Will Anatole Return to Brinkley Court?

"Will Anatole Return to Brinkley Court?" is the fifth episode of the first series of the 1990s British comedy television series Jeeves and Wooster. It is also called "Brinkley Manor" or "The Matchmaker". It first aired in the UK on 20 May 1990 (1990-05-20) on ITV. The episode aired in the US on 9 December 1990 on Masterpiece Theatre.

Background

Adapted from Right Ho, Jeeves.

Cast

Bertie Wooster – Hugh Laurie
Jeeves – Stephen Fry
Aunt Dahlia – Brenda Bruce
Tom Travers – Ralph Michael
Angela Travers – Amanda Elwes
Madeline Bassett – Francesca Folan
Tuppy Glossop – Robert Daws
Gussie Fink-Nottle – Richard Garnett
Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps – Adam Blackwood
Oofy Prosser – Richard Dixon
Anatole – John Barrard
Headmaster – Peter Hughes
Seppings – Neil Hallett

Plot

Anatole was the supremely skilled French chef of Aunt Dahlia at her country house Brinkley Court. He gave notice when Bertie recommended that they make a hunger strike in order to provoke feelings of guilt in others and to go without dinner made by the chef. Jeeves returns to London to persuade Anatole to return to Brinkley Court, whereto Bertie subsequently goes to reconcile Angela Travers with Tuppy Glossop, who is growing increasingly suspicious and jealous of his relationship with her.

In order to bolster Gussie Fink-Nottle's courage to deliver the prizes and propose to Madeline Bassett, both Bertie and Jeeves spike his orange juice. Jeeves finally sorts out all the fractured relationships with a plan to set off the fire alarm.