The Fry Chronicles (58 page)

Bennett, J.A.W.,
89

Bennett-Jones, Peter,
404–5

Berger, Sarah,
44

Bergman, Martin,
128
,
197
,
205
,
359

Berkoff, Steven:
Decadence
,
202–3

Berlin, Sir Isaiah,
85

Beverly Hills Cop
,
203

Bird, John,
336

Birdsall, Timothy,
336

Bit of Fry and Laurie, A
(TV programme),
217
,
229
,
424

Blackadder
(TV programme),
217
,
228
,
237
,
372–6
,
381–90
,
424

Blackshaw, Ben,
153–4
;
Have You Seen the Yellow Book?
(play),
144

Blake, William,
115

Blessed, Brian,
389

Blethyn, Brenda,
332

Bloomsbury Group,
69

Blunt, Anthony,
179

Bogart, Humphrey,
57

Bond, Edward:
Narrow Road to the Deep North
,
134

Bostrom, Arthur,
298

Botham, Ian,
195
,
203

Botham, the Musical
(revue),
203–4

Botterill, Steven,
137–9

Boxer, Mark,
305–8
,
318

Boyd, Don,
249–53
,
306
,
319

Boyd, Hilary,
306

Brahms, Caryl,
329

Bremner, Bird and Fortune
(TV programme),
336

Brett, Jeremy,
115

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC): acquires and broadcasts
The Cellar Tapes
,
197–8
,
210
,
214–20
; recording methods,
218–20
; Light Entertainment,
296
; declines
The Crystal Cube
,
297–8
; radio,
325–35
; Richard Armitage’s influence on,
376

British Pipesmokers’ Council,
55

Broadbent, Jim,
353–4

Broadcasting House, London,
328

Broadhurst, Nicholas,
254–5

Broadsheet
(student newspaper),
134
,
142

Bron, Eleanor,
336

Bronowski, Jacob,
182

Brooke, Justin,
95

Brooks, Mel,
423

Brooks, Ray,
291

Broughton, Pip,
127
,
135

Brown, Tina,
309

Bunce (schoolfellow),
17–18

Burns, Nica,
199

Burr, Raymond,
416–17

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk,
9–10

Bush, Kate,
355

Byrne, Patsy,
382
,
384

Cagney, James,
410

Caine, (Sir) Michael,
306

Callow, Simon,
250
,
353–4
;
Being an Actor
,
353

Cambridge Mummers (drama club),
95
,
124
,
127
,
145
,
152–5
,
182–3
,
186
,
190

Cambridge University: SF wins scholarship to (Queens’ College),
30
; image,
65–6
; SF attends,
65
,
72–84
,
89–90
,
106–7
,
110–13
,
122
,
149
,
157–61
; appeal to SF,
69–72
; collegiate life and system,
73–6
; Queens’ College,
75–8
,
113
,
116
; admits women,
158–60
; drama clubs and theatrical activities,
94–7
,
106–9
,
113–16
,
152
; Union,
101–2
; Blues and Half Blues,
102–3
; May Ball,
104–5
,
116
,
119
,
122–3
,
190
; terms,
105–6
; Head of the River competition,
110
; May Week,
110–12
,
188
,
190
,
192
,
195
; examination system,
122
,
149–52
; SF’s graduation ceremony,
195
; SF leaves,
201
; Mark Boxer at,
307–8
;
see also
Footlights Club

Carlton Club, London,
378–82

Carr, Allen,
62

Cassidy, Seamus,
391

Cats
(stage musical),
260
,
267

Cellar Tapes, The
(revue),
192
,
195–9
,
202
,
210
,
214
,
218–20
,
249
,
280

Champix (drug; varenicline),
62

Channel 4: launched,
245

Chapman, Graham,
71
,
121

Chariots of Fire
(film),
145–9
,
186

Charles, Prince of Wales,
201

Checkpoint
(radio programme),
331

Chekhov, Anton,
257–8

Cherry, Simon,
143
,
149
,
152–3

Cherubs (Queens’ College club),
105
,
131–2
,
160–1
,
195

Chichester Festival (1984),
271
,
325
,
335–9

Chou Lai,
405

Church, Tony,
256–7

Churchill, Sir Winston,
57

Cimino, Michael,
145

Citizen Smith
(TV programme),
215

City Limits
(magazine),
208
,
299

Clarke, Alan,
249

Clarke, John Cooper,
114–15

Clarke, Kenneth,
101

Clary, Julian,
392

Cleese, John,
70–1
,
121
,
262
,
271
,
390

Cocteau, Jean,
7

Coe, Sebastian, Baron,
147

coffee,
20–1

Cohan, George M.,
410

Collinge, Roger,
325

Colour Supplement, The
(radio programme),
330
,
332

Coltrane, Robbie: in
Five Go Mad in Dorset
,
214
,
245
; background and character,
230–1
; plays in
Alfresco
,
239
,
241
,
298
; and motor cars,
369
; seduction technique,
402–3

Comedy Store
see
London Comedy Store

Comic Relief,
390

Comic Strip Presents … Five Go Mad in Dorset
(TV show),
245

Conley, Brian,
415

Connolly, Billy,
391

Coogan, Steve,
369

Cook, Peter,
70–1
,
121
,
209
,
271

Cook, Roger,
331–2

Cooke, Alistair,
95
,
182–5

Cooper, Tommy,
207
,
209
,
346

Corbett, Ronnie,
209

Coren, Alan,
300
,
305
,
317–18

Coren, Giles,
319

Corvo, Baron (Frederick Rolfe),
26
;
Hadrian the Seventh
(stage version),
106

Cosmo, Tony,
237

Cotton, Bill,
258
,
376

Covent Garden Opera,
165

Coward, Sir Noël,
1
,
57

Cranmer, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury,
70

Crocker, Jo (
née
Fry; SF’s sister),
134
,
156

Cromwell, Oliver,
70

Cronyn, Hume,
417

Crosby, Annette,
336
,
344

Cross, Ben,
147

Cryer, Barry,
210

Crystal Cube, The
(proposed TV programme),
297
,
409

Cundall Manor (prep school), North Yorkshire,
31–43
,
105–6
,
123

Curtis, Richard: as Oxford man,
71
; performs with Rowan Atkinson in Edinburgh,
130
; writes and performs for
Not the Nine O’Clock News
,
207
,
209
; collaborates on
Blackadder
,
372–5
,
381
,
383–4
,
388–90
; proposes Comic Relief,
390

Dad’s Army
(TV programme),
376

Dalton, Buddy,
202

Dambusters raid (1943),
59–60

Darin, Bobby,
216

Darwin, Charles,
70

Davies, John,
143
,
153

Davies, John Howard,
374

Davis, Bette,
47

Deegan, Denise:
Daisy Pulls it Off
(play),
346

de Jong, Nicholas,
156
,
202

Delve Special
(radio programme),
331–2

Dench, Dame Judi,
90

Dennis, Les,
415

Diana, Princess of Wales,
201

Dickinson, Goldsworthy Lowes,
69

Dirty Harry
(film),
406

Dorchester Hotel, London,
186–8

Draughtsman’s Contract, The
(film),
250

Draycott Place, Chelsea,
220

Dunhill (company),
54