91Èȱ¬

Pale young curates are rapidly going out of fashion in the last of Mr Mulliner's tales from the bar parlour of the Angler's Rest.

Augustine Mulliner, in particular, is transformed overnight into a tiger of a churchman when his aunt sends some of Uncle Wilfred's latest invention, a tonic called Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo.

Starring Richard Griffiths.

From a collection of stories written by PG Wodehouse, first published in 1927.

Dramatised by Roger Davenport.

Mr Mulliner .... Richard Griffiths
Miss Postlethwaite / Jane / Aunt Angela .... Matilda Ziegler
A Small Bitter/ Augustine …. Carl Prekopp
Another Small Bitter / Uncle Wilfred .... Tom George
A Pint of Stout / The Bishop .... David Timson
A Port / Rev Stanley .... Peter Acre
A Light Ale .... Martin Hyder
Mrs Wardle …. Sandra Clark

Director: Ned Chaillet

First broadcast on 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4 in May 2002.