Editing Decline and Fall (section)

==In other media==
The novel was dramatised as the 1969 film ''[[Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher]]'', starring [[Robin Phillips]], and also by Jeremy Front in a 2008 [[BBC Radio 4]] production starring [[Alistair McGowan]] as Pennyfeather, [[Jim Broadbent]] as Grimes, [[Andrew Sachs]] as Prendergast, [[Edward Hardwicke]] as Dr. Fagan, Jonathan Kidd as Philbrick, [[Joanna David]] as Margot Beste-Chetwynde, [[Emma Fielding]] as Flossie, and [[Richard Pearce (actor)|Richard Pearce]] as Peter.

It was dramatised again in 2015 by BBC Radio 4, with [[Kieran Hodgson]] as Pennyfeather, [[Emilia Fox]] as Margot, [[Tom Hollander]] as Otto, [[John Sessions]] as Grimes, [[Alex Lawther]] as Peter, [[James Fleet]] as Prendergast and [[Geoffrey Whitehead]] as Fagan.

In 2017, the [[BBC]] produced a [[Decline and Fall (TV series)|three-part TV dramatisation]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08l67g5|title=BBC One – Decline and Fall| publisher=[[BBC]] | location=UK |language=en-GB|access-date=3 September 2018}}</ref> starring [[Jack Whitehall]] as Paul Pennyfeather, [[David Suchet]] as Dr Fagan, [[Eva Longoria]] as Margot Beste-Chetwynde, [[Douglas Hodge]] as Captain Grimes, and [[Vincent Franklin]] as Mr Prendergast.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-03-31/meet-the-cast-of-decline-and-fall|title=Meet the cast of Decline and Fall|work=RadioTimes|access-date=1 April 2017|language=en}}</ref> The production was the book's first television adaptation, and received largely positive reviews.  Alastair Mckay with the ''[[Evening Standard]]'' called it "delicately constructed and pitch-perfect."<ref name="mckay">{{cite journal|last1=McKay|first1=Alastair|title=Catch up TV...|journal=Evening Standard|date=7 April 2017|page=41}}</ref> Ellen E. Jones remarked on the show's "many enjoyable performances," especially that of Hodge as the "drink-soaked deviant" Captain Grimes, adding, "Give him a spin-off series immediately."<ref name="daze">{{cite journal|last1=Jones|first1=Ellen E|title=Twenties school daze for Whitehall|journal=Evening Standard|date=31 March 2017|page=57}}</ref>