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Raffles is a 1977 television series adapted from the A. J. Raffles stories by E. W. Hornung. [2] The stories were adapted by Philip Mackie.. Set in Victorian era London, the series features the criminal adventures of gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, a renowned cricketer, and his friend, the eager but naive Bunny Manders, as they test their skills in relieving the wealthy of their valuables ...
Anthony Valentine portrayed Raffles in the 1977 television series Raffles and its 1975 pilot episode. Nigel Havers portrayed Raffles in the 2001 television film Gentleman Thief. The BBC had been developing a new Raffles series, to be helmed by BAFTA winner Sukey Fisher. [61] As of 2021, its status is unknown.
1904 Collier's illustration by J. C. Leyendecker. A. J. Raffles is a British fictional character – a cricketer and gentleman thief – created by E. W. Hornung.Between 1898 and 1909, Hornung wrote a series of 26 short stories, two plays, and a novel about Raffles and his fictional chronicler, Harry "Bunny" Manders.
Raffles Hotel was the subject of the Carlton Television series Paul O'Grady's Orient. Raffles Hotel featured in episodes of the BBC/ABC co-production Tenko, with the majority of Series 3 taking place in the hotel. The hotel's 2018 renovation was documented in the television series Raffles: An Icon Reborn. [25]
The Amateur Cracksman is an 1899 short story collection by E. W. Hornung.It was published in the UK by Methuen & Co., London, and in the US by Scribner's, New York. [1] Many later editions (T. Nelson & Sons, 1914; University of Nebraska Press, 1976; et al.) expand the title to Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman.
Raffles v Wichelhaus [1864] EWHC Exch J19, a leading case on mutual mistake in English contract law; Raffles Haw, a fictional character in The Doings of Raffles Haw, a 1891 moralistic story by A. Conan Doyle "Raffles", a 1984 episode of the British sitcom Hi-de-Hi! Raffles, variant name of Inside Outing, a video game released in the late 1980s
The truth is revealed: there is no friend. Raffles is actually planning to burgle the shop of the jeweler, named Danby, underneath. Though Bunny is shocked to learn that Raffles is a burglar, he reaffirms his commitment to Raffles. Raffles takes Bunny to the cellar, then across an outside yard to a door that Raffles forces open with a jimmy ...
The series of Raffles short stories were collected for sale in book form in 1899, and two further books of Raffles short stories followed, as well as a poorly received novel. Aside from his Raffles stories, Hornung was a prodigious writer of fiction, publishing numerous books from 1890, with A Bride from the Bush to his 1914 novel The Crime Doctor.