Captain Cuttle 1927. He died at the Mirafiori stud, near Turin in 1932 after breaking his back in a freak accident. The name "Captain Cuttle" was taken from a character in Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens, Captain Edward Cuttle. It was subsequently applied to an LNER Class A3 locomotive, No. 2745 (BR number 60091), many of which class were named for racehorses. Captain Cuttle Captain Cuttle was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He ran only six times in a career which was restricted by chronic injury problems. He was the outstanding British colt of his generation, winning The Derby and
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (novel) the novel written by Ray Lawler and directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg was broadcast on the BBC One series "Play for Today" in October 1973. Celia Johnson won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her performance as Mrs. Palfrey. A film adaptation written by Ruth Sacks Caplin and directed by Dan Ireland was released in 2005, with Joan Plowright in the role of Mrs. Palfrey. An abridged serialization of the novel read by Eleanor Bron was broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 series "Book at Bedtime" in August 2018. Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (novel) Mrs. Palfrey at