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Great Lives: Stephen Fry on PG Wodehouse

Stephen Fry on PG Wodehouse

BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Stephen Fry on PG Wodehouse

Stephen Fry nominates his hero, PG Wodehouse, who just simply cheers him up.

Actor and writer Stephen Fry chooses the creator of Jeeves and Wooster, PG Wodehouse. With Matthew Parris. From 2017.

Stephen Fry nominates his hero PG Wodehouse, a writer who he says simply cheers him up like no one else. 

Fry wrote to his hero when he was a schoolboy and his most treasured possession is a signed photograph which reads: 

"To Stephen Fry, All the best, PG Wodehouse." 

PG Wodehouse was a self-made man, he began as a bank clerk, married a chorus girl and was interned by the Nazis. He wrote some of the most entertaining novels, stories, plays and lyrics of the 20th century and created enduring characters; the most popular being Reginald Jeeves and Bertie Wooster.

Stephen makes the case for why PG Wodehouse is a great life. 

To help him he is joined by Dr Sophie Ratcliffe Associate Professor in English, University of Oxford and author of 'PG Wodehouse - A life in Letters'. 

Presented by Matthew Parris.  

Producer: Perminder Khatkar 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2017.

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