I remember when Ian Carmichael was Bertie and who was Jeeves?

Dennis Price.
He was older than Fry and more of the age that Jeeves appears to be in the books.

Quote: Gussie Fink Nottle @ 15th April 2015, 2:50 AM BST

Yes, it's remarkable what you can achieve by not going for an endless succession of knob gags.

Wodehouse excels in inconsequential silliness, a delightfully light touch and - above all - language.

The makers of the series meanwhile succeed in perfectly encapsulating the essence of Jeeves and Wooster.
Contrast their efforts with the leaden results of 'Blandings' which were recently releases on us all and you can see just how well they did.

The delivery you get from the actors is as close to perfect as you can get.

Hence something as simple as 'a small lemon coloured animal' can amuse.

The same can be said about Spode's threats to beat people 'to a jelly', aunt Agatha's one word bark of 'Bertie!' or the judge's quiet despair at an offence being committed 'on the eve of the university boat race'.

It is a slice of heaven.

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Couldn't agree more! A comedy for all, in my opinion. Pure gold. And they never lost their touch either - which is impressive for an adaptation going for 3 seasons.

Just fabulous!

I recently got this as as a box set and had forgotten how excellent it was.

Stuff like this rather puts much of current output on the telly to shame....