Geoffrey Palmer (actor) appear in productions written by "Perrin" creator David Nobbs, the latest being the radio comedy "The Maltby Collection". He starred opposite Judi Dench for over a decade in the BBC situation comedy "As Time Goes By" (1992–2005). During this time he also appeared with Dench in other productions, including the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies," in which he portrayed Admiral Roebuck, and "Mrs. Brown", playing Sir Henry Ponsonby to Dench's Queen Victoria. He played Doctor Price in the "Fawlty Towers" episode "The Kipper and the Corpse", determined to get breakfast amidst the confusion caused by the death of a
Kipper tie with 1950s inspired bolo ties. In the mid-1990s, kipper ties made a comeback due to a resurgence of interest in 1970s fashion. These were typically darker and less kitsch than those from its hey-day. By the 2000s, however, wide ties had become associated with older men, and fell out of favour as skinny ties influenced by indie pop and Mod subculture became fashionable. It has alternately been proposed that the name "kipper tie" is a reference to the extreme breadth of the tie resembling a kipper, or a sly reference to the designer, whose last name, Fish, was evocative of