Gerald Charles Dickens (actor) his own British and American tours, Gerald Dickens performs extracts from "The Pickwick Papers", "David Copperfield", "Oliver Twist", "Great Expectations", "Nicholas Nickleby" and "A Christmas Carol" among others, in the latter creating 26 characters in a performance described by "The New York Times" as "a once in a lifetime brush with literary history." Dickens has recorded unabridged audiobooks of "The Pickwick Papers" and "Nicholas Nickleby". In December 2011 he appeared on the BBC's "Songs of Praise". A keen golfer, he wrote and performs the two-act play "Top Hole!", based on four golfing stories by P. G. Wodehouse. In 2015 at
Great Expectations (Modern Family) airdate. At the end it featured an "In Memory" screen dedicating the episode to David's life and quoting the famous line from "Chuckles Bites the Dust", which David wrote: "A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants." Edward Norton and Ty Burrell have previously starred together in "The Incredible Hulk" and "Leaves of Grass". The episode was viewed by 9.161 million viewers and got a Nielsen rating of 5.4/9. "Great Expectations" received positive reviews. Donna Bowman of "The A.V. Club" gave a B grade to the episode. "There's one thing that "Great Expectations" gets exactly right.