question: "Strychnine in the Soup" is a short story by the British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, a BBC TV adaptation of the story aired on 9 April 1976, Cyril Mulliner was played by John Alderton (born 27 November 1940) is an English actor, and has often starred alongside his wife, who?
answer: Pauline Collins
context: Title: John Alderton
  Passage: John Alderton (born 27 November 1940) is an English actor who is best known for his roles in "Upstairs, Downstairs", "Thomas & Sarah", "Wodehouse Playhouse", "Little Miss" (original TV series), "Please Sir! ", and "Fireman Sam" (The original series).  Alderton has often starred alongside his wife, Pauline Collins.
  Title: A Slice of Life (short story)
  Passage: "A Slice of Life" is a short story by the British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse.  A part of the Mr. Mulliner series, the story was first published in 1926 in "Strand Magazine", and appeared almost simultaneously in Liberty in the United States.  It also appears in the collection "Meet Mr. Mulliner".  The main character in this story, Wilfred Mulliner, plays off-stage parts in Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo.
  Title: Strychnine in the Soup
  Passage: "Strychnine in the Soup" is a short story by the British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse.  A part of the Mr. Mulliner series, the story was first published in 1932 in "Strand Magazine".  It also appears in the collections "Mulliner Nights" and "Wodehouse on Crime".  A BBC TV adaptation of the story aired on 9 April 1976 starring John Alderton as Cyril Mulliner and Pauline Collins as Amelia Bassett as part of the Wodehouse Playhouse series of short stories.
  Title: The Reverent Wooing of Archibald
  Passage: "The Reverent Wooing of Archibald" is a short story by British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being a part of the Mr Mulliner series and related to the Drones Club series.  It features Archibald Mulliner, the sock collector who can mimic a hen laying an egg, and his love Aurelia Cammarleigh.  It was first published in the August 1928 issue of United Kingdom literary magazine "Strand", and first appeared in the United States in the September 1928 issue of "Cosmopolitan".  It was collected in the 1929 book "Mr Mulliner Speaking".
citations: John Alderton Strychnine in the Soup