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Reset my password after a long time lurking just to say: the BBC radio plays of Jeeves & Wooster, with Richard Briers playing the role of Bertie Wooster, are the best way to experience these stories. Fabulous acting. Far, far better than the Hugh & Laurie series from the 90s.

The heavily adapted BBC TV series Blandings is also hilarious.

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Fry & Laurie, I guess. You're right, though. The radio show is far, far better than the TV series. I much prefer the books themselves, however :)

Figured I'd add that Martin Jarvis is my favorite Wodehouse reader, and the audiobooks are usually available through my library (Overdrive/Libby) app.

Which story do you recommend first?

It doesn’t really matter, I think the various Jeeves and Wooster stories are probably better than most of his other stories, but they’re all hilarious. If you insist on following the stories chronologically, I think the very first one was published under the title “Jeeves takes charge”

I will interject here and recommend "The Code of the Woosters". It's Wodehouse at his apex.

Yes, that would be an excellent entry point!

My personal favorites are the audiobook "Blandings Castle" narrated by James Saxon, and "Jeeves in the Morning" narrated by Jonathan Cecil.

Excellent for long trips driving a car.

As others here have said, any is as good as the other. That said, the short story "Jeeves Takes Charge" in the collection "Carry On, Jeeves" is where it all begins with Bertie and Jeeves. If you're looking for a beginning, this would be it.

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