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John Basil Boothroyd (also known as J. B. Boothroyd; 4 March 1910 – 27 February 1988) was an English humorous writer, best known for his long association...

football team Allen Boothroyd (1943–2020), industrial designer Basil Boothroyd (1910–1988), English humourist Benjamin Boothroyd (1768–1836), English...

on the writings of H. F. Ellis, A.J. Wentworth, B.A. was written by Basil Boothroyd. It was made for the ITV network by Thames Television. A.J. Wentworth...

1945), golfer George A. Best, former goalkeeper with Blackpool F.C. Basil Boothroyd (1910–1988), humorous writer Bruce Dickinson (b.1958), singer with...

Kingsley Amis Alex Atkinson Joan Bakewell Nigel Balchin John Betjeman Basil Boothroyd Jono Coleman Quentin Crisp E. M. Delafield Hunter Davies Peter Dickinson...

Korean military officer. Joseph Kiselewski, 87, American sculptor. Basil Boothroyd, 77, English humorous writer (Punch). George Clutesi, 83, Canadian...

Blackman and Gordon Jackson. The screenplay was by George Fisher and Basil Boothroyd, based on the 1952 novel Winter Wears a Shroud by Robert Chapman. Journalist...

(1744–1824), scholar and poet Frances Boothby (fl. 1669–70), playwright Basil Boothroyd (1910–1988), writer and humorist George Borrow (1803–1881), novelist...

screened two subsequent adaptations: in 1979 a version dramatised by Basil Boothroyd, and in 2007 a four-part dramatisation by Andrew Davies, directed by...

The Reluctant Widow Directed by Bernard Knowles Written by Basil Boothroyd (as J.B. Boothroyd) Gordon Wellesley Georgette Heyer (novel) Produced by Gordon...

Bessarabian-born Romanian propagandist and censor (died 1993) March 4 – Basil Boothroyd, English poet and humorist (died 1988) March 22 – Nicholas Monsarrat...

English biographer, novelist and broadcaster (born 1915) February 27 – Basil Boothroyd, English poet and humorist (born 1910) February 28 – Kylie Tennant...

Marghanita Laski, writer and radio panellist (born 1915) 27 February – Basil Boothroyd, scriptwriter (born 1910) 15 April – Kenneth Williams, comic actor...

Knowles and written by George Black, Jr and J. B. Boothroyd, based upon a play by Wallace Geoffrey and Basil Mitchell. The screenplay concerns a scientist...

Prize laureate (died 2002) David Niven, actor (died 1983) 4 March – Basil Boothroyd, humorous writer (died 1988) 17 March – Molly Weir, actress (died 2004)...

Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2013-12-27. "Basil Boothroyd - Accustomed as I Am: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Speaker or...

(born 1895) 25 February – H. E. Todd, writer (born 1908) 27 February – Basil Boothroyd, humorous writer (born 1910) 2 March – Ronald Senior, Army brigadier...

1669–1670, England, d) Guy Boothby (1867–1905, Australia/England, f) Basil Boothroyd (1910–1988, England, nf) Diphete Bopape (born 1957, S Africa, f/d)...

Philip Eade, Young Prince Philip (Harper Press, 2011 ), pp. 184-8, and Basil Boothroyd, Philip (Longman, 1971), p. 39 Hart (2021), op cit, p. 237 Hart (2021)...

producer 16 January Ballard Berkeley 83 actor (Fawlty Towers) 27 February Basil Boothroyd 77 television scriptwriter 18 March Percy Thrower 75 gardener and broadcaster...