Billy Bunter lived in mortal fear of which cane-toting schoolmaster?
"Newspaper reviewers generally agreed that the casting of Gerald Campion as Bunter and character actor Kynaston Reeves as Mr Quelch were successful – although some dissenters felt that Reeves' interpretation was closer to Upper Fourth master Mr Hacker than Mr Quelch. The portrayal of the senior boys was generally viewed as adequate, but most reviewers agreed that the portrayal of the junior schoolboys was much less successful. The characters of Hurree Singh and Bob Cherry were seen as particularly poorly realised, with both woodenly parroting their familiar catch-phrases without the slightest expression. The low budget of the production also attracted"
"Billy Bunter William George ""Billy"" Bunter is a fictional schoolboy created by Charles Hamilton using the pen name Frank Richards. He features in stories set at Greyfriars School, originally published in the boys' weekly story paper ""The Magnet"" from 1908 to 1940. Subsequently, Bunter has appeared in novels, on television, in stage plays, and in comic strips. He is in the Lower Fourth form of Greyfriars School, known as the Remove, whose members are 14–15 years of age. Originally a minor character, his role was expanded over the years with his antics being heavily used in the stories to provide"
"invariably in a state of extreme terror himself on such occasions. This characteristic was first seen in Magnet No. 364 ""Surprising the School"" (1915) when he saved his schoolmaster's niece, Cora Quelch, from an angry bull and was afterwards repeated on a number of other occasions. Unfortunately, Bunter's love of the limelight frequently leads him to spoil matters by boasting and exaggerating afterwards. Oddly enough, he also displays generosity, on the rare occasions when he is in possession of food or cash. Billy Bunter's main redeeming feature is the very genuine love and concern he has for his mother. This"
"Greyfriars School Greyfriars School is a fictional English public school used as a setting in the long-running series of stories by the writer Charles Hamilton, who wrote under the pen-name of Frank Richards. Although the stories are focused on the Remove (or lower fourth form), whose most famous pupil was Billy Bunter, other characters also featured on a regular basis. From 1908 to 1940, the stories appeared in ""The Magnet"", in a total of 1,683 weekly issues. After 1940, the stories continued to appear in book form until Hamilton's death in 1961. ""Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School"" was broadcast as"
"included unfashionable anti-British sentiments in stories set against the background of imperial India. Billy Bunter has two siblings: a younger sister, Elizabeth Gertrude (Bessie), who attends the nearby Cliff House School, and a younger brother, Samuel Tuckless (Sammy), who is in the Second Form at Greyfriars School. Bessie first appears in the Magnet No. 582 ""The Artful Dodger"" (1919), before appearing as a regular character in ""The School Friend"" later that year. Bessie appears in a total of 116 ""Magnet"" stories. Sammy Bunter first appears in Magnet #144 ""Billy Bunter's Minor"" (1910) and appears in a further 291 "" Magnet"""
"following day, Mr Quelch, the Remove Master, discovers Loder in the act of bullying several boys, and informs Loder that this matter will also be placed before the Headmaster. Loder realises that the cumulative effect of these reports is likely to lead, at the very least, to his removal as a prefect and possibly to his expulsion from the school. Meanwhile, many of the school are preparing to follow the charabanc conveying the footballers to Highcliffe School and watch the match. Billy Bunter is one such – not through any interest in soccer, but because of the prospect of plentiful"
"Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (TV series) Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School was a BBC Television show broadcast from 1952 to 1961. It was based on the Greyfriars School stories, written by author Charles Hamilton under the pen name ""Frank Richards"". Hamilton also wrote all of the scripts for the television show. Bunter was portrayed by actor Gerald Campion, who was aged 29 when he was cast in the role in 1952, hence was playing a schoolboy only half his age. A number of genuine child actors were featured in the other schoolboy roles in the show, some of whom"
"Gerald Campion Gerald Theron Campion (23 April 1921 – 9 July 2002) was an English actor best remembered for his role as Billy Bunter in a 1950s television adaptation (""Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School"") of books by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton). Campion was born in Bloomsbury, London, and was the son of screenwriter Cyril Campion. He won a place at RADA at age 15, and appeared in numerous films and television programmes — mostly comedies. In 1937, he appeared in Tavs Neiiendam's radio play ""Inspiration to a Poet"" on the BBC Home Service. His only major success was as Bunter,"
"appearing in anthology-style collections in Dutch until the end of the 20th century. ""Billie Turf"" comic strip albums were published from 1963 onwards, and have continued into the 21st century. Three Billie Turf movies were made between 1978 and 1983, mostly spelling the name of the main character as ""Billy Turf"". Billy Bunter William George ""Billy"" Bunter is a fictional schoolboy created by Charles Hamilton using the pen name Frank Richards. He features in stories set at Greyfriars School, originally published in the boys' weekly story paper ""The Magnet"" from 1908 to 1940. Subsequently, Bunter has appeared in novels, on"
"Bessie Bunter Elizabeth Gertrude Bunter, better known as Bessie Bunter, is a fictional character created by Charles Hamilton, who also created her more famous brother Billy Bunter. Billy Bunter was a central character in the Greyfriars School stories which appeared in the boys' story paper, ""The Magnet"" from 1907 to 1940 and Bessie's first appearance was in a 1919 Greyfriars story. She was a pupil of Cliff House School, a girls' school near Greyfriars. In 1919, attempting to replicate the success of ""The Magnet"", Amalgamated Press decided to bring out a new magazine for girls called ""The School Friend"" (later"
"would go on to achieve fame in their subsequent adult careers, including Anthony Valentine, Michael Crawford, Jeremy Bulloch, Melvyn Hayes and Kenneth Cope. The character Billy Bunter featured in stories about the fictional Greyfriars School which appeared for over 30 years (in fact, continuously from 1908 to 1940) in the boys' comic ""The Magnet"", written mainly by author Charles Hamilton (although, as Hamilton was not always the author, the stories were published under the collective pen-name of Frank Richards). Plans to bring the stories to the cinema screen, featuring the comedian Will Hay, had been discussed in the 1930s, but"
"a number of times. Coker’s younger cousin, Edgar Caffyn, one of the most unpleasant characters ever to appear in the stories, arrives at the school in 1935 (Magnets Nos. 1404 to 1412) with the intention of getting Coker expelled and replacing him as Aunt Judy’s heir. It is Billy Bunter’s turn in 1938, when his relation Arthur Carter, having been expelled from his previous school, has been disinherited by a wealthy uncle. He comes to Greyfriars with the intention of disgracing Bunter, his uncle’s new adopted heir (Magnets Nos. 1561 to 1572). In all of these storylines, the rascally newcomer"
"appears constantly in a temper, and does not listen, inflicting punishment even on a boy who has simply been sent to convey a message to him by another teacher. In contrast to the pastoral approach shown by the teacher Mr Farthing - portrayed in the film by Colin Welland, he shows no interest in Billy as a pupil or faith in him as a future member of society (""heaven help your future employer""), and regards the young people of the school as being of little worth. At a time when grammar schools were considered superior, the character of Gryce, head"
"Mauleverer of breaking school rules – referring to ""“disgusting and unhealthy gorging in a junior study”"" – and confiscates all the food, to the fury of the juniors. Billy Bunter, in particular, ""“almost wept!”"" Loder and his cronies, Walker and Carne, settle down in Loder's study to consume the purloined foodstuffs. A fire has been lit in the fireplace – which soon ignites the hidden fireworks. Chaos quickly ensues, with the three prefects scrambling to avoid exploding fireworks and causing the table, laden with foodstuffs and drinks, to overturn. Clouds of soot are dislodged from the chimney. When the last"
"misbehaviour. According to Dahl, this headmaster was Geoffrey Francis Fisher, who later became Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of London in 1939. However, according to Dahl's biographer, Jeremy Treglown, Dahl's memory was in error: the beating took place in May 1933, a year after Fisher had left Repton. The headmaster concerned was in fact John Traill Christie, Fisher's successor. Despite this infernal school, Dahl did make friends with the Maths professor and a boy named Michael. Even one of the Boazers, Wilberforce, took a liking to Dahl, despite this being punishment for Dahl's tardiness, Wilberforce was impressed by how Dahl"
"to distinguish the two characters. With the passage of time, the illustrations would show Bunter's circumference as ever more pronounced, while Johnny Bull would become indistinguishable from the other schoolboys. A list of the members of the Remove (Lower Fourth) form was published in Magnet #1659 ""Billy Bunter's Bargain"" (1939), and provided the boys' ages, heights, and weights. Billy Bunter's age is given as 15 years 1 month; his height as 4 ft 9ins; and his weight as 14 stone 12 1/2 lb. On many levels, Bunter's character is deeply unattractive. He is the living embodiment of several of the"
"about Africa his stories are marked by racist language and stereotypes . The moral message throughout is subtly tempered through comic characters, of whom Billy Bunter is the most famous. Bunter is the antithesis of everything the stories value, being lazy, greedy, dishonest and self-centred. His presence though is tolerated because of his extreme incompetence and (usually) an absence of outright malice. His absurd interventions deflate the high seriousness that the authority figures seek to impose, and frequently reduce their efforts to farce. The public school setting offered an opportunity to create a world where adult presence was spread thinly,"
"Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (novel) Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School is a novel by Charles Hamilton writing as Frank Richards, using the characters and settings of the Greyfriars School stories published from 1908 to 1940 in ""The Magnet"". The novel was an immediate success, with sales of 25,000 copies within a few weeks. This was the maximum allowed during post-war paper shortages. The novel was reprinted by the original publisher in 1947, 1948 and 1950. Subsequently, it was republished by Armada in August 1968 and by Hawk in January 1991. Volumes 1, 6, 8, 15, 16, and 25 were"
"The Magnet The Magnet was a United Kingdom weekly boys' story paper published by Amalgamated Press. It ran from 1908 to 1940, publishing a total of 1683 issues. Each issue contained a long school story about the boys of Greyfriars School, a fictional public school located somewhere in Kent, and were written under the pen-name of Frank Richards. The vast majority of the stories were written by author Charles Hamilton, although substitute writers were sometimes used. The most famous Greyfriars character was Billy Bunter, of the Remove. Most issues of ""The Magnet"" also included a shorter serial story (a variety"
"which is also marked by his hatred of cruelty and corporal punishment. According to ""Boy: Tales of Childhood"", a friend named Michael was viciously caned by headmaster Geoffrey Fisher. Writing in that same book, Dahl reflected: “All through my school life I was appalled by the fact that masters and senior boys were allowed literally to wound other boys, and sometimes quite severely... I couldn’t get over it. I never have got over it.” The master was later selected as the Archbishop of Canterbury and crowned Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. (According to Dahl's biographer Jeremy Treglown, the caning took"
"typical English boarding school and many students later wrote of the terrible violence they suffered there. The upper master (i.e. principal or headteacher) of the school from 1778 to 1799 was Reverend James Boyer, a man renowned for his unpredictable and capricious temper. In one famous story Boyer was said to have knocked one of Leigh Hunt's teeth out by throwing a copy of Homer at him from across the room. Lamb seemed to have escaped much of this brutality, in part because of his amiable personality and in part because Samuel Salt, his father's employer and Lamb's sponsor at"
"stories. There is little love lost between the three, as is shown in this passage from one of the earlier stories: Their father is Mr William Samuel Bunter, a portly, largely unsuccessful, stockbroker with a severe manner; although it is noted that ""like many middle aged gentlemen, Mr. Bunter was better tempered after breakfast."" He is perpetually complaining about income tax and school fees and has little interest in his children. Written correspondence between Billy and his father consists of continual requests from Billy to supplement his pocket money; and continual refusals from his father to accede. By contrast, Billy"
"the 'Fat Owl of the Remove', Billy Bunter, in the long-running television series ""Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School"". He recorded six episodes in 1952, after which fellow actors Raf De La Torre, John Woodnutt and Jack Melford began sharing the portrayal of this supporting character. Making just a single episode in 1954 (""Bunter Won't Go""), Reeves then returned to reprise the performance for two more episodes in 1956, and a further four in 1957, following which he gave up the role. This did not end his involvement with BBC productions however, and in 1958 he appeared in the six-part project"
"adverse comment, with reviewers noting a ""certain emptiness of the sets"" and the fact that the school seemed deserted apart from the principal characters. The show did not lose its popularity over its nine years on the air. If anything, it gained in popularity and ratings as time went by, resulting in later seasons comprising greater numbers of episodes. It eventually came to an end due only to the death, in December 1961 at the age of 85, of Charles Hamilton, who had created the character of Bunter and who wrote all of the televised scripts over the entire nine"
"a pound or two"""" on the strength of the anticipated arrival of a cheque that never materialised. Billy Bunter appeared in 1,670 of the 1,683 issues of ""The Magnet"" published during the 32-year period from 1908 to 1940. He was introduced in Magnet No. 1 ""The Making of Harry Wharton"" (1908) as a minor character, but developed into one of the principal characters of the stories as author Charles Hamilton realised his comic potential. George Orwell described him as ""...a real creation. His tight trousers against which boots and canes are constantly thudding, his astuteness in search of food, his"
"'60s he illustrated Cassell's ""Billy Bunter's Own"" annuals. He lived in Reading, commuting daily to London by train for many years. He died in 1972, survived by two daughters, Dorothy and Marjorie. C. H. Chapman Charles Henry Chapman (1879–1972), who signed his work as C. H. Chapman, was a British illustrator and cartoonist best known for his work in boys' story papers such as ""The Magnet"" where the character Billy Bunter appeared. He later illustrated Bunter cartoon strips and several Bunter books published in the 1950s and 1960s. Chapman was born in Thetford, Norfolk, on 1 April 1879, and attended"
"postal order which never turns up, have made him famous wherever the Union Jack waves."" In addition to stories set at Greyfriars School, his adventures also included many travel series, with trips to China, India, Egypt, Sub-Saharan Africa, Brazil, Hollywood and the South Seas. In his first appearance, Billy Bunter was introduced thus: Bunter's big round spectacles and rolling gait earned him the nickname the """"Owl of the Remove"""". In the early stories, both Bunter and classmate Johnny Bull were described as ""stout"" in appearance; and it was Magnet illustrator C. H. Chapman who first put Bunter into checked-pattern trousers"
"Greyfriars schoolboy Harry Wharton. Bessie Bunter was essentially a female counterpart to her brother Billy, sharing many characteristics with her brother, including her large size and large appetite. She was as unappealing as her brother Billy, being conceited, untruthful, gluttonous and obese, but she was rather more domineering than he was and would usually impose her will by nagging, or, in the case of her brothers, by administering hefty slaps to the head . Bessie Bunter Elizabeth Gertrude Bunter, better known as Bessie Bunter, is a fictional character created by Charles Hamilton, who also created her more famous brother Billy"
"that a student had with his teacher. As she comes back to the present, she finds that her teacher has unknowingly written ""Don't walk away from me, bitch!"" on the black board, a line the male student had shouted. Later, Xander is grabbed by a monster arm from inside his locker. Buffy helps him break away, but the arm then disappears. Giles is intrigued by the possible presence of a poltergeist. Later that night, Giles sees the janitor shoot a teacher, though only moments earlier they were cordial. Giles is convinced that Jenny Calendar is haunting the school. Willow finds"
"reprinted in September 1982 by Quiller Press. During the 1990s, the majority of titles were reprinted in facsimile format, including hard covers, by Hawk Books. Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (novel) Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School is a novel by Charles Hamilton writing as Frank Richards, using the characters and settings of the Greyfriars School stories published from 1908 to 1940 in ""The Magnet"". The novel was an immediate success, with sales of 25,000 copies within a few weeks. This was the maximum allowed during post-war paper shortages. The novel was reprinted by the original publisher in 1947, 1948 and"
"braver. Miss Calendar interrupts Giles' study in the library to warn him that she sees apocalyptic portents. She tells him that Brother Luca, a monk in Cortona, is e-mailing her about the Anointed One. Giles asks her to get more information about this, promising he will explain everything later. That evening, Buffy uses the restroom at school and finds that the faucet is running with blood. As Buffy enters the library she hears Giles telling Angel about the prophecy. Buffy, shocked, yells that she is quitting as the slayer, throwing the cross Angel gave her on the ground. She goes"
"C. H. Chapman Charles Henry Chapman (1879–1972), who signed his work as C. H. Chapman, was a British illustrator and cartoonist best known for his work in boys' story papers such as ""The Magnet"" where the character Billy Bunter appeared. He later illustrated Bunter cartoon strips and several Bunter books published in the 1950s and 1960s. Chapman was born in Thetford, Norfolk, on 1 April 1879, and attended Kendrick School in Reading, Berkshire, where he created and illustrated a school magazine, ""The Kendrick Comet"". He studied art at the University of Reading, after which he was apprenticed to an architect."
"that he get rid of the racehorse. At the end of the dream, Tony is confronted by Mr. Molinaro, his high school football coach, who criticizes Tony's lifestyle and points out how he didn't have to be a criminal and live with all the stress that comes with being one. When Tony tries to shoot Molinaro, his gun malfunctions and the bullets seemingly melt in his hands; the coach continues to taunt him about not being prepared until Tony awakens with a start. Shortly afterward, Tony receives a visit from Christopher, who informs him that Tony B has killed Billy"