The Girl in Blue

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881–1975) was an English humorist who wrote novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He was highly popular throughout a career that lasted more than seventy years, and his many writings continue to be widely read. He is best known for his novels and short stories of Bertie Wooster and his manservant Jeeves and for his settings of English upper-class society of the pre– and post–World War I era. He lived in several countries before settling in the United States after World War II. During the 1920s, he collaborated with Broadway legends like Cole Porter and George Gershwin on musicals and, in the 1930s, expanded his repertoire by writing for motion pictures. He was honored with a knighthood in 1975.

Graham Seed trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He is probably best known as the voice of Nigel Pargetter in BBC Radio 4’s The Archers, a part he’s been playing since 1979. His theater work includes spells with the Chichester Festival Theatre, the Almeida Company, the English Touring Theatre, and several national tours and pantos. His extensive television work includes Brideshead Revisited; Mike Leigh’s Who’s Who; I, Claudius; and Band of Brothers.