| birth_place = [[Ashford, Kent|Ashford]], Kent, England The son of a [[cleric]], Wells was born in [[Ashford, Kent|Ashford]], in 1936. He was educated at [[Eastbourne College]] and [[St Edmund Hall,

| death_place = [[Folkestone]], [[Kent]], England ...}</ref> They had one daughter, Joanna, who was educated at [[Ashford, Kent|Ashford]] School for Girls.

| death_place = [[Aldington, Kent]], England

...of the same name]] by [[Roddy Doyle]]. It was directed by [[Alan Parker]] from a screenplay written by Doyle, [[Dick Clement]] and [[Ian La Frenais]]. Set ...aracters in the novel. [[Principal photography]] took place in [[Dublin]], from late August to October, 1990.