The Ex's Are Nearly Married Off (or, the Ties That Bind) 

Overjoyed that Madeleine Bassett is to marry Spode and stop pursuing him Bertie goes to Totleigh Towers for the wedding, meeting another Drone, drippy Ginger Winship, whose bullying fiancee... See full summary »

Director:

Ferdinand Fairfax

Writers:

P.G. Wodehouse (based on the stories of), Clive Exton (dramatized by)

Stars:

Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Elizabeth Spriggs

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Hugh Laurie	...	Bertie Wooster
Stephen Fry	...	Jeeves
Elizabeth Spriggs	...	Aunt Agatha
John Turner	...	Spode
John Woodnutt	...	Sir Watkyn
Robert Daws	...	Tuppy
Elizabeth Heery	...	Madeline (as Elizabeth Morton)
Francesca Folan	...	Florence
Julian Gartside	...	Ginger
Fred Evans	...	Brinkley
Selina Cadell	...	Mrs McCorkadale
Sidney Livingstone	...	Oates
Fiona Christie	...	Magnolia
Preston Lockwood	...	Butterfield
Geoffrey Drew	...	Vicar

Storyline

Overjoyed that Madeleine Bassett is to marry Spode and stop pursuing him Bertie goes to Totleigh Towers for the wedding, meeting another Drone, drippy Ginger Winship, whose bullying fiancee ,Lady Florence Craye, is forcing him to stand for Parliament, or she will leave him. Sneaky ex-valet Brinkley has stolen the book from Jeeves' club in which manservants dish the dirt on their employers and hopes to make money by selling it to Ginger's Labour party rival but Bertie steals it, unaware that Ginger wants to be discredited so he will lose the election and Florence and can marry his secretary Magnolia whom he really loves. An outraged Florence declares that she is re-engaged to Bertie and Madeleine argues with Spode, also announcing her intention to wed Wooster. Fortunately the book contains information on Spode, which Bertie uses to make him marry Madeleine, whilst Florence takes a shine to Brinkley. Unfortunately the Totleigh Towers plumbing, which is plainly on its last legs and not ...

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 June 1993 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Highclere Castle, Highclere, Hampshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Carnival Film & Television, Granada Television

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Bertie Wooster: Otherwise tomorrow I'm the chief mourner at my own wedding.

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