Arthur (1981 film) followed by a sequel in 1988, "". Lead players Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, and John Gielgud, reprised their roles, as well as many supporting players such as Geraldine Fitzgerald, Barney Martin, and Ted Ross. It was first reported in 2008 that "Arthur" was to be remade by Warner Bros., with British actor/comedian Russell Brand in the lead role. Brand confirmed this during his March 10, 2009 appearance on "The Howard Stern Show". The remake was a critical and financial failure. This film had three Indian remakes. One was the 1984 Bollywood Hindi language film "Sharaabi" starring Amitabh Bachchan in the
Defunct schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley Dudleians' was established as an entity for former students of Dudley Grammar School and Dudley Girls High School with the organisation of the first official joint reunion for 30 years. Notable former pupils of Dudley Grammar School include Lionel Harry Butler (Principal Royal Holloway College 1973-81), Ian Serraillier (children's author who was an English teacher at the school 1939-1946), Martin Dunn (newspaper editor), Michael Taylor, Roger Cashmore, David Tristram and Hugh Walters. The Dudley School was a mixed comprehensive school in Dudley, West Midlands, England. It was founded in 1975 on the merger on the town's two single-sex grammar schools,