Full Episode Jeeves and Wooster S04 E5: Totleigh Towers

[@patrickbarrett5650]

Whoever cast these two as the lead characters deserves a special award … perfect.

[@vumba1331]

Was just thinking that, great comment.

[@greendeane1]

They cast themselves arguing they were they only two who could do them..

[@carolesmith4864]

@@greendeane1 Weren't they right, though?

[@denisemann8798]

i agree...although I think it's possible someone else might have played Wooster, no one could match Steven Fry for Jeeves!

[@veramadden2860]

@@greendeane1 p

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

After watching Bertie performing in many previous episodes snippets of novelty songs from the '20's and '30's I couldn't help to wistfully wishing Hugh Laurie would record an entire album of these tunes!!!

[@LoneKharnivore]

He has made an album but it's not that.

[@granthurlburt4062]

I love Madeleine Bassett as played by this fine actress. These shows are so good you can rewatch and appreciate things like the high notes in her conversation alongside the wide-eyed expressions.

[@patsirianni7984]

Hugh Laurie Is a man of many talents. He is also a fine Jazz musician

[@leonavery5846]

I love the activities in the Drones Club that one sees as Bertie makes his way through them to the bar.

[@TheBiancap]

Keep returning over and over to these old episodes, the acting, the script …so funny and strangely comforting ❤

[@Achhantei]

Hugh Laurie is a living cartoon. I just don't know how he does it - try slowing down the speed of the video, or pausing - his expressions, movement, speech - sheer perfection!

[@bettyegilliam]

Watch him in the musical video of Walking on Broken Glass by Annie Lennox. John Malkovich, Hugh Laurie, and Annie Lenox. Incredible acting and storytelling in 4 minutes.

[@tomgardner8825]

try boiling your head, eh?

[@1904home]

I love Jeeves' aversion to 'off' clothing styles. It was Bertie's hat in this episode and in another episode, it was Bingo's red tie dotted with horseshoes and upon seeing it, Jeeves had to exit the room to compose himself. 😂😂😂

[@silver-fd3cv]

I believe that was the tie his waitress love, Mabel, gave to him 💖

[@stephaniecorporandy7018]

And don't forget the handkerchiefs with Bertie's initial!

[@womanonabicycle]

I've read the books and they both embody the characters so very well. Even the bits in the book which aren't spoken, but expressed and acted. It's delightful.

[@NikoMikkanen]

I watched the series first and then was actually scared about reading the books, fearing they wouldn't hold a candle to the series. Luckily they did, Wodehouse was a comedy genius.

[@nonotherthananother]

Not only that he played the role exceptionally well, what's more he brought the spirit of that time with his acting. International treasure Stephen Fry is, both of them are ! Love how they all sing at the end.

[@c.a.savage5689]

That was indeed the best bit. I realize it would probably get a bit tiresome, but think how delightful it would be to have all the characters singing at the end. It reminded me of the stage production of Sweeney Todd.

[@Sixalienasa]

He's not nowhere near as good as Wooster, and that you can take to the Bank of England and they will give you $50,000 for it any day of the week, cept for the days when they are closed of course.

[@c.a.savage5689]

@@Sixalienasa Dollars? Bank of England? Do tell...

[@michaelgpd1103]

Spode carrying the teddy bear is such a good touch

[@TheConceptTheProcess]

I absolutely adored that bit 🙃

[@silver-fd3cv]

Such a big bully has to have his teddy cuddles with him for a good night's sleep. Lol !! The bigger they are, ...

[@lizcademy4809]

I'm chuckling imagining Madeline trying to turn *him* vegetarian!

[@willsimpson5426]

I almost died when jeeves insulted Bertie's hat while doing the scotland yard bit. So good!

[@fighterace0]

He also insulted his mustache while impersonating a female novelist. Wooster got him back tho, no spoiler.

[@robertdarcy2168]

I think that was one,if not the best of the series. Most Entertaining. The Piano scene at end was the icing on the cake 👍

[@Hello.Yellow.Mellow]

1:13 - all of Jeeves disdain is in the expression of his eyebrows.while his face stays poker faced. So well enacted 😂

[@michaelkluko3660]

Who else but Fry n Laurie could make me love this 100 yr old humor?!!! “Alpine Joe” yuk yuk !!!!

[@JervisGermane]

That ending was spectacular. It had everything!

[@ellenm4839]

I can't thank you enough for posting these episodes. Being able to watch them over and over got me through a very difficult year when my husband was in the ICU a couple of years back. And especially during the worst -- a terrifying sixty days over a very long, cold winter - I could come home from the hospital to them, forget my awful reality and escape into this funny and gentle world of P.G. Wodehouse.

[@ajsdfkajsdf3219]

Absolutely. Wodehouse is a wonderful, infallible remedy.

[@lesleyelizabeth279]

They just got me through Covid. Wonderful!

[@N00j0b]

I've been suffering Covid this week and Jeeves and Wooster have helped keep me sane in self-isolation@@lesleyelizabeth279

[@mjremy2605]

Totleigh Towers before they changed the name to Downton Abbey! Deliciously funny, so perfect.

[@68jroche]

Yes. I tried to hold an event at Highclere castle and when I mentioned Totleigh towers, they had no recollections.

[@LGranthamsHeir]

In my head canon the Crawleys had to sell Downton after losing their fortune during the 1929 stock market crash which started the Great Depression. "New money" Sir Watkyn Bassett bought the great house and changed the name to Totleigh Towers.

[@cmcull987]

It's such a treat and honor to watch an actor who actually plays the piano and sings.

[@dereknowill3522]

Priceless - Spode with a Teddy Bear

[@gillianmurdock2091]

lmao when my sister and I weren't born yet and my parents didn't have names for us, they would refer to my sister as Bertie and me as Gussie, now they are our nicknames within the family (even though we are both girls), wouldn't have it any other way, love both characters

[@Maggie-rr8gi]

Great story! I love that.

[@2011littlejohn1]

I love the fact that Sir Roderick Spode the out and out fascist is carrying a teddy bear.

[@Mediumal]

I think that's kind of the joke...

[@2011littlejohn1]

@@Mediumal Err yes that's what I gathered.

[@nulnoh219]

He also owns Eulalie...

[@jerryjohnson8485]

Well....he is an oddball.

[@geoffreycodnett6570]

Aristocratic eccentric! A bit like the late Lord of Longleat who had several "wifelets".

[@PUAlum]

Better than anything on TV today!!! Thanks for posting!

[@robertbaker2669]

PUAlum I

[@libbysingscontrezzo8419]

I watched this series when it was new on Masterpiece Theatre. The I bought the VHS set. Then I bought the DVDs. Just perfection, and very true to the Wodehouse stories. Originally I thought some of the songs had to be made up, but not the case. Oh By Jingo is in one of my old songbooks. Tune written by Albert Von Tilzer, the same gentleman who wrote Take Me Out to the Ballgame.

[@sureshisin]

Bertie: "Women always put a damper on things, don't they Jeeves?" Jeeves: "They are brought up to believe that it is part of their duty to restrain male optimism, sir."

[@harryohrt5255]

Hear, Hear !

[@sureshisin]

;)

[@ellenfrangules127]

Suresh Sistla Gargle?

[@ellenfrangules127]

Suresh Sistla "you will administer spiritual solace"

[@rachelr-j96]

Suresh Sistla we are not brought up to do that, it is something we unfortunately have to learn in order to keep our men in check! There is no other way believe me

[@inurafacititia7352]

I feel like going back through ALL the episodes and seasons to make sure I did a "Thumbs Up" in case I missed one.

[@virginiawurdak3367]

21:06 Freeze the frame just as Berty slips away behind the opened door ... that portrait! Just one of the many fine details, for which I re-watch. They have depth, those Brits. And subtlety. And a legendary sense of humour. Many grateful thanks to whoever uploads.

[@natgarrison2300]

An absolute joy!! The singing at the end was the cherry on the cake!!!

[@elbrabantino8358]

Even the music accompanying the characters and scenes is excellent! Bombastic music each scene Spode makes an appearance for example 😂

[@c.a.savage5689]

I thought l had seen ALL the Jeeves and Bertie episodes but am delighted to discover the S04 escaped me entirely!! Cannot thank you enough for posting...

[@moonlight.3x3]

I love when they sing the song at the end. So fun!

[@amulyamishra5745]

The tune in which Bertie is singing, in the beginning, has been used in a Bengali song "Shing noi tobu nomtar Shingho" sung by my favourite Kishore Kumar.

[@Amory98]

Indeed?

[@amulyamishra5745]

@@Amory98 Yes you can listen to it and confirm.

[@janesmith9024]

Excellent as ever. I prefer the ones set in the UK than US for some reason. I wish people still sang at the piano more. I can never get the adult children to do so now (they did lots when younger). Just came in from polishing my piano..... have to carry on singing alone I suppose,

[@389383]

Nice little filler at the end. They must have been a tad short on story.

[@maryoleary5044]

I agree about the one's set at home..and singing at a piano...what a lovely thing to be able to do!

[@desleymartin5084]

@@maryoleary5044 My Grandmother would play the piano and we would all sing around her. I miss this so much.

[@magdatorruellas9122]

I shall sing along with you dear…

[@singenstattatmen5096]

And here's me, an "adult child", who can't get the rest of her family to make music with her and never could. Then again, I never learned to play an instrument very well, that I might accompany others. Which is a crying shame, since I love mothing more than to sing. Wish there was someone in my family who could tickle the ivories, we'd have the absolute best of times at get-togethers I am sure.

[@lid0794]

This ending is one of the best in the whole series :) Thanks for posting!

[@peterjohns1872]

Love this show. No two could have played it better in my opinion. I have to say, I did prefer the original Finknottle though, from the 1st and 2nd series, and the original Madeline. I also love, throughout the series, Jeeves aversion to certain fashion items, and the way he went into a slight panic attack, at the site of a tie with horse shoes on it, or hankies with initials on them.

[@ShannynFrank]

99% sure Finknottle is one of the few characters who doesn't change - but the finknottle actor did play a different character in the 1st series, a dark character (Steggles) who runs a book at the local fair where Bertie almost loses all his money on the 'mature men' sprint race. The original madeleine ends up playing lady florence in the later series. I think the blonde madeleine with the high pitched voice in the later series is just awful enough to be perfect for the part! :)

[@ShannynFrank]

***** And this madeleine is the same as the blonde madeleine - only she's changed her hair color :)

[@ShannynFrank]

oh no, you're right, the orig finknottle must have done series 1, and then switched. I agree, the actor who played Steggles is much better as an evil Steggles than Finknottle.

[@eave01]

Oh, I loved it when Jeeves sat down and wept at the idea of not dressing for dinner.

[@musamor75]

@@ShannynFrank Pardon Monsieur, "madeleine" not only carries a capital letter, but also ends without an e. Avec ceci nous obtenons Madeleine. If you don't mind Sir. Names can be quirky at the best of times. Otherwise, all's well, don't you think?

[@adriaanboogaard8571]

A Definite Favorite. I couldn't get Enough. Jeremy Bret Sherlock Holmes. All Creatures great and small and definitely the little grey cells . Thank you for the fun and well done great shows .😁😁😁😁

[@iefarrington5473]

Super series and wonderful acting, direction and supervision. V.

[@clarabrown9743]

Delightful episode all around, lots of laughs too. So glad Gussie, and even Spode(!),each find a dear girl to love them. :D

[@daviddavid1346]

It sends shivers down my spine Jeeves. Well if you put your Jacket on you'd feel the Cold less keenly Sir.

[@piffpaff9674]

Brilliant, more than perfect on every level, Grand acting!!!!

[@gypsysweetheart103]

My all time favorite episode of the series.

[@redwoods7370]

It's so luxurious to listen to this exquisite use of the English language.

[@hse4342]

the most incredible couple in comedy EVER! Stephen Frye / Hugh Laurie please live forever!

[@389383]

Laurel and Hardy?

[@hse4342]

@@389383 talking ...

[@389383]

@@hse4342 Burns and Allen

[@hse4342]

​@@389383 I love Lucy and three's company, please go on...

[@389383]

@@hse4342 Hope and Crosby

[@dlxmarks]

Amazing that Wodehouse wrote the source story _Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves_ in the early 1960's (published in 1963) more than 40 years after he started the Jeeves & Wooster series.

[@laurahoward5426]

He wrote 91 novels, one for every year of his life, plus short stories, extra dialog in Hollywood, a lyricist for the Broadway musicals....

[@shugaroony]

Spode and his teddy! Genius! 'Like a stevedore loading a grain ship!' - haha, the best and original Stiffy is back! :D

[@katherinewilson1853]

I loved Spode and his teddy too.

[@smulkeysmulver]

Loreal, dearest Kitten, its been frightfully remiss of me, but I never did thank you, all those long months ago for your good, nay, let it be said...great deed! You are one of the good ones Loreal, yes...and I don't say it lightly, I'm not wont to bandy about with frivolous words. No, no, I must be unclouded in gratitude, unfettered in admiration, and punctilious in remark: you're a good egg, Lols old bean.

[@laurahoward5426]

"I'm issuing a nolle prosequi on this one" Bertie....great Latin and Shakespearean references all through Wodehouse...what a brain

[@Gottenhimfella]

I think that given Pelham Grenville Wodehouse was an enthusiastic pupil of Dulwich College in the closing years of the reign of Queen Victoria, when Latin, Ancient Greek and the Bard were the backbone of the syllabus, and given that most of his early works were school stories, I would almost venture to suggest that it might provoke surprise if such references were absent (do I get extra marks for pompositas ? ;-)

[@mtm00]

So good. Never fails to make me laugh with delight. Thank you, Loreal9110, for sharing.

[@loreal9110]

Posted. Frightfully sorry about the wait, old thing.

[@Studenta64]

Just brilliant. My favourite episode!

[@firiel2366]

"Alpine Joe" I'm screaming

[@janesmith9024]

Yes, so funny.

[@GeorgeHazan]

- him thing, much magic, my tribe - would you mind repeating that?.. - no, not at all ;-)

[@Reuben_95]

Back in very English accent. Might be my favourite Bertie moment. So silly!!

[@barbarag.5521]

"Big iron boat . . . BIG, BIG iron boat. "

[@miguelrotaeche8582]

There is in 11'10" a masterpiece sequence playing with three mirrors. And it takes 1'40", while Laurie and Fry are just perfect.

[@dannuttle9005]

Seeing Spode beaned and taking a powder never grows old.

[@purplepepper2503]

I feel like Jeeves is a tad bit more open with his feelings this season. I think it's endearing. Any who, poor Madeleine.

[@peterhart2169]

Two minds with not a single thought

[@magdatorruellas9122]

Anyhoo?

[@kevinbyrne4538]

@ Peter Johns -- Stiffy (Charlotte Attenborough) is indeed the daughter of Sir Richard Attenborough.

[@1574me]

...Centipedes are sauntering up and down my spinal column in large numbers, waiting for their friends.

[@rick5793]

The first place time I saw Hugh Laurie on House didn't realize that he acted that much in England. And Jeeves was on Bones. I've enjoyed ALL the stuff these two were in especially together. I've always enjoyed English humor and comedy programs years ago on PBS they just seem leaps and bounds over US programs. Only time I truly enjoyed US TV was in the 70's to mid 80's.

[@asadifififaroo]

I absolutely sooooooooooo love the song at the end I can't stop listening to it

[@MrLyndarenaud]

Poor Wooster! Everyone takes advantage of him...without exception! With friends like that who needs enemies.

[@apurvavasavada383]

“The midwife who delivered him, remarked on it”….. 😂

[@mistershopen7866]

If I could spend a day wandering around that house, I would die a happy soul.

[@ericminch]

Admission tickets to tour the castle and gardens are only £17, but you'll have to book early: they're sold out until October.

[@laurahoward5426]

Highclere is open for one and all

[@MrMagnusFogg]

...got the impression that this Madeline Bassett sings very well...

[@musamor75]

MADELEINE

[@MrMagnusFogg]

@@musamor75 Madeline...one should never leave the theatre before the final credits //-)

[@Headwind-1]

indeed so

[@geniusfollower]

"Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves" - a brilliant Jeeves and Wooster story, adapted to perfection here.

[@gmvn19]

I thought it is Code of Wooster .

[@johnpelletier7641]

One of you, do something! I'm a coward.....this may be my fave episode.

[@ajitpatel6832]

Made me very happy 😂 thank you

[@bonnymcdermott1240]

Wow, I didn't realize Highclear castle was used for this series! This is awesome!

[@jakeornot6306]

What a cathartic happy ending. Perhaps someone will explain to me why Bertie can never refute when a woman has decided that she is engaged to him?

[@edronc2007]

Because of the "Code of the Woosters".

[@samanthahamilton9117]

As Bertie frequently explains, if one sets up to be a preux chevalier, one is either preux, you see, or else … well, not preux, you know, what? Mean to say, imagine if someone had trotted up to the old Sieur de Wooster as he was cavorting around the field of Agincourt and informed him that a distant scion of his loins would someday tell a female of the s. who had taken up the option on him that she could stick it in her ear, effectively returning her to store … Well! The poor old buster would likely have had an apoplexy on the spot, thereby cutting off the Wooster line, and making this entire explanation otiose, if that’s the word I want. In other and plainer words, it was a device of dear old Plum’s to ratchet up the stakes whenever one of Bertie’s. pals floundered into the boullabaisse, romantically speaking. Hence, the Code of the Woosters. Well, hope that’s all clear as mud … toddle-pip!

[@xaraxania]

brilliant, i love the song, jeeves and wooster days were awesome

[@kellyanne9147]

Oh god the singing at the end 😂😂

[@avrilebanks8031]

A fantastic group sing!

[@mikepatrick1904]

In one of the Blandings novels, Wodehouse mentions Lavender Joe, a desperado who wears lavender gloves. No doubt a cousin of Alpine Joe.

[@jonathanstern5537]

Or his brother like Pete and Pete's brother Pete.

[@maureneschlosz491]

I love that Sidcup Sleeps with his teddy and carries it around with himself at night!

[@damianranger6910]

I love how the young men at the club are ALWAYS playing some game in the background!

[@amkb4649]

It is hilarious the lengths Jeeves will go to to get rid of items of clothing or a moustache of Wooster's that he doesn't approve of.

[@joansavage1857]

That is Downton Abbey!

[@LoneKharnivore]

That is Highclere Castle where the fictional television series Downton Abbey was filmed.

[@Clutching.My.Pearls]

Yes it is!

[@K1lostream]

J&W pre-dates Downton, so really you ought to be saying 'That is Totleigh Towers' when you watch Downton Abbey!

[@crystlark]

I love this episode its one of the few I watch over.

[@junestanich7888]

This is a really good one

[@emmanuelenyinwa1443]

By far the best episode. Bertie as an African potentate was the highlight of the episode, and pairing him up with the Wooden Sir Watkyn was hilarious.

[@cliffordsikora9841]

Is this the same estate used in Downton Abbey ? Anyone

[@LoneKharnivore]

Highclere Castle, yes.

[@Lammy4ever7]

"In that case, I am going to eat a HAM SANDWICH!"

[@389383]

If it is still like my last visit to Britain the meat sandwiches have very little meat.

[@daviddavid1346]

Oh my Lord Jeeves two minds without a Single Thought.

[@meredithburton7918]

Even the incidental music is wonderful.

[@inurafacititia7352]

Again I will say that Wooster & Jeeves should take a Long and extended voyage to the South Pacific and just rid themselves from all their friends for a long while. They will stay out of trouble and see a rare look at new and exotic places !! ;-)

[@Gosperella26]

It seems like wherever they go, they always run into a familiar face. I wouldn't be surprised if they ran into Tuppy or Lady Florence.

[@flyinspirals]

Shadow Priestess Claud and Eustace. And Aunt Agatha - separately, of course.

[@mariahammarstrom7934]

Colin McFarlane also played an embassador in the Thin Blue Line, and a police commissioner in Jonathan Creek. Great actor!

[@jimbrownza]

And great as Inspector Norris in Black Books, where Manny was caught up in being a cop

[@hiramkhackenback]

not many things jump from the page to screen with such success. Would love a decent script writer to pick up the baton and carry the story on.

[@flyinspirals]

+hiramkhackenback It's gorgeous. I don't know how they'd ever find such a perfect pair to play Bertie and Jeeves again... suppose they could try.

[@MekinakSibiMekinacic]

They could try, but couldn't succeed. No one can top Fry and Laurie. ;)

[@trinaholman4083]

I have been imagining a series with Wooster and Jeeves in a retirement home. Many of the original actors, the young ones, are still around. That would be a hit, What?

[@gr8fulsoul]

"Jeeves, I have the unpleasant feeling that centipedes are sauntering up & down my spinal column in large numbers waiting for their friends." LOL!!! Since when do centipedes "saunter"?! Gotta love the writing!!

[@desleymartin5084]

I love that line, the writing and the storyline are so well written, linking the engagement-avoidance of Bertie to the action. So clever.

[@gr8fulsoul]

@@desleymartin5084 I know, right! The writing always shines! Are you familiar with the TV show "House"? Hugh Laurie played House. He's such a good actor. He can do drama just as well. Also, Stephen Fry narrated a Netflix documentary & it was very interesting. Here's a YT clip of it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5iTmoZ_fa5-aZY

[@desleymartin5084]

Yes the writing is extraordinary and the music a fine addition. I am familiar with House and Laurie was great in that too. I found a series on KZbin, Fortysomething he was also excellent in.

[@gr8fulsoul]

@@desleymartin5084 Thanks for letting me know about it. :)

[@robkunkel8833]

I just heard the “... midwife who delivered” line. Thanks for the heads up. I was watching for it. So well delivered. They all seem to be having fun doing this show. At 50:20, is that a salute to the Monty Python brain surgeon bit?

[@davidstankiewicz2049]

Great singing at the end

[@sakurad49]

Love how the African tribal leader is super English xD wut

[@eave01]

Wut wut

[@jonathanstern5537]

@alison webster I was about to say, he went with the new vicar

[@janesmith9024]

Yes, a good few African princes were educated at our English boarding schools (some still are).

[@zbynekurbanek3345]

one of the many perks of Commonwealth

[@Headwind-1]

@@janesmith9024 + Persian

[@dwdei8815]

In the first five minutes you know full well that Bertie is going to be on his way to a) Totleigh Towers and b) Cuba. The defenceless pawn of fate.

[@donaldbadowski6048]

8:40 - I half expected the Crawley's to come out and greet him.

[@MemoryAmethyst]

The singalong at the end is priceless. What fun!

[@Nadine-xv1kr]

After watching a video of karens fighting airport security, Jeeves and Wooster are heaven on earth :-)

[@kevinbyrne4538]

mrKoncpom -- In one episode, Bertie dictates, to a clerk, a telegram. The clerk (who is English) finds his language so incomprehensible that she asks him, "Is it a code?" So, you're not the only person who finds the language difficult at times.

[@kevinbyrne4538]

***** Well, Bertie does often use slang and odd expressions. A person for whom English is a second language might be forgiven for struggling to interpret " ... this just about takes the giddy biscuit!" or "You know what Kipling said: The f. of the s. is much more d. than the m."

[@maryanneslater9675]

English expressions are a hoot. My mother-in-law would say, "Queen Anne's dead, you know," if you said something too obvious.

[@katherinewilson1853]

Yes, it's written to be overly lavish, and ridiculous, in order to illustrate the differences between Old England Order and New England Order and to poke fun at English expressions.

[@jmccallion2394]

Fry was excellent as Jeeves!

[@imogencarney3421]

Haha bribing jeeves with a holiday in cuba

[@markburnside8989]

Bring me lobster on a clean plate.

[@trogdortheburnilator]

I like Spode's Teddy Bear at 19:33.

[@FIGHTTIMEprod]

how come that collector guy didnt recognize wooster as the alpine joe at the end when he was playing the piano ?

[@dwaipayanroychowdhury7035]

I think that it had something to do with the diamonds.When the tribal chief offered that sumptuous number of diamonds to Sir Watkin Bassett, he must have parted it with the collector guy.They are so much overwhelmed by the prospective wealth they can procure from the diamonds that even though they, presumably, at the last moment came to know about the whole 'Alpine Joe' act, they just didn't care.The moment when the collector says "Still working undercover, Jeeves?" in a mocking tone when Jeeves passes the champagne to him in the last scene, is suggestive of that.

[@professorspf]

He does but he assumes "Jeeves" has it all under control because he's under cover. (46:18-46:20)

[@kitthearty]

Damn, you are right. There is a hole in the plot.....

[@mistershopen7866]

@@kitthearty Not possible with a writer like Wodehouse! It's almost a plot hole by the screen writer, but the old feller remarked to Jeeves that he'd, "Still under cover, Jeeves."

[@katherinewilson1853]

Planks is now a guest of Sir Watkin. He is not going to question a) Scotland Yard b) be rude enough to question his host about the presence of a guest or etc. Those were not common practises as they are today. If, "Alpine Joe," turned out to be a titled person and/or is currently a guest of Sir Watkin, it would be extremely damaging to Planks' reputation to disrupt a stay with untoward questions. It seems perfectly normal that Planks totally believed Jeeves, and did not doubt any of these things, because Jeeves was there only temporarily, as was Wooster.