by the character Professor Dinwiddie, who mistakes a public chastisement for a sing-along. It also featured in the opening episode of the 2007 BBC drama "Lilies", sung by the character May Moss at a gentleman's club. It was heard in the 1982 musical comedy film Victor Victoria, sung by Julie Andrews at her character's unsuccessful audition at a nightclub. The song is sung by Alice in the opening sequence in the 1999 television movie Alice in Wonderland. It shares its name with the numbers station, Cherry Ripe (numbers station), in which the tune was played during intervals. Paintings In 1879 it was adopted by John Everett Millais as the title of his immensely popular painting depicting a young girl with cherries. It was based loosely on Joshua Reynolds's portrait of Penelope Boothby. Millais had his niece Lucinda Ruby pose for the portrait only a matter of days before the girl was killed under the arches of London Bridge station. The painting was reproduced in colour as a chromolithograph by the newspaper The Graphic'' as a gift with its Christmas edition. The image vastly increased the newspaper's sales. A painting by Walter Osborne (1859–1903) of a cherry seller in Ulster also used the title. See also Street cries Notes English folk songs Street cries Year of song unknown Songwriter unknown