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Tom Sharpe

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Thomas Ridley Sharpe (30 March 1928 – 6 June 2013) was an English satirical novelist, best known for his Wilt series, as well as Porterhouse Blue and Blott on the Landscape, which were both adapted for television. [1]

54 relations: Alison Steadman, Anglia Ruskin University, Apartheid, BBC Television, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Blott on the Landscape, Bloxham School, Catalonia, Channel 4, Conscription in the United Kingdom, Daily Express, David Jason, David Suchet, Dornford Yates, George Cole (actor), Geraldine James, Grantchester Grind, Griff Rhys Jones, Harold Strachan, Holloway, London, Ian Richardson, Indecent Exposure (Sharpe novel), Lancing College, Llafranc, London Weekend Television, Los Angeles Times, Malcolm Bradbury, Mel Smith, Nordic League, Pembroke College, Cambridge, Porterhouse Blue, Random House, Riotous Assembly, Robert McCrum, Rotten Tomatoes, Royal Marines, Satire, Sir Godber Evans, Skullion, Sky News, The Daily Telegraph, The Great Pursuit, The Guardian, The Independent, The Link (UK organization), The National Archives (United Kingdom), The Spectator, The Throwback, Thockrington, Thomas Love Peacock, ..., Unitarianism, Vintage Stuff, Wilt (film), Wilt (novel). Expand index (4 more) »

Alison Steadman

Alison Steadman, (born 26 August 1946) is an English actress.

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Anglia Ruskin University

Anglia Ruskin University is a public university in East Anglia, United Kingdom.

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Apartheid

Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.

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BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

Bergen-Belsen, or Belsen, was a Nazi concentration camp in what is today Lower Saxony in northern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle.

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Blott on the Landscape

Blott on the Landscape is a novel by Tom Sharpe which was first published in 1975.

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Bloxham School

Bloxham School, also called All Saints' School, is an independent co-educational day and boarding school of the British public school tradition, located in the village of Bloxham, three miles (5 km) from the town of Banbury in Oxfordshire, England.

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Catalonia

Catalonia (Catalunya, Catalonha, Cataluña) is an autonomous community in Spain on the northeastern extremity of the Iberian Peninsula, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster that began transmission on 2 November 1982.

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Conscription in the United Kingdom

Conscription in the United Kingdom has existed for two periods in modern times.

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Daily Express

The Daily Express is a daily national middle market tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom.

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David Jason

Sir David John White, (born 2 February 1940), known professionally by his stage name David Jason, is a British actor known especially for his comedic roles.

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David Suchet

David Suchet, (born 2 May 1946) is an English actor, known for his work on British stage and television.

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Dornford Yates

Dornford Yates was the pseudonym of the English novelist, Cecil William Mercer (7 August 1885 – 5 March 1960), whose novels and short stories, some humorous (the Berry books), some thrillers (the Chandos books), were best-sellers in the 21-year interwar period between the First and Second world wars.

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George Cole (actor)

George Edward Cole (22 April 1925 – 5 August 2015) was an English actor whose career spanned more than 70 years.

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Geraldine James

Geraldine James, OBE (born 6 July 1950) is a British actress.

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Grantchester Grind

Grantchester Grind is a novel written by Tom Sharpe, a British novelist born in 1928 who was educated at Lancing College and then at Pembroke College, Cambridge.

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Griff Rhys Jones

Griffith Rhys Jones (born 16 November 1953) is a Welsh comedian, writer, actor and television presenter.

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Harold Strachan

Robert Harold Lundie "Jock" Strachan (born 1 December 1925) is a white South African writer and anti-apartheid activist.

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Holloway, London

Holloway is an inner-city district of the London Borough of Islington, north of Charing Cross, which follows the line of the Holloway Road (A1).

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Ian Richardson

Ian William Richardson, (7 April 19349 February 2007) was a Scottish actor of film, stage and television.

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Indecent Exposure (Sharpe novel)

Indecent Exposure is a satirical novel by British writer Tom Sharpe, originally published in 1973.

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Lancing College

Lancing College is an independent boarding and day school in southern England, UK.

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Llafranc

Llafranc is one of three coastal towns belonging to the municipality of Palafrugell, province of Girona, Spain, the other two being Calella de Palafrugell and Tamariu.

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London Weekend Television

London Weekend Television (LWT) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00 pm until 1982) to Monday mornings at 6:00 am.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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Malcolm Bradbury

Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury, CBE (7 September 1932 – 27 November 2000) was an English author and academic.

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Mel Smith

Melvin Kenneth Smith (3 December 1952 – 19 July 2013) was an English comedian, writer, film director, producer, and actor.

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Nordic League

The Nordic League was a far right organisation in the United Kingdom from 1935 to 1939 that sought to serve as a co-ordinating body for the various extremist movements whilst also seeking to promote Nazism.

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Pembroke College, Cambridge

Pembroke College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.

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Porterhouse Blue

Porterhouse Blue is a novel written by Tom Sharpe, first published in 1974.

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Random House

Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world.

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Riotous Assembly

Riotous Assembly is the debut novel of British comic writer Tom Sharpe, written and originally published in 1971.

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Robert McCrum

John Robert McCrum (born 7 July 1953), is an English writer and editor.

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Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.

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Royal Marines

The Corps of Royal Marines (RM) is the amphibious light infantry of the Royal Navy.

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Satire

Satire is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.

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Sir Godber Evans

Cover of 'Porterhouse Blue' --> Cover of 'Grantchester Grind' --> Sir Godber Evans is a central character in Porterhouse Blue (1974) and, posthumously, Grantchester Grind (1995), two novels about life in the fictitious Porterhouse College at Cambridge by British novelist Tom Sharpe.

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Skullion

Skullion is a central character in Porterhouse Blue (1974) and Grantchester Grind (1995), two novels about life in the fictitious Porterhouse College at Cambridge by British novelist Tom Sharpe.

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Sky News

Sky News is a 24-hour international multimedia news organisation based in the UK that started as a 24-hour television news channel.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Great Pursuit

The Great Pursuit is a 1977 comic novel by Tom Sharpe.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Link (UK organization)

The Link was established in July 1937 as an 'independent non-party organisation to promote Anglo-German friendship'.

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The National Archives (United Kingdom)

The National Archives (TNA) is a non-ministerial government department.

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The Spectator

The Spectator is a weekly British magazine on politics, culture, and current affairs.

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The Throwback

The Throwback is a 1978 satirical novel by Tom Sharpe.

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Thockrington

Thockrington is a village in Northumberland, England.

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Thomas Love Peacock

Thomas Love Peacock (18 October 1785 – 23 January 1866) was an English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company.

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Unitarianism

Unitarianism (from Latin unitas "unity, oneness", from unus "one") is historically a Christian theological movement named for its belief that the God in Christianity is one entity, as opposed to the Trinity (tri- from Latin tres "three") which defines God as three persons in one being; the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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Vintage Stuff

Vintage Stuff is a novel of British comic writer Tom Sharpe which was written and originally published in 1982.

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Wilt (film)

Wilt is a 1989 film adaptation by LWT of the Tom Sharpe novel of the same name.

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Wilt (novel)

Wilt is a comedic novel by Tom Sharpe, first published by Secker and Warburg in 1976.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sharpe

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