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'''Brian Cant''' (12 July 1933 – 19 June 2017) was an English ] of stage, television and film, ], voice artist and writer best known for his work in ] television programmes for children from 1964 onwards, most notably '']''. '''Brian Cant''' (12 July 1933 – 19 June 2017) was an English actor of stage, television and film, television presenter, voice artist and writer. He was known for his work in ] television programmes for children from 1964 onward, most notably '']'', and in later years, ''].''


==Early life and education== ==Early life and education==
Cant was born in ] and educated at Northgate Grammar School for Boys, a state grammar school, since renamed ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suffolksociety.org/moderator/uploads/SV%20121%20Spring.pdf|title=Suffolk View|work=The Suffolk Society|date=Spring 2013|accessdate=22 May 2016}}</ref> Cant was born on 12 July 1933 in ] and educated at Northgate Grammar School for Boys, a state grammar school, since renamed ].<ref name="Brian Cant obituary " /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.suffolksociety.org/moderator/uploads/SV%20121%20Spring.pdf |title=Suffolk View |work=The Suffolk Society |date=Spring 2013 |access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref> He trained with ]'s youth team.<ref name="Brian Cant obituary " /> He worked as a printer before starting to act in the late 1950s.<ref name="Brian Cant obituary " />


==Television== ==Television and film==
Cant was performing in ] drama television programmes about the Romans for the corporation when he heard that auditions were being held for a new pre-school children's programme which was to be shown on the new ] channel. This was '']''. At his audition he was asked by programme creator and the series' first producer ] to get in a cardboard box and pretend to 'row out to sea'.<ref name="Williams">{{cite web|author=Interviews by Sarah Williams |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/oct/15/how-we-made-play-school |title=How we made: Joy Whitby and Phyllida Law on Play School &#124; Culture |publisher=The Guardian |date= |accessdate=6 August 2014}}</ref> He pretended to fish from his 'boat' and caught a ] full of custard. He was cast as a presenter and first appeared on the third week in May 1964, and stayed with the programme for 21 of its 24-year run and becoming, according to Whitby, 'Mr Play School'.<ref name="Williams"/> His involvement in ''Play School'' directly led to his work on three linked ] puppet series: '']'' (1966), '']'' (1967), and '']'' (1969).<ref name="Brian Cant obituary ">{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jun/20/brian-cant-obituary |title=Brian Cant obituary |last=Jeffries |first=Stuart |access-date=21 June 2017 |work=] |publication-date=20 June 2017}}</ref> Later he hosted or co-hosted the programmes '']'' (1971–84), and '']'' (1980–82) for slightly older children.<ref name="Brian Cant obituary " /> Cant was performing in ] drama television programmes about the Romans for the corporation when he heard that auditions were being held for a new pre-school children's programme which was to be shown on the new ] channel. This was '']''. At his audition he was asked by programme creator and the series' first producer ] to get in a cardboard box and pretend to 'row out to sea'.<ref name="Williams">{{cite news |author=Interviews by Sarah Williams |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/oct/15/how-we-made-play-school |title=How we made: Joy Whitby and Phyllida Law on Play School &#124; Culture |newspaper=] |date=15 October 2012 |access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref> Cant pretended to fish from his 'boat' and caught a ] full of custard. He was cast as a presenter and first appeared on the third week in May 1964; he stayed with the programme for 21 years of its 24-year run, becoming, according to Whitby, 'Mr Play School'.<ref name="Williams"/> In an interview, Cant defended ''Play School'' and similar children's programmes as being designed to encourage children to try out the ideas presented.<ref name="Brian Cant obituary " />


From 1990–1999, Cant starred as Brian the farmer in the children's television puppet programme '']'', as well as providing the voice for one of the characters, Harry the Heron.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.handsuppuppets.com/html/DappledownFarm.html |title=Dappledown Farm children's TV Series Puppetry information |publisher=Handsuppuppets.com |date= |accessdate=6 August 2014}}</ref> Cant was also the storyteller of the UK version of '']'', and the narrator for the popular Canadian children's show ''Bruno''.<ref name="doyouremember">{{Cite web |url=https://www.doyouremember.co.uk/memory/brian-cant |title=Brian Cant |website=Do You Remember?}}</ref> His involvement in ''Play School'' directly led to his work on three linked ] puppet series: '']'' (1966), '']'' (1967), and '']'' (1969).<ref name="Brian Cant obituary ">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jun/20/brian-cant-obituary |title=Brian Cant obituary |last=Jeffries |first=Stuart |access-date=21 June 2017 |work=The Guardian |date=20 June 2017}}</ref> Later, Cant hosted or co-hosted the programmes '']'' (1971–84) and '']'' (1980–82) for slightly older children.<ref name="Brian Cant obituary " /> From 1990 to 1999, he starred as Brian the farmer in children's television puppet programme '']'', as well as providing the voice for one of the characters, Harry the Heron.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.handsuppuppets.com/html/DappledownFarm.html |title=Dappledown Farm children's TV Series Puppetry information |publisher=Handsuppuppets.com |access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref> He was also the narrator of the UK versions of '']'' and the popular Canadian children's show ''Bruno''.<ref name="doyouremember">{{cite web |url=https://www.doyouremember.co.uk/memory/brian-cant |title=Brian Cant |website=Do You Remember? |date=25 November 2012}}</ref>


Aside from his work on children's television, Cant has worked as an actor in series for adults. In the 1960s he appeared in two '']'' stories, in 1965 as Kert Gantry in '']''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/daleksmasterplan/detail.shtml#cast |title=Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide – The Daleks' Master Plan – Details |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=6 August 2014}}</ref> and in 1968 as Tensa in '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/dominators/detail.shtml#cast |title=Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide – The Dominators – Details |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=6 August 2014}}</ref> In 1979 he presented the BBC programme '']'',<ref name="bbc">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0146705 |title=The Great Egg Race |website= BBC}}</ref> and was one of the guest presenters featured in the 1982 series of the game show '']'' after ] retired.<ref name="It's A Knockout - The BBC Series.">{{Cite web |url=http://www.its-a-knockout.tv/bbc.htm |title=It's A Knockout - The BBC Series. |website=It's A Knockout}}</ref> Cant also appeared in television series for adults. In the 1960s he appeared in two '']'' stories, in 1965 as Kert Gantry in '']''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/daleksmasterplan/detail.shtml#cast |title=Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide – The Daleks' Master Plan – Details |publisher=BBC |access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref> and in 1968 as Tensa in '']''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/dominators/detail.shtml#cast |title=Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide – The Dominators – Details |publisher=BBC |access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref> In 1979 he presented the BBC programme '']'',<ref name="bbc">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0146705 |title=The Great Egg Race |website= BBC}}</ref> and was one of the guest presenters of the 1982 series of the game show '']'' after ] retired.<ref name="It's A Knockout - The BBC Series.">{{cite web |url=http://www.its-a-knockout.tv/bbc.htm |title=It's A Knockout - The BBC Series. |website=It's A Knockout}}</ref> In 1998 Cant parodied his previous contributions as a narrator in 'The Organ Gang', a weekly segment in ]'s '']'', a BBC TV Sunday afternoon comedy show.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/thismorningwithrichardnotjudy/ |title=Comedy – This Morning With Richard Not Judy |publisher=BBC |date=4 October 2007 |access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref> He also made three appearances in the BBC1 daytime drama '']'', each time as a different character, the last in 2011 as his final acting credit.<ref name="Brian Cant obituary " />


His film appearances were few but included brief roles in '']'' (1965), '']'' (1966), and '']'' (1995) starring ]. His film appearances were few, but included brief roles in '']'' (1965), '']'' (1966), and '']'' (1995), starring ].<ref name="heraldscotland">{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15359486.Obituary___Brian_Cant__popular_children_s_broadcaster_and_the_voice_of_Trumpton/|title=Obituary - Brian Cant, popular children's broadcaster and the voice of Trumpton|date=20 June 2017|work=]|access-date=20 June 2017}}</ref>


⚫ In 2001, Cant appeared in a music video on ]'s DVD '']''.<ref name="heraldscotland.com">{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/obituaries/15359486.Obituary___Brian_Cant__popular_children_s_broadcaster_and_the_voice_of_Trumpton/ |title=Obituary - Brian Cant, popular children's broadcaster and the voice of Trumpton |access-date=23 June 2017 |work=HeraldScotland |date=20 June 2017}}</ref> The clip is similar to ''Play School'', featuring Cant in his familiar presenter role.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.benstock.co.uk/otherfilms.html |title=Jes Benstock – Other Films |publisher=Benstock.co.uk |access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref> He read the second half of ]'s ''Vlad the Drac'' books for audiobook, replacing ].<ref name="Free Vlad the Drac Vampire Audiobook read by Brian Cant">{{Cite web |url=http://www.audiobooktown.net/vlad-the-drac-vampire-audiobook |title=Free Vlad the Drac Vampire Audiobook read by Brian Cant |website=audiobooktown.net}}</ref>
In 1998 Cant parodied his previous contributions as a narrator in 'The Organ Gang', a weekly segment in ]'s '']'', a BBC TV Sunday afternoon comedy show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/thismorningwithrichardnotjudy/ |title=Comedy – This Morning With Richard Not Judy |publisher=BBC |date=4 October 2007 |accessdate=6 August 2014}}</ref>


In April 2007, Cant was named as the best-loved voice from UK children's television, in a poll of over 1,200 people for '']'' magazine. Cant came ahead of '']'' and '']'' narrator ] in second place, with ] ('']'') polling third.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6525593.stm |title=Cant 'best children's TV voice' |publisher=BBC News |date=5 April 2007 |access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref> On 28 November 2010, he received the special award at the ] for his work in children's television.<ref name="Beebafta">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11860702 |title=Three Children's Baftas for Horrible Histories |date=29 November 2010 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=29 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="CBafta">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11809226 |title=Brian Cant to be honoured at children's Baftas|date=22 November 2010 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=24 November 2010}}</ref> During his acceptance speech he said, "When I was a child I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. When I became a man I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child, and they paid me for it...!"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/brian-cant-remembered-sixties-childrens-tv-presenter-83-play-school-play-away-a7799256.html |title=Brian Cant obituary: Charismatic Sixties children's TV presenter |work=The Independent |date=20 June 2017 |access-date=22 June 2017}}</ref>
⚫ In 2001 Cant appeared in a music video on ]'s DVD '']''. The clip is similar to ''Play School'', featuring Cant in his familiar presenter role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.benstock.co.uk/otherfilms.html |title=Jes Benstock – Other Films |publisher=Benstock.co.uk |date= |accessdate=6 August 2014}}</ref> He read the second half of ]'s ''Vlad the Drac'' books for audiobook, replacing ].

Cant was the main voice actor in the ] spoken word recording of a dramatisation of the '']'' produced by Steve Deakin-Davies of The Ambition Company,{{when|date=June 2017}} which was nominated for a Talkies spoken word award.{{cn|date=June 2017}}

In April 2007, Cant was named as the best-loved voice from UK children's television, in a poll of over 1,200 people for '']'' magazine. Cant came ahead of '']'' and '']'' narrator ] in second place, with ] ('']'') polling third.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6525593.stm |title=Cant 'best children's TV voice' |publisher=BBC News |date=5 April 2007 |accessdate=6 August 2014}}</ref> In May 2008, Cant recorded a brand new audio series of children's stories for free download from ''The Great Little Traders Club''.

On 28 November 2010, he received the special award at the ] for his work in children's television.<ref name="Beebafta">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11860702|title=Three Children's Baftas for Horrible Histories|date=29 November 2010|work=BBC News|publisher=BC|accessdate=29 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="CBafta">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11809226|title=Brian Cant to be honoured at children's Baftas|date=22 November 2010|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|accessdate=24 November 2010}}</ref>

On 5 April 2011, Cant appeared in the BBC1 daytime drama '']''. It was his third appearance in the show, each of which was as a different character.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134454/|title=Brian Cant|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=6 August 2014}}</ref>


==Theatre== ==Theatre==
Cant's theatre credits include ''Still Playing Away'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' (in which he memorably ad-libbed a reference to his work on '']''), '']'', '']'' and many more, as well as thirty-two ]s. Cant's theatre credits include ''Still Playing Away'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/649326.brian_goes_back_to_playschool/|title=Brian goes back to playschool &#124; Bucks Free Press}}</ref> '']'',<ref name="Brian Cant obituary "/> '']'',<ref name="digitalspy">{{cite news |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/news/a831163/play-school-play-away-presenter-brian-cant-dies-aged-83/ |title=Play School and Play Away presenter Brian Cant dies, aged 83 |last=Harp |first=Justin |access-date=23 June 2017 |work=Digital Spy |date=19 June 2017}}</ref> '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'',<ref name="Brian Cant obituary "/> '']'', '']'' and many more, as well as ]s.<ref name="Brian Cant obituary "/>


==Personal life and death== ==Personal life==
Cant lived in ], Buckinghamshire.<ref name="heraldscotland.com"/> He was married twice and had five children.<ref name="telegraph" /> He had two sons from his first marriage to Mary Gibson, including the actor ].<ref name="Brian Cant obituary "/> In 1984, he married writer and director Cherry Britton, daughter of ] and sister of TV presenter ] and actor ]. They had three children.<ref name="Brian Cant obituary" /><ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2017/06/19/play-school-presenter-brian-cant-has-died-aged-83/ |title=Play School presenter Brian Cant has died, aged 83 |access-date=23 June 2017 |work=] |date=19 June 2017}}</ref>
Cant lived in ], ], and was married to writer and director Cherry Britton, sister of TV presenter ] and actor ]. They had three children, daughter Rose, and twins Christabel and Peter. He had two sons from his first marriage, Nicholas and ], who is also an actor. He was the son-in-law of the British actor ] and brother-in-law of the television chef ].


==Death==
In 1999, he was diagnosed with ], referring to this in an interview with '']'' which was shown on 24 November 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11827013 |title=BBC News – Brian Cant to receive children's Bafta |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=24 November 2010 |accessdate=6 August 2014}}</ref> He died on 19 June 2017, at the age of 83, at ], a retirement home often used by those in the entertainment industry.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40335213|title=Brian Cant, ''Play School'' presenter, dies at 83|publisher=BBC News|date=19 June 2017|accessdate=19 June 2017}} </ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.sky.com/story/play-school-presenter-brain-cant-dies-10920663|title=''Play School'' presenter Brian Cant dies|publisher=Sky News|date=19 June 2017|accessdate=19 June 2017}}</ref> Cant was diagnosed with ] in 1999, as he disclosed in an interview with '']'' which was shown on 24 November 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11827013 |title=BBC News – Brian Cant to receive children's Bafta |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=24 November 2010 |access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref> He died on 19 June 2017, at the age of 83, at ], in ], London, a retirement home for people who worked in the entertainment industry.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40335213 |title=Brian Cant, ''Play School'' presenter, dies at 83 |publisher=BBC News |date=19 June 2017 |access-date=19 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.sky.com/story/play-school-presenter-brain-cant-dies-10920663 |title=''Play School'' presenter Brian Cant dies |publisher=Sky News |date=19 June 2017 |access-date=19 June 2017}}</ref>


==References== ==References==
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English actor, television presenter and writer (1933–2017)

Brian Cant
Cant in 2007
Born(1933-07-12)12 July 1933
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Died19 June 2017(2017-06-19) (aged 83)
Denville Hall, Northwood, England
Occupation(s)Actor, television presenter, writer
Years active1950s–2011
Spouse(s) Sylvia Mary Gibson ​ ​(m. 1959; div. 1984)​
Cherry Britton ​(m. 1984)​
Children5, including Richard

Brian Cant (12 July 1933 – 19 June 2017) was an English actor of stage, television and film, television presenter, voice artist and writer. He was known for his work in BBC television programmes for children from 1964 onward, most notably Play School, and in later years, Dappledown Farm.

Early life and education

Cant was born on 12 July 1933 in Ipswich and educated at Northgate Grammar School for Boys, a state grammar school, since renamed Northgate High School. He trained with Ipswich Town F.C.'s youth team. He worked as a printer before starting to act in the late 1950s.

Television and film

Cant was performing in BBC Schools drama television programmes about the Romans for the corporation when he heard that auditions were being held for a new pre-school children's programme which was to be shown on the new BBC 2 channel. This was Play School. At his audition he was asked by programme creator and the series' first producer Joy Whitby to get in a cardboard box and pretend to 'row out to sea'. Cant pretended to fish from his 'boat' and caught a wellington boot full of custard. He was cast as a presenter and first appeared on the third week in May 1964; he stayed with the programme for 21 years of its 24-year run, becoming, according to Whitby, 'Mr Play School'. In an interview, Cant defended Play School and similar children's programmes as being designed to encourage children to try out the ideas presented.

His involvement in Play School directly led to his work on three linked Gordon Murray puppet series: Camberwick Green (1966), Trumpton (1967), and Chigley (1969). Later, Cant hosted or co-hosted the programmes Play Away (1971–84) and Bric-a-Brac (1980–82) for slightly older children. From 1990 to 1999, he starred as Brian the farmer in children's television puppet programme Dappledown Farm, as well as providing the voice for one of the characters, Harry the Heron. He was also the narrator of the UK versions of Jay Jay the Jet Plane and the popular Canadian children's show Bruno.

Cant also appeared in television series for adults. In the 1960s he appeared in two Doctor Who stories, in 1965 as Kert Gantry in The Daleks' Master Plan and in 1968 as Tensa in The Dominators. In 1979 he presented the BBC programme The Great Egg Race, and was one of the guest presenters of the 1982 series of the game show It's a Knockout after Eddie Waring retired. In 1998 Cant parodied his previous contributions as a narrator in 'The Organ Gang', a weekly segment in Lee and Herring's This Morning with Richard Not Judy, a BBC TV Sunday afternoon comedy show. He also made three appearances in the BBC1 daytime drama Doctors, each time as a different character, the last in 2011 as his final acting credit.

His film appearances were few, but included brief roles in The Pleasure Girls (1965), The Sandwich Man (1966), and A Feast at Midnight (1995), starring Christopher Lee.

In 2001, Cant appeared in a music video on Orbital's DVD The Altogether. The clip is similar to Play School, featuring Cant in his familiar presenter role. He read the second half of Ann Jungman's Vlad the Drac books for audiobook, replacing Anthony Daniels.

In April 2007, Cant was named as the best-loved voice from UK children's television, in a poll of over 1,200 people for Underground Ernie magazine. Cant came ahead of Bagpuss and Ivor the Engine narrator Oliver Postgate in second place, with David Jason (Danger Mouse) polling third. On 28 November 2010, he received the special award at the Children's BAFTAs for his work in children's television. During his acceptance speech he said, "When I was a child I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. When I became a man I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child, and they paid me for it...!"

Theatre

Cant's theatre credits include Still Playing Away, The Railway Children, An Ideal Husband, Habeas Corpus, Gaslight, Side by Side by Sondheim, The Canterbury Tales, Oh, Coward!, There's No Place Like a Home and many more, as well as pantomimes.

Personal life

Cant lived in Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire. He was married twice and had five children. He had two sons from his first marriage to Mary Gibson, including the actor Richard Cant. In 1984, he married writer and director Cherry Britton, daughter of Tony Britton and sister of TV presenter Fern Britton and actor Jasper Britton. They had three children.

Death

Cant was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1999, as he disclosed in an interview with BBC Breakfast which was shown on 24 November 2010. He died on 19 June 2017, at the age of 83, at Denville Hall, in Northwood, London, a retirement home for people who worked in the entertainment industry.

References

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  2. "Suffolk View" (PDF). The Suffolk Society. Spring 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  3. ^ Interviews by Sarah Williams (15 October 2012). "How we made: Joy Whitby and Phyllida Law on Play School | Culture". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  4. "Dappledown Farm children's TV Series Puppetry information". Handsuppuppets.com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  5. "Brian Cant". Do You Remember?. 25 November 2012.
  6. "Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide – The Daleks' Master Plan – Details". BBC. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  7. "Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide – The Dominators – Details". BBC. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  8. "The Great Egg Race". BBC.
  9. "It's A Knockout - The BBC Series". It's A Knockout.
  10. "Comedy – This Morning With Richard Not Judy". BBC. 4 October 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  11. "Obituary - Brian Cant, popular children's broadcaster and the voice of Trumpton". The Herald. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  12. ^ "Obituary - Brian Cant, popular children's broadcaster and the voice of Trumpton". HeraldScotland. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  13. "Jes Benstock – Other Films". Benstock.co.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  14. "Free Vlad the Drac Vampire Audiobook read by Brian Cant". audiobooktown.net.
  15. "Cant 'best children's TV voice'". BBC News. 5 April 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  16. "Three Children's Baftas for Horrible Histories". BBC News. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  17. "Brian Cant to be honoured at children's Baftas". BBC News. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  18. "Brian Cant obituary: Charismatic Sixties children's TV presenter". The Independent. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  19. "Brian goes back to playschool | Bucks Free Press".
  20. Harp, Justin (19 June 2017). "Play School and Play Away presenter Brian Cant dies, aged 83". Digital Spy. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  21. ^ "Play School presenter Brian Cant has died, aged 83". The Daily Telegraph. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  22. "BBC News – Brian Cant to receive children's Bafta". Bbc.co.uk. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  23. "Brian Cant, Play School presenter, dies at 83". BBC News. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  24. "Play School presenter Brian Cant dies". Sky News. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.

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