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Rappaport, David, 605

Ratcliffe, Michael, 280

Rathbone, Basil, 458

Rattle of a Simple Man (play), 521

Ray (American lawyer), see Brodie

Raymond, Paul, 381

RCA, 454

RCA building, New York, 453

Reagan, Ronald, 229

Record, Eugene, 457

Red Cross Bazaar, Hampstead, 416

Redgrave, Corin, 423n

Redgrave, Lynn, 255

Redgrave, Sir Michael, 469

Redgrave, Vanessa, 109, 345n, 423n, 455, 459

Redwood Studios, 403, 406, 422, 448, 483, 584–5

Reed, Carol, 330n

Reeve, Christopher, 377, 466

Regent’s Park, London, 297, 368, 369, 394, 576

Regina, Python tour, 123–4

Reiner, Carl, 68n, 231

Reiner, Rob, 68n

Reiss, Fanny, 347 and n

Reiss, Frank, 347 and n

Remenham church, Berkshire, 4

Reydon, Suffolk, 8, 382, 607

Reynolds, Debbie, 393

Reynolds, Stanley, 49

Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 6

Rice, Tim, 269n, 594

Richard, Cliff, 173

Richards, Keith, 334, 351

Richardson, Ralph, 469, 470–1

Richmond, Fiona, 381

Richmond, Tony, 335

Rick (camera operator), 75

Rickmansworth, 346–7

Rigg, Diana, 364

Ripping Yarns, 375, 401, 416

further shows to be made after Tomkinson’s Schooldays, 283, 285–6, 288

writing, 290 and n

filming, 293, 295

casting, 339, 342, 344, 387–8

pre-production, 342

costs, 345

Jim Franklin becomes producer, 362, 364

Terry Hughes unable to continue with, 362

previews, 402–3, 407

PBS interested in, 418, 425, 482

Graham Chapman criticizes, 424

book, 435, 571

second series, 438, 445, 448, 465, 521, 569, 570, 584, 585, 588

BBC promotes, 441

MP believes to be flawed, 442

awards, 445

reviews, 466, 468

BBC refuses to commission any more, 509–10

book-signing tour, 513–14

new director, 520, 521

shown in US, 547

full-length film proposed, 558, 569, 570, 583

success of, 591

‘Across the Andes by Frog’, 290, 294, 295, 299, 320–1, 324, 339, 342, 344, 345, 349, 388, 402–3, 473, 474, 514n

‘Curse of the Claw’, 293, 323, 366, 387–8, 389, 407–8, 412, 423, 471 and n

‘Escape from Stalag Luft 112B’, 317–18, 378, 386, 399, 418, 468, 475

‘Golden Gordon’, 504, 522, 533, 536, 539–43

‘Murder at Moorstones Manor’, 293, 295, 299, 339, 346–7, 388, 402–3, 410, 481

‘Roger of the Raj’, 467, 468–71, 472, 475–7, 478, 481, 554, 582, 589, 593, 606

‘The Testing of Eric Olthwaite’, 314, 323, 345, 364, 377, 407–8, 411 and n, 418, 441, 480, 481, 542, 589

‘Whinfrey’s Last Case’, 504, 515, 517, 521, 522, 532, 535, 536–9, 542, 546, 585

see also Tomkinson’s Schooldays

Rippingale, Lincolnshire, 389

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer, 6 and n, 44–5

Ritz Brothers, 452–3

Robertson, Bruce, 592

Robertson, Cliff, 406n

Robin’s Nest (television programme), 508 and n

Rockefeller Center, New York, 306

Rocky (film), 533

Rod (neighbour) 92

Rodhouse, Roy, 507

Roeg, Nie, 335

‘Roger of the Raj’ see Ripping Yarns

Rolling Stone magazine, 231, 473

Rolling Stones, 155, 333, 334, 351, 401

Rome, 17, 18, 22

Rookery Nook (play), 539

Roques, Lot Valley, 30, 32–4

Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel, 76

Ross, David, 136, 581, 589

Ross, Diana, 126, 455

Ross, Mr (hotel manager), 174, 175

Rosten, Norman, 566–7, 575

Rothko, Mark, 554

Round Britain by Frog expedition, 483

Le Routier, Camden Lock, 281

Rowan, Dan, 452

Royal Albert Hall, London, 112, 370

Royal Court Theatre, London, 421

Royal Geographical Society, 516, 606–7

Royal Shakespeare Company, 541

Royal Variety Performance (1977), 399

Rudge, Mr (dinner guest in Barbados), 430

Rudman, Michael, 318, 319, 523

Rugantino’s, London, 155, 190

Rugoff, Don, 230–2, 239, 361–2, 366, 377, 378–9, 387

Rules (restaurant), London, 106–7, 136

Rushton, Willy, 257, 292–3

Ruskin, John, 442

Chris Orr’sjohn Ruskin, 297, 299, 318

Russell, Ken, 369

Russell Harty Show (television), 139

Russia, 449

Russian Tea Room, New York, 216

Rutland Weekend Television, 210, 233

The Rutles 367, 400–1, 402, 446, 449–50, 452, 454, 459

Rutter, Barry, 292

Ryan, Bill, 218