Alphabet associations - I

[mercia]

a writer who is currently very much in the news

I'm going to plump for Mr Dickens of Doughty Street sometimes portrayed by Mr S Callow

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

If not O'Toole, then Donat?
And Brian Blessed or Bert Lynch for (2)
And Simon Callow for (3)?

... the O escapes me!

[Norfolk Born]

How often have I done that!
For those unfamiliar with the format of some of my questions, only the musical link begins with 'O'.

[Norfolk Born]

If not O'Toole, then Donat?
And Brian Blessed or Bert Lynch for (2)
And Simon Callow for (3)?

... the O escapes me!

You have all three names.
Brian Blessed played this four-footed character on the London stage. Robert Donat and Simon Callow both recorded a setting of the relevant poem of the same name.

[amateur51]

Allan O'Keefe's most notable role was playing PC Fred Render in the successful police drama Z-Cars.... ?

Edit: Blown out of the water by previous msg

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

"Bert Lynch" was the character (<doh>): the actor was James Ellis.

[Norfolk Born]

Please see #14005 fhg is, I think, on the brink of completing the answer...?

[cloughie]

Ozzy Osborne

[amateur51]

You have all three names.
Brian Blessed played this four-footed character on the London stage. Robert Donat and Simon Callow both recorded a setting of the relevant poem of the same name.

Old Deuteronomy from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats played in Cats by Brian Blessed and recorded by both Robert Donat and Simon Callow?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Please see #14005 fhg is, I think, on the brink of completing the answer...?

News to me!

Do "pea-green boats" and "runcible spoons" feature?

EDIT: Ah, not if Ammy's got it!

[Norfolk Born]

Old Deuteronomy from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats played in Cats by Brian Blessed and recorded by both Robert Donat and Simon Callow?

Robert Donat, who played Mr Chips, recorded Alan Rawsthorne's setting of T S Eliot's 'Old Deuteronomy', as did Simon Callow.
fhg named the three actors, but ammy got the right cat. I'll leave you to decide who gets to set the 'P'.

[amateur51]

Robert Donat, who played Mr Chips, recorded Alan Rawsthorne's setting of T S Eliot's 'Old Deuteronomy', as did Simon Callow.
fhg named the three actors, but ammy got the right cat. I'll leave you to decide who gets to set the 'P'.

I wouldn't have got Old Deuteronomy without ferney's Brian Blessed clue It's deffo a ferney P I reckon

[cloughie]

Old Deuteronomy from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats played in Cats by Brian Blessed and recorded by both Robert Donat and Simon Callow?

You could get Noel rawsthorne in there as well could you?

[Norfolk Born]

Yes..but there's no 'l' in Rawsthorne
Editor: This is getting silly
Norfolk Born: I agree. I'm off to the local church to hear a concert of Beethoven string quartets

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I wouldn't have got Old Deuteronomy without ferney's Brian Blessed clue It's deffo a ferney P I reckon

You're very kind, Ammy, but I was way off the full answer (as I say, I was hunting for Owls and Pussycats, and Stravinsky and I don't know what!)

I think you should take the P - who knows? You might end up having to do the Q!