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Besides making cameo appearances in films such as Casino Royale (1967) and Rentadick (1972), television dramas like Casanova (1987), an episode of Lovejoy (1991) and comedy shows like Yes Minister, he also wrote television scripts and screenplays, such as Princess Caraboo (1994).\n\nIn 1971, with John Fortune, he published the comedy classic A Melon for Ecstasy, about a man who consummates his love affair with a tree. Wells played the headmaster of Thursgood's Preparatory School in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979).\n\nWells was one of the original contributors to the satirical magazine Private Eye and contributed to Mrs Wilson's Diary, the long-running spoof journal of the wife of Prime Minister Harold Wilson.\n\nFrom 1979 he repeated that success with Dear Bill, a series of letters (co-written with Richard Ingrams) supposedly sent by Denis Thatcher, husband of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, to Bill Deedes. Wells developed the feature into a stage farce, Anyone for Denis?, first performed in 1981, in which he played Denis Thatcher. Co-starring Angela Thorne as Mrs. Thatcher, the play was a major West End hit, toured the UK and was adapted for television.He co-wrote Alice in Wonderland, a musical adaptation of Lewis Carrol’s novel with Carl Davis, which debuted at The Lyric Theatre in the West End, London.[3]\n\nWells also played Denis Thatcher in the Bond movie For Your Eyes Only (1981). In 1991, he and Thorne again played the Thatchers in Dunrulin, a one-off TV sitcom-like satirical look at the couple in retirement.[4] He also voiced Arnold the Elephant, Edward the Monkey and Bert in the children's TV series Charlie Chalk.\n\nIn 1988, Leonard Bernstein started working on a new version of his much-revised operetta Candide. The author of the original book, Hugh Wheeler, had died, and John Wells was asked to help revise the text.[5] The first production of this \"final version\", by Scottish Opera, was followed by a \"final revised version\" in 1989, performances of which have been released on CD and DVD. An insert in the DVD (\"Bernstein and Voltaire\"), written by Wells, explained what Bernstein had wanted in this final revised version.\n\nWells authored Rude Words in 1991, a history of the London Library, for the institution's 150th anniversary.\n\nIn 1997, Wells appeared in the BBC situation comedy Chalk as ineffectual headmaster Richard Nixon.[6] His fellow cast members do not recall him being ill on set, but he was too unwell to participate in the second series.[7]\n\nWells' last book, House of Lords, was a best-seller and published a year before his death in 1998. 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In addition to the Amnesty show stalwarts drawn from the Oxbridge\u002FMonty Python\u002FBeyond The Fringe orbit, he invited newcomers such as Rowan Atkinson’s colleagues from the BBC TV show Not the Nine O'Clock News including Pamela Stephenson and Griff Rhys Jones; comedian Victoria Wood and regional comic Jasper Carrott. Lewis secured a return appearance by Billy Connolly and a debut appearance by \"alternative\" comedian Alexei Sayle who Lewis had recently discovered and was managing. Building on the success of Pete Townshend's 1979 appearance Lewis recruited other rock musicians to perform at the 1981 show including Sting, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Donovan and Bob Geldof.",1.3213,"\u002FrUVxU66v4d8JrKoD41sVHbmIhsQ.jpg","1982-03-01",6.3,6,"Self - Various Roles","65b1bea1e267de013007a180",24,{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":148,"genre_ids":149,"id":150,"title":151,"original_language":27,"original_title":151,"overview":152,"popularity":153,"poster_path":154,"release_date":155,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":156,"vote_count":82,"character":91,"credit_id":157,"order":22,"media_type":37},"\u002FePUO5jOtlEjmpqjyTQJgjWu31so.jpg",[40],185167,"Consuming Passions","Adapted from a play written by two Monty Python vets, this toothy satire launches with a tragic accident at Chumley's chocolate factory when hapless manager Ian Littleton accidentally knocks several employees into a huge chocolate vat. 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Professor Reeve wonders about strange events that seem to be connected to Stonehenge (Source: BBC).",1.1978,"\u002FhxjMU2yh3DXMczXhHOOsKO3KBQo.jpg","1976-10-27","Porton","5d2898da5f6c496cb25ff275",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":10,"genre_ids":230,"id":231,"title":232,"original_language":27,"original_title":232,"overview":233,"popularity":234,"poster_path":235,"release_date":236,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":79,"vote_count":82,"character":237,"credit_id":238,"order":239,"media_type":37},[40,122],119830,"Love's Labour's Lost","A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.",1.1224,"\u002F8upYYUf6k6fgc1umJZE9NWJ4m4h.jpg","1985-01-05","Holofernes","5e7c4c91fea0d772afc7e9f6",16,{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":241,"genre_ids":242,"id":243,"title":244,"original_language":27,"original_title":244,"overview":245,"popularity":246,"poster_path":247,"release_date":248,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":249,"vote_count":250,"character":251,"credit_id":252,"order":106,"media_type":37},"\u002F4YfMzsgqWIGVQoVKPzqAReWVEqz.jpg",[40,56,57,220],37345,"Princess Caraboo","Bristol, England, early 19th century. 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For the past 25 years they have provided us with some unforgettable programs that left us on the floor such as The Young Ones, The Dangerous Brothers and of course, Bottom. The DVD contains the very best and violent bits from the live shows and TV programmes that have starred the two slapstick legends in the past 25 years. With the help of the great comedy writers such as Ben Elton, they have produced many great moments, such as the sprouts of doom and the towering inferno impression that went horrifically wrong. Here they are, all of the great moments on 1 disc. Here is what you can expect from the greatest compilation of slapstick moments of all time!!!",1.1157,"\u002FheIblVoGGnGPN9WbO47LaBBes95.jpg","2004-11-22","Doctor (archive footage)","691692a24ad087595b87686d",13,{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":10,"genre_ids":287,"id":289,"title":290,"original_language":27,"original_title":290,"overview":291,"popularity":292,"poster_path":10,"release_date":293,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":52,"vote_count":52,"character":294,"credit_id":295,"order":49,"media_type":37},[40,288,41],878,1646610,"The Giftie","What would happen if you could clone yourself? Two ordinary friends decide to try this with a new machine at work. Thinking that this experiment has not worked, the friends go home dejected. But further events prevail and a serious dose of mistaken identity ensues. 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