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
Gourmet Night Elizabeth Benson, who plays Mrs. Heath, would go on to appear in the second series as Mrs. White in "The Kipper and the Corpse". She is one of three guest performers to appear in both series with the other two being; Cleese appeared as Basil in a 2016 advertisement for Specsavers, in which, in a reference to the car thrashing scene from this episode, Basil accidentally attacks an adjacent police car. Andrew Sachs, André Maranne and Steve Plytas would later co-star again in 1978 in "Revenge of the Pink Panther", though they did not share any scenes together. There are