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'''Tom Sharpe''' (born [[March 30]], [[1928]]) is an [[England|English]] [[satire|satirical]] [[author]], born in [[London]] and educated at [[Lancing College]] and at [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]]. After [[National Service]] he moved to [[South Africa]] in [[1951]], doing social work and teaching in [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]], until [[deportation|deported]] in [[1961]].

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Bradbury also adapted ''[[Porterhouse Blue#Adaptations|Porterhouse Blue]]'' in four episodes in [[1987]], this time for [[Channel 4]], starring [[David Jason]], [[Ian Richardson]] and [[John Sessions]], directed by [[Robert Knights]].

A film of ''
[[Wilt_(movie)|Wilt]]'' was made in [[1989]], scripted by [[Andrew Marshall (writer)|Andrew Marshall]] and [[David Renwick]] and starring [[Mel Smith]] and [[Griff Rhys Jones]] with [[Alison Steadman]] and [[Diana Quick]]. The director was [[Michael Tuchner]].

===Bibliography===
*''Riotous Assembly'' (1971)
*''Indecent Exposure'' (1973)
*''Porterhouse Blue'' (1974)
*''Blott on the Landscape'' (1975)
*''[[Wilt_(novel)|Wilt]]'' (1976)
*''The Great Pursuit'' (1977)
*''The Throwback'' (1978)
*''The Wilt Alternative'' (1979)
*''Ancestral Vices'' (1980)
*''Vintage Stuff'' (1983)
*''Wilt on High'' (1985)
*''Grantchester Grind'' (1995)
*''The Midden'' (1996)
*''Wilt Omnibus'' (1996) 
*''Wilt in Nowhere'' (2004)

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