David Tennant will be contributing the Bernard Who? on BBC Radio 4 at 11.30am today. The first part in a two part documentary, the programme celebrates the 85th birthday of veteran actor Bernard Cribbins and his 70 years in showbusiness.
The BBC say
This year, the actor Bernard Cribbins celebrates his 85th
birthday and more than 70 years in showbusiness. In this revealing two-part
series he talks to his friend and producer Martin Jenkins about his
extraordinary career, and a cast of friends share their memories of working
with Bernard, including David Tennant, Barbara Windsor, Barry Cryer and the
late Richard Briers.
He's been directed by Hitchcock, starred alongside a galaxy
of screen legends including Peter Sellers and Kenneth Williams, is good mates
with David Tennant, and has performed with Barbara Windsor wearing nothing but
a bikini.
Somehow Bernard Cribbins has earned a special place in the
hearts of every generation; whether you're a fan of the Carry On films or his
1960s chart hits Right Said Fred and Hole in the Ground, grew up watching The
Railway Children or listened to him read more than 100 classic tales on
Jackanory. And he has continued to wow younger audiences as Wilfred Mott in
Doctor Who, and most recently as the storytelling sailor Old Jack in the new
BBC children's television series on CBeebies.
In this, the first of two programmes, Bernard looks back at
his early career at Oldham Rep, where he started as an actor and assistant
stage manager aged 13, on his national service with the parachute regiment in
Palestine, and the big break that took him to London's West End, and from there
to the Carry On films. Barry Cryer, Barbara Windsor, the playwright Ray Cooney
and Richard Briers, recorded shortly before his death, share their memories of
Bernard the man and the performer, and we hear Bernard's personal recollections
of working with the legendary Peter Sellers, Alfred Hitchcock and Peter
Cushing.
Producer: Eve Streeter
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
Listen in worldwide here from 11.30am BST
Find more information from the BBC here
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