Editing British sitcom (section)

===''Jeeves and Wooster''===
The [[Jeeves#Jeeves canon|"Jeeves" stories]] by novelist [[P. G. Wodehouse]] were made into ''[[Jeeves and Wooster]]'' (1990–1993),  a [[comedy-drama]] series in sitcom style. Twenty-three episodes in 4 series were adapted by [[Clive Exton]] for ITV, starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, already well known writers and [[double act]] stars of their own [[sketch comedy]] television series ''[[A Bit of Fry & Laurie]]''. The productions were well received. The third series won a British Academy Television Award for Best Design for [[Eileen Diss]]. The final series won a British Academy Television Award for Best Graphics for Derek W. Hayes and was nominated for a [[British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series]]; it also earned a British Academy Television Award for Best Original Television Music for [[Anne Dudley]],<ref name=dudley>{{cite web|access-date=3 December 2009|url=http://www.annedudley.co.uk/Default.aspx?page=29&node=42|publisher=annedudley.co.uk|title=The World of Jeeves & Wooster – Original Soundtrack|archive-date=1 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301100632/http://www.annedudley.co.uk/Default.aspx?page=29&node=42|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a British Academy Television Award for Best Costume Design for Dany Everett.<ref name="imdbaward">[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098833/awards Awards for ''Jeeves and Wooster'' (1990)] from [[Internet Movie Database]]</ref> In retrospect, Michael Brooke of [[BFI Screenonline]] called screenwriter Exton "the series' real star", saying his "[[Literary adaptation|adaptations]] come surprisingly close to capturing the flavour of the originals" by "retaining many of Wodehouse's most inspired literary similes."<ref name="bfiscreen">{{Screenonline TV title|1060579}}</ref>