Cultural influence of Gilbert and Sullivan a 1966 episode. In the UK series "Lilies", in the 2007 episode "The Tallyman" both "When I Was a Lad" and "The Sun Whose Rays" are heard. An episode of "Car 54, Where Are You?" has parodies of several G&S songs. In 1988, episodes of Australian soap opera "Home and Away" featured a school production of "The Mikado". A second-season (1998) episode of the TV show "Millennium" titled "The Mikado" is based on the Zodiac case. Gilbert and Sullivan references often appear in "The West Wing". Some incidents include an episode-long argument over whether "He is an Englishman" is from
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan Heckroth. It was produced by Gilliat and Frank Launder for Alexander Korda, head of London Film Productions and was produced in time to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Some re-releases of the film re-titled it The Great Gilbert and Sullivan. In addition to describing the ups and downs of the partnership between Gilbert and Sullivan, and their relationships with their producer, Richard D'Oyly Carte, the movie also depicts many of the people who performed in the original runs of the operas and includes extensive musical excerpts from the works, staged with the assistance of Martyn Green, who advised