The Hunger Strike (Jeeves and Wooster)
| "The Hunger Strike" | |
|---|---|
| Jeeves and Wooster episode | |
| Episode no. |
Season 1 Episode 4 |
| Directed by | Ferdinand Fairfax |
| Original air date | 6 June 1993 |
| Episode chronology | |
"The Hunger Strike" is the fourth episode of the first series of the 1990s British comedy television series Jeeves and Wooster. It is also called "How Does Gussie Woo Madeline? ".[1] It first aired on 6 June 1993 on ITV.
Background
Adapted from "Jeeves & the Yuletide Spirit" (from Very Good, Jeeves), "Episode of the Dog Macintosh" (from Very Good, Jeeves) and "Jeeves and the Song of Songs" (from Very Good, Jeeves).
Cast
- Gussie Fink Nottle — Richard Garnett
- Madeline Bassett — Francesca Folan
- Anatole — John Barrard
- Barmy Fotheringay Phipps — Adam Blackwood
Plot
Aunt Dahlia employs the French chef extraordinaire Anatole since stealing him from Rosie M. Banks (Mrs Bingo Little) with the help of Jeeves. Just the thought of his cooking is usually enough to make Bertie answer Dahlia's call to Brinkley Court, except when some prize-giving is involved.
Aunt Dahlia coerces Bertie into handing out the prizes at Market Snodsbury Grammar School by threatening to withhold the services of her master chef, Anatole, being the supremely skilled French chef of Aunt Dahlia at her country house Brinkley Court. Bertie tries to sort out Tuppy Glossop and Angela Travers's relationship, Gussie and Madeline's relationship, and an issue Aunt Dahlia has with her husband — all without the help of Jeeves. Anatole gives notice when Bertie recommends that they make a hunger strike in order to provoke feelings of guilt in others and to go without dinner of Aunt Dahlia's French chef Anatole.
Newt-fancier Gussie Fink-Nottle comes to Jeeves for advice about Madeline Bassett, with whom he is enamoured. Since she is staying at Brinkley Court with Aunt Dahlia, Bertie delegates Gussie to give the prizes.