The Reverent Wooing Of Archibald

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1974
  • 1 pilot

Sitcom pilot based on the stories of PG Wodehouse. Archibald Mulliner is a feckless young chap but determined to woo Aurelia Cammerleigh. Stars Julian Holloway, William Mervyn, Madeline Smith, Joan Benham, Betty Romaine and more.

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