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He began his career in radio, and his long-standing partnership with Denis Norden led to appearances on panel games such as My Music and My Word!. He was well-known to television audiences as a team captain on the long-running BBC2 series, Call My Bluff, and did voice-overs for advertisements, notably Cadbury's Fruit & Nut chocolate. In 1954 he founded the amateur dramatic society "Thorpe players". He was a writer and presenter on many shows including the 1960s satireSatire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (individuals, organizations, states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. In Celtic societies, it was thought a bard's satire could have phys programmes, That Was The Week That WasThat Was The Week That Was also known as TW3 was a satirical television comedy program that aired on the BBC in 1962 and 1963. Devised, produced and directed by Ned Sherrin, cast members included: David Frost, Roy Kinnear, Bernard Levin and Willie Rushton and The Frost Report .

His pets, which prompted many an anecdote on My Word!, included Afghan HoundThe Afghan Hound a very old sighthound dog breed. Distinguished by its thick, fine, silky coat and its tail with a ring curl at the end, the breed acquired its unique features in the cold mountains of Afghanistan, where it was originally used to hunt wolvs and Burmese catThe Burmese is a breed of domesticated cats descended from a cat, Wong Mau, who was found in Burma in 1930 by Dr. She was brought to San Francisco, California, where she was bred with Siameses. This breed was first recognized in 1936 by the CFA and that ps. The hounds were also the inspiration for a series of picture books about an accident-prone Afghan puppy called " What-a-Mess ".

Other shows he was associated with include Take It From HereTake It From Here was BBC radio programme starring Jimmy Edwards, a moustached comedian; Dick Bentley, an Australian; and Joy Nicholls, later to replaced by June Whitfield. It was written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. It was one of the first shows to re, Whacko! and Brothers in Law .

He married in 19491949 is the common year starting on Saturday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 4 RMS Caronia of the Cunard Line departs Southampton for New York on her maiden voyage January 4 February 22 Series of winter storms in Nebraska, Wyoming, and had two children. His wife, Polly, died on 27 October 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co.

In 1997, his autobiography, A Kentish Lad, was published.