Brian Cant (Born 12 July 1933 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England) is an actor, television presenter and writer. July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Timber framed buildings in St Nicholas Street The Ancient House is decorated with a particularly fine example of pargeting Ipswich (pronounced ) is the county town of Suffolk and a non-metropolitan district in East Anglia, England on the estuary of the River Orwell. ... Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in East Anglia, England. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who introduces or hosts television programmes. ...

He is particularly well known for his work on many BBC children's programmes from the 1960s to the 1980s, including Play School, Play Away, Camberwick Green, Trumpton, and Chigley. He was doing a drama based BBC TV Schools Programmes about the Romans when he heard auditions were being held for a children's programme which was to be shown on the new BBC 2 channel. He went for an audition and was asked to get in a cardboard box and 'row out to sea'. Thus began his eighteen years with Play School. The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion... Play School was a long-running British series. ... Play Away was a sister programme to Play School in the UK, aimed at slightly older children. ... Windy Miller Camberwick Green (1966) is a British childrens television series, originally seen on BBC One, featuring stop-motion puppets. ... Trumpton (1967) is a stop-motion childrens television show from the producers of Camberwick Green. ... Chigley (1969) is the third and final stop-motion childrens television series in Gordon Murrays Trumptonshire sequence. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and...

Aside from his work on children's television, he is also an established actor. In the 1960s he played a role in two Doctor Who stories, The Daleks' Master Plan and The Dominators. His theatre credits include Still Playing Away, The Railway Children, Present Laughter, An Ideal Husband, Habeas Corpus, Gaslight, Side by Side by Sondheim, Oh Coward and many more as well as thirty two pantomimes. He briefly stood in for Eddie Waring in the game show It's a Knockout. Childrens television shows are television programs designed for and marketed to children, normally aired during the morning and afternoon hours, mainly before and after school. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, (and a 1996 television movie). ... The Daleks Master Plan is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in twelve weekly parts from November 13, 1965 to January 29, 1966. ... The Dominators is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in five weekly parts from August 10 to September 7, 1968. ... The Railway Children is a childrens book by Edith Nesbit. ... An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedy by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honor. ... Habeas Corpus is a comedy stage play by the English author Alan Bennett. ... Vincent Price on Broadway as Mr. ... Edward Marsden Waring (Eddie Waring) (February 21, 1910 - October 28, 1986) was a British sports commentator and television presenter. ... Its a Knockout was a popular British television gameshow that ran from 1966 to 1982, featuring teams in outlandish costumes (often large latex suits) competing to complete bizarre tasks in absurd games. ...

He's the storyteller of the UK version of Jay Jay the Jet Plane. He also the narrator for the popular Canadian children's show 'Bruno'. // Jay Jay the Jet Plane is a CGI childrens television cartoon fiction series. ...

In 2006 he toured the UK in "There's No Place Like a Home" and at Christmas appeared in 'Cinderella' his 32nd pantomime.

In April 2007, Cant was named as the best-loved voice from UK children's television, in poll of over 1,200 people for Underground Ernie magazine. Cant beat Bagpuss and Ivor the Engine narrator Oliver Postgate into second place, with David Jason (Dangermouse) polling third ^[1]. Underground Ernie Underground Ernie is an animated childrens television series produced by Joella productions and broadcast in the UK on BBC2 and CBeebies channel. ... Bagpuss is a popular 1974 UK childrens television series, made by Smallfilms. ... Ivor the Engine was the first animation by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmins Smallfilms company. ... Oliver Postgate (born 1925) is the creator and writer of some of the most popular childrens television programmes ever seen in Britain. ... Sir David Jason, OBE (born February 2, 1940) is a highly regarded English actor, admired equally for his dramatic work as for his comedy roles. ... DangerMouse is a British animated television series which was produced by Cosgrove Hall Films. ...

He currently lives in Buckinghamshire and is married to writer/director Cherry Britton, the sister of Fern Britton. He has twins Christabel Cant and Peter Cant and a daughter Rose Cant. Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ... Fern Britton (born July 17, 1957 in Ealing, London) is a well-known English television presenter. ... Fraternal twin boys in the tub The term twin most notably refers to two individuals (or one of two individuals) who have shared the same uterus (womb) and usually, but not necessarily, born on the same day. ...

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External links

• Brian Cant at the Internet Movie Database