Support the Archive - Buy Me A Coffee ☕ https://buymeacoffee.com/JR_the_Old_Radio_Cat Preserving classic radio drama, one story at a time. Classic Old Time Radio, vintage radio shows, the Golden Age of radio, BBC Radio, murder, mystery, drama, comedy, sci-fi, westerns. "The Ordeal of Young Tuppy" is a classic *Jeeves and Wooster* short story by P.G. Wodehouse, adapted for BBC Radio in 1976 as part of the *What Ho! Jeeves* series. It stars Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster, Michael Hordern as Jeeves, and Stephen Moore as Tuppy Glossop. Bertie Wooster is summoned to Bleaching Court, where his old friend Tuppy Glossop has fallen head over heels for the athletic and dog-loving Miss Dalgleish. Tuppy, eager to impress her, plans to play in a brutal village rugby match—despite the risk to life and limb. Meanwhile, Bertie’s formidable Aunt Dahlia wants Tuppy to abandon this new romance and return to her daughter Angela Travers, his on-again-off-again fiancée. Bertie and Jeeves conspire to derail Tuppy’s infatuation by staging a fake emergency telegram from Angela, hoping to tug at his heartstrings mid-match. But things go awry: Bertie forgets the telegram, Tuppy gets battered on the field, and Miss Dalgleish doesn’t even watch the game. Ultimately, Jeeves orchestrates a clever ruse involving a misidentified dog breed and a well-timed phone call, leading Tuppy to realize his true feelings lie with Angela. The story is rich in Wodehouse’s trademark wordplay, social satire, and comic misunderstandings. It also marks a moment of deeper collaboration between Bertie and Jeeves, with Bertie showing flashes of deductive insight and emotional intelligence.