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Post by Wynn Chester on Jun 19, 2017 17:49:59 GMT
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Post by flyingsquad on Jun 19, 2017 18:25:12 GMT
RIP Brian.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2017 18:27:14 GMT
Oh dear! Not been a good time of late for TV presenters of yesteryear.
RIP Brian.
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Post by daz on Jun 19, 2017 18:46:12 GMT
Top kids TV presenter from the days when they really had to earn their corn and not rely so much on gimmicks and narrator of all the classic Trumpton shows. RIP Brian
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Post by Arch Stanton on Jun 19, 2017 19:14:00 GMT
He can't have been 83!! It only seems like yesterday that I was watching him on telly. RIP Brian.
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Post by ltd on Jun 19, 2017 19:46:14 GMT
A fixture of my childhood TV watching. Always a welcome sight, or given the amount of voice work he did, sound. RIP Brian and many thanks for enlivening a young LTD's television viewing.
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Post by ace5150 on Jun 19, 2017 20:07:51 GMT
Let's hope the stone mason doesn't cut any corners with his headstone. I was too old for Play school, but he, Johnny Ball and Derek Griffiths were giants back then.
RIP Brian
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Post by ace5150 on Jun 19, 2017 20:27:42 GMT
Was it Brian who voiced the Life On Mars segment?
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Post by ltd on Jun 19, 2017 21:05:16 GMT
Was it Brian who voiced the Life On Mars segment? It could be, I remember him sending himself on the Lee and Herring Sunday morning show. He was ostensibly employed doing the voice over for their kids' cartoon segment but got more and more exasperated with its poor quality. Cue quality rant in which he said it should have been him instead of of Jeremy Irons in Brideshead Revisited. Nice one Brian.
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Post by Arch Stanton on Jun 19, 2017 21:14:59 GMT
Was it Brian who voiced the Life On Mars segment? I don't think it was no.. Though I stand to be corrected.
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Post by ltd on Jun 20, 2017 5:46:44 GMT
Was it Brian who voiced the Life On Mars segment? I don't think it was no.. Though I stand to be corrected. I don't think so either - the LOM voice is a lot deeper and more northern sounding.
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Post by chopper on Jun 20, 2017 7:13:15 GMT
I remember him more for his legendary narration of the Trumpton Trilogy than Play Away - all the same,sad news & RIP Brian Cant.
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Post by jno on Jun 20, 2017 9:22:40 GMT
RIP Brian - a great part of my growing up was he.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2017 10:15:41 GMT
I didn't realise that Brian's second wife was Tony Britton's daughter so Brian's sister-in-law was Fern Britton.
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Post by billyfarmer on Jun 20, 2017 10:58:35 GMT
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Post by ace5150 on Jun 20, 2017 20:09:16 GMT
Was it Brian who voiced the Life On Mars segment? I don't think it was no.. Though I stand to be corrected. Played it several times, it's not Brian I'm sure, but certainly based on him.
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Post by Zimbo on Jun 20, 2017 22:01:41 GMT
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Post by alf on Jun 20, 2017 22:36:13 GMT
Fond memories from Play away.RIP
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Post by thecraftyleek on Jun 22, 2017 19:28:56 GMT
Brian Cant. What a legend.
When you watch the opening sequences of Camberwick Green, it is such simple, honest television. The musical box and the mandolin, the xylophone playing.
The Windy Miller episode always makes me laugh. Drinking too much cider makes Windy sleepy.
I was going to ask mias if Camberwick Green is a place in modern Cornwall. But having reminisced recently and watched this episode below, it's clear that Master Baker Micky Murphy - hmm, any 1960s BBC stereotypes there I wonder - has no idea how to make a decent pasty:
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Post by Arch Stanton on Jun 22, 2017 21:08:44 GMT
Master Baker Micky Murphy has no idea how to make a decent pasty: Yes, I'm not sure our Ace has too much competition from that dude.
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Post by Portland Road on Jun 26, 2017 7:45:20 GMT
A friendly voice and face from the era of classic TV. I did watch 'Play School' and 'Play Away' in young childhood, and TBH I found the latter a bit annoying. But I did like the Trumptonshire trilogy. Brian Cant brought them to life. They remain intriguing - life in the 1960s remained infused with 'Edwardian' values. As such, the Trumpton series were similar to 'The Avengers' and 'Adam Adamant' at that time. Brian Cant, also appeared in an episode of the Soap Opera - Weavers Green (1966), an episode which also featured Dennis Waterman. Great info Billy. R.I.P. Brian Cant
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Post by thewoodster on Jan 29, 2018 23:14:03 GMT
His voice did it all..! Also did his bit on camera play school,play away Rip Brian can't.
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