Samuel Johnson and Peter Ustinov have always been two enthusiasms of mine, as a quick search of this blog will show. Imagine my delight this morning to find, completely by accident, an episode of Omnibus, broken into eight parts (each about 10 minutes long), hosted by Alistair Cooke, which was an adaptation of The Life of Samuel Johnson, featuring Peter Ustinov in his 1957 television premiere. He won an Emmy for this performance. I can think of no better wedding of actor and subject; I cannot believe I never thought of the possibilty myself.
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