Invidious

Hello,
Recently my little channel here clocked up 2 million views and there is nobody more astonished than myself.
You see it wasn’t something that I set out to do, it just sort of happened. The thing started I suppose when I read and recorded a few Roald Dahl stories for the children, on cassette tape back then and later for the grandchildren on cd. Then discovering that it was quite easy to put them on Youtube, I recorded a few more Roald Dahl stories for easier access and thinking that other children may also like listening to them. It turned out they did and I had some very sweet comments from some of the regular listeners. That was before YT switched off comments on content made for children. Even the channel name was not intentional and just got copied over during registration from an old gmail account that I never used. However, it served a purpose and still does.
Then one of my dear sisters gave me a Wodehouse collection of short stories for Christmas and suggested I should try recording some. I’m not much of a lad for books, to quote the boy Bertie but I eventually read most of it and recorded Jeeves and the Yuletide Spirit followed by many more over the last couple of years.
Why?
Is a good question!
Fame and Fortune?
Well, the constant recognition in the street and the lines of autograph hunters gets a bit weary after a while and there is zero money involved, so no its neither of those!
Maybe part of the reason is that I have grown to love the character Bertram Wooster and have enjoyed bringing him to life all these years later. Of course the world and society he lived in was a bit different back then but his qualities of unselfishness and general decentness work just as well now. I would make a guess that Britain now is a lot closer and more recognisable to Bertie than our country would be to me in a hundred years from now. Actually the way things are going, make that ten or twenty years. However, I do know many people dismiss these stories as dull and irrelevant tales of a frightful snob. Oh, what a treat they are missing! And a snob, he most certainly wasn’t.
The main reason though for continuing, albeit sporadically, to put up more recordings is that there are many of you that like to listen to them! The comments, either from regular listeners or one off have been so heartening and encouraging and have been a great driver to continue.
So all this is by way of saying a big thank you, wherever you are in the world, for all your support and lovely much appreciated messages.
Thank you!
Nick

Also at last, a new PGW story going up this Friday evening. A ghost story - well sort of!

1 year ago | [YT] | 173

@tarrynharbour2907

I genuinely cannot listen to anyone else reading Jeeves and Wooster - your interpretation is perfection. I look forward to each story you upload. Thank you for what you do!

1 year ago | 24

@jwf2125

You are the best reader of a specific character I’ve ever heard. You ARE Bertie. And your other characters also are easily distinguishable and have voices very consistent with their personalities as written.

1 year ago | 14

@weedygardenerukweedygarden6981

I ABSOLUTELY love your readings. Please, please continue as they brighten my day and make me laugh out loud!!!

1 year ago | 11

@dronesclubhighjinks

It's delightful to hear that this channel evolved out of your desire to record stories for your grandchildren to listen to! What a wonderful gift you have given us on YouTube! Part of me wishes Wodehouse's stories would be as popular as they deserve to be; but I dread the damage "sensitivity readers" or other activists incensed by words could do. The stories you read are a great comfort especially when I am ill. It even helps to know that someone like you exists, and that hundreds of thousands of people worldwide right now love PGW too! Thank you so much for spreading so much joy and literature! 🙏🎯😄

1 year ago | 8

@nikolayan9622

Oh, this is great! Congratulations 👏 "In these days of unrest" your reading really makes my day

1 year ago | 9

@BloobleBonker

Oh great! Roll on Friday.... Love your readings and have laid back and chuckled along to them all several times.

1 year ago | 4

@lindabiggerstaff7135

Fantastic 😍. Bertram is a doll and Jeeves is so droll. I am always listening to wind down my day and get a chuckle

1 year ago | 4

@johennesseys

your readings of the Wodehouse stories comforted & delighted me during the darkest days of the pandemic. thank you for being such an amusing & frequent guest.

1 year ago | 3

@wendysinclair-smith984

I stumbled onto Jeeves and Wooster video after Downton Abbey concluded as I was desperate for more of the era. Little did I know that PLUM (Pelham Grenville Wodehouse would be such an everlasting antidote. His humour is so gentle and silly, light and refreshing. Nick, you do such a great job of bringing Bertie and Jeeves to life. Looking forward to your new narrations. Thank you so much.

1 year ago | 2

@sherrillyoung5220

Thank you Nick for your wonderful recordings - I listen to you most nights and enjoy the stories and the work you put into them - you really bring them to life.

1 year ago | 2