jerry cornelius is a character, an urban adventurer created by author michael moorcock. cornelius is a hipster of ambiguous and occasionally polymorphous gender. many of the same characters feature in each of several cornelius books, though the individual books have little connection with one another, having a more metafictional than causal relationship. the first jerry cornelius book, "the final programme", was made into a 1973 film starring jon finch and jenny runacre. notting hill in london features prominently in the stories.