The World of Wodehouse

The Jazz Age

September 2025 •English

An anthology of 1920s set plays and musicals, transmissioned from 10 September to 10 December 1968 on BBC One.

Úsměvy světa

September 2025 •Czech

The World of Beachcomber

September 2025 •English

The World of Beachcomber was a surreal television comedy show produced by the BBC, inspired by the Beachcomber column in the Daily Express newspaper. The show, like the column, consisted of a series of unrelated pieces of humour. Links between the items were provided by Spike Milligan, dressed in a smoking jacket and cap, as in the cartoon logo above the newspaper column. The other actors were a Who's Who of British comedy of the time, encompassing almost every supporting player seen or heard in comedy, not excluding people of diminutive stature. In all, 19 episodes were produced beginning in 1968. Unfortunately, like many shows of the time, the original videotapes were wiped. Only one complete episode, on black and white 16mm film, now survives in the BBC archives, from the penultimate edition.

Bambinot

September 2025 •Czech

Chuhai Lips: Canned Flavor of Married Women

September 2025 •Japanese

The omnibus manga centers on college student Tsuyoshi, who loves drinking strong canned chu-hai, and his encounters with various married women.

The Miniature Wife

September 2025 •English

A high-concept marital dramedy examining the power balances between spouses, Lindy and Les, who battle each other for supremacy after a technological accident induces the ultimate relationship crisis.

Keď radí strach

September 2025 •Slovak

Ze staré drogerie

September 2025 •Czech

His Honor, Homer Bell

September 2025 •English

Homer Bell, an elected judge/practicing attorney and widower, looks after his orphaned niece Casey with the help of his housekeeper Maude.

Welcome to Irabu's Office

September 2025 •Japanese

Welcome to Irabu's Office, where you may be greeted by a man in a bear mask, holding a giant needle, who’s ready to cure your ills. Get to know the eccentric Dr. Ichirou Irabu who has a fetish for injections, and a rather strange methodology. Despite his weird approach, Dr. Irabu (who changes his appearance more than Madonna), does succeed in helping each of his patients... eventually.

Príbehy z lepšej spoločnosti

September 2025 •Slovak

Raffles

September 2025 •English

Raffles was a 1977 television adaptation of the A. J. Raffles stories by Ernest William Hornung. The series was produced by Yorkshire Television and written by Philip Mackie. The episodes were largely faithful adaptations of the stories in the books, though occasionally two stories would be merged to create one. In Victorian-era London, gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, a renowned cricketer, and his friend, the eager but naive Bunny Manders, test their skills in relieving the wealthy of their valuables whilst avoiding detection, especially from the persistent Inspector Mackenzie.

The Valiant Varneys

September 2025 •English

A BBC children's comedy series in which Reg Varney plays a variety of characters from throughout history.

HEAD START AT BIRTH

September 2025 •Japanese

Lilia, the newborn daughter of a marquis, has the memories of her previous life! With cheat-like gamer knowledge she aims to become the strongest girl in this new "other world!"

Sorry I'm Single

September 2025 •English

Sorry I'm Single is a British sitcom produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1 August to 26 September 1967. It stars Derek Nimmo as long-standing student David, who lives alone in a flat in a Hampstead converted house; his neighbours include Suzy (Pik Sen Lim) and the always-bickering Brenda (Gwendolyn Watts) and Karen (Elizabeth Knight).

Čapkovy kapsy

September 2025 •Czech

A Young Doctor's Notebook

September 2025 •English

A young doctor who has graduated at the top of his class from the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry is thrust out into an isolated and impoverished country side as the village's only doctor. As he learns to adapt to his new lifestyle, he develops a morphine addiction to stay his sanity while realizing what being a doctor in the real world means.

Zaprášené histórie Ema Bohúňa

September 2025 •Slovak

ITV Play of the Week

September 2025 •English

A UK anthology series of single plays from major playwrights old and new. It ran from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television. Season 1 also incorporates the Plays from the 'H.M. Tennant Globe Theatre' series, some of which were incorporated and labelled in listings as official Play of the Week episodes and some of which were played in place of Play of the Week episodes in alternative ITV regions. All 8 plays have been incorporated into this entry for convenience.

Hard-boiled & Love

September 2025 •Japanese

A middle-aged detective, Kurosaki Ryuji, who can work but is not popular with women, is depicted working hard to marry while solving the mysteries and incidents that come to the office.