Ian is joined by composer Peter Falconer, of the How I Hobby podcast, to look at The Swoop! or, How Clarence Saved England: A Tale of the Great Invasion (1909) a spoof of three separate Edwardian trends: invasion literature, the boy scout movement, and the music hall. Thanks again to madameeulalie.org. There will be spoilers.

Content note: racism

Other Wodehouse works mentioned:

The Military Invasion of America (US version of the story)

The Next Invasion

Eggs, Beans and Crumpets

The Man Upstairs

Do Butlers Burgle Banks

Weekend Wodehouse

Love Among the Chickens

Over Seventy

The Inimitable Jeeves

Summer Lightning

The Prince and Betty

Also mentioned

Ionicus

Vladimir Nabokov

J R R Tolkien

John Le Carré

Shirley Jackson

William le Queux, The Invasion of 1910

Alfred and Hildebrand Harmsworth

Saki When William Came

Baden-Powell Scouting For Boys

George and Weedon Grossmith Diary of a Nobody

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (radio show)

Ici on parle français (play)

Ocean's Twelve (film)

Big Train (TV show)

Paul Hatcher, The World Stare-out Championship Final

John Major, My Old Man

Henry Lauder

Andy G, "Tawny Owl"

Aerated Bread Company

Norman Murphy, A Wodehouse Handbook

Bart Kennedy

Edgar Wallace

Bugsy Malone

Douglas Adams

Rob Grant and Doug Naylor

Terry Pratchett

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