Drones Club member - John Elmes (3)

Alexander Charles "Oofy" Prosser — Old chum of Bertie's, member of Drones Club. Extraordinarily wealthy, thus his nickname - Richard Dixon (1,2)

Alexander Slingsby — Owner of Slingsby's Superb Soups - Harry Ditson (4)

Myrtle Snap — Veronica Clifford (4)
Rupert Steggles — Richard Braine (1) - Yes, the same Richard Braine who would later play Gussie.

Rockmetteller "Rocky" Todd — Bertie's poet friend in New York - John Fitzgerald-Jay (3)

Jas Waterbury — David Healy (4)
Trixie Waterbury — Serretta Wilson (4)

Freddie Widgeon — Charles Millham (1); John Duval (2)
Alexander Worple — Bill Bailey (3)
Lord Worplesdon — Frederick Treves (4)
Ted Tucker — James Patten

Jeeves Takes Charge, the very first Jeeves & Wooster story, with annotating links added by me.

Bob Fahey's TV page

Dame Daphne Winkworth — Rosalind Knight (3) Dame Winkworth, a friend of Bertie's Aunt Agatha, lives at Deverill Hall with her sisters, Emmeline, Charlotte, Myrtle and Harriet, as well as her pretty daughter Gertrude.
Gertrude Winkworth — In ep 3.4 Right Ho Jeeves, poor Gertrude is torn between Catsmeat and Gussie, who is pretending to be Bertie - Chloe Annett (3)

Lord Wickhammersley — Likes to gamble, which has cost him some valuable possessions. Father of Cynthia Wickhammersley - Jack Watling (1)	Jack Watling as Sir Wickhammersley
Lady Wickhammersley — Forbids gambling by all the inhabitants of Twing Hall. Mother of Cynthia Wickhammersley - Richenda Carey (1)	Richenda Carey as Lady Wickhammersley
Lady Cynthia Wickhammersley, daughter of Lord Wickhammersley - Helena Michell	Helena Michell as Cynthia Wickhammersley