The Naked Civil Servant (film) PBS when Thames Television and WOR-TV exchanged programming for one week. In 2000, the film was placed fourth in a poll by industry professionals to find the BFI TV 100 of the 20th century, and was the highest ITV production on the list. The film was released on DVD in 2005. In 2009, Hurt reprised the role of Quentin Crisp in "An Englishman in New York", which covered the latter years of Crisp's life spent in Manhattan. The Naked Civil Servant (film) The Naked Civil Servant is a 1975 biographical film based on Quentin Crisp's 1968 book of the same
John Semple (civil servant) John Semple (civil servant) Sir John Laughlin Semple, KCB (born 10 August 1940) is a retired civil servant who was Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service between 1997 and 2000. Semple was born on 10 August 1940, the son of James E. and Violet E. G. Semple. He attended Campbell College, Belfast, before studying at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He subsequently earned a Bachelor of Economic Science degree (BSciEcon) from the University of London. Semple joined the Home Civil Service as an Assistant Principal at the Ministry of Aviation in 1961. He