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The actor, Ray Brooks that voiced the Mr Benn TV series in the 70's which I remember well, passed away yesterday.
He did other stuff too and I do recognise the face but I never knew he voiced Mr Benn.
Thanks for the memories and I wish you well on this, your last and biggest adventure.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp899lyj2m3o
Such a talented man, Robbie Box , loveable rogue , Cathy Come Home heart wrenching .
I can't remember who the comedian was that said their vision of death and moving on to the afterlife was for a familiar looking gentleman in a fez appearing and taking you back to a fancy dress shop on Festive Road.
I met Ray Brookes once back in the 90s, an arts project I was part of was featured in a show he presented (I just watched it back - my ear appears on screen fleetingly in the corner of shot) . Was quite a surreal experience - I think the voice of Mr Benn is so engrained with people from a certain generation it was like talking to someone whose voice was your own internal monologue.
Adored Mr Benn and am always surprised / pleased with how often the program is mentioned with such fond memories
I'm more a child of the 80s but I do remember sitting and watching Mr Ben with my Mum. pleasant memories.
He also starred in a radio police drama on Radio 4 that is regularly repeated on 4 Extra, called Detective quite a good procedural script and also covered some of the 80's corruption in the Met.