The bid, by a company called Southdown Radio and supported by actress Judy Cornwell, was beaten by that of Southern Sound—predecessors of Southern FM.
Judy Garland | Judy Collins | Judy Chicago | Judy Davis | Bernard Cornwell | Richard & Judy | Judge Judy | The Judy Garland Show | Peter Cornwell | Patricia Cornwell | Judy Lynne | Judy Blume | Judy Ann Santos | Judy Dyble | Judy Cornwell | Hugh Cornwell | Richard and Judy | Judy Rabinowitz | Judy Playfair | Judy Pfaff | Judy Pascoe | Judy Murray | Judy Gold | Judy Cheeks | Judy and Mary | Judith "Judy" Murray | John Cornwell | Suite: Judy Blue Eyes | Punch and Judy | Phil Cornwell |
The novel was adapted into the fifth episode of Midsomer Murders starring (alongside regulars John Nettles and Daniel Casey) Judy Cornwell, Miles Anderson, Charles Kay, Stephen Moyer and Geoffrey Beevers.
More recently there has been a reappraisal of this and other Priestley works: a new edition of The Good Companions appeared in October 2007 with a foreword by Dame Judi Dench, accompanying a reappraisal of the various versions by Ronald Harwood, André Previn and Judy Cornwell amongst others.