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The Wilt Alternative. Wilt is a comedic novel by Tom Sharpe, first published by Secker and Warburg in 1976. Later editions were published by Pan Books, and Overlook TP. The novel was a bestseller. [1][2] Its success led to the author writing several sequels. [3][4] The descriptions of teaching in the novel are drawn from Sharpe's own experience ...
Notable works. Wilt series, Porterhouse Blue, Blott on the Landscape. Thomas Ridley Sharpe (30 March 1928 – 6 June 2013) [1] was an English satirical novelist, best known for his Wilt series, as well as Porterhouse Blue and Blott on the Landscape, all three of which were adapted for television. Pembroke College, Cambridge University.
Wilt, released in North America as The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt, is a 1989 film directed by Michael Tuchner and starring Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Alison Steadman, and Diana Quick. It is an adaptation by LWT of the 1976 novel Wilt by author Tom Sharpe. The story follows the comic misadventures of the eponymous Henry Wilt as he is accused of ...
Porterhouse Blue. Porterhouse Blue is a novel written by Tom Sharpe, first published in 1974. A satirical look at Cambridge life and the struggle between tradition and reform, Porterhouse Blue tells the story of Skullion, the Head Porter of Porterhouse, a fictional college of Cambridge University. The novel has a sequel, Grantchester Grind.
Blott (David Suchet) in Hoskins' office, with Hoskins (Paul Brooke) and Dundridge (Simon Cadell). Blott on the Landscape is a 1985 BBC TV series, adapted by Malcolm Bradbury from the 1975 Tom Sharpe novel of the same name. It was broadcast on BBC2 in six episodes of 50 minutes each between 6 February and 13 March 1985.
Tom Sharpe. Publisher. Hodder & Stoughton. Publication date. December 1995. ISBN. 978-0-436-59671-1. Grantchester Grind is a novel written by British novelist Tom Sharpe. It follows on from the story in Porterhouse Blue of the fictitious Porterhouse College, Cambridge.
The Throwback (novel) First edition. (publ. Secker & Warburg) The Throwback is a 1978 satirical novel by Tom Sharpe. It has been released as a recorded book in two formats: in an abridged version by HarperCollins Audio read by Simon Callow (ISBN 0001050761) and unabridged by ISIS Audio Books read by Geoffrey Matthews (ISBN 185695692X)
24 June 1987. (1987-06-24) Porterhouse Blue is a 1987 television comedy series adapted by Malcolm Bradbury from the 1974 Tom Sharpe novel of the same name for Channel 4 in four episodes. It starred David Jason as Skullion, Ian Richardson as Sir Godber Evans, Barbara Jefford as his wife Lady Mary, Charles Gray as Sir Cathcart D'Eath, and John ...