RIP Brian Cant

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[Mr Larrington]

Nooooo

His son Nick was one of Professor Larrington's chums when they were both Penniless Student Oaves.

[CAMRAMan]

Sad day, but for some reason I thought he had already died. What with Noakesy croaking a short while ago, there won't be many of my formative years' presenters left.

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Noel Edmonds will never die

[L CC]

Noel can never die (click through)

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

Several years ago I saw Brian Cant at a Fringe show with Phil Jupitus doing a sort of chat-show/retrospective of Chigley, Trumpton and Camberwick Green. He seemed to be just as lovely as he was on telly. The voice of my childhood.

[TheLurker]

This is going to be another of _those_ years isn't it?

[Ian H]

Another famous person whom I had never heard of.

[Ian H]

Noel Edmonds will never die

I remember seeing a weird, bouffant-haired dwarf crossing the road somewhere near the South Bank.

[LEE]

This is going to be another of _those_ years isn't it?

It may well be one of those years when old children's TV entertainers die yes.  This should not be confused with David Bowie, George Michael and Prince.  It's Brian Cant FFS.  He doesn't make it "one of those years".

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

This is going to be another of _those_ years isn't it?

It may well be one of those years when old children's TV entertainers die yes.  This should not be confused with David Bowie, George Michael and Prince.  It's Brian Cant FFS.  He doesn't make it "one of those years".

Yeah but John Noakes too.

[Hot Flatus]

This is going to be another of _those_ years isn't it?

It may well be one of those years when old children's TV entertainers die yes.  This should not be confused with David Bowie, George Michael and Prince.  It's Brian Cant FFS.  He doesn't make it "one of those years".

Not yet it doesnt.

But William Woollard isnt getting any younger.

[Cudzoziemiec]

As long as we still have Floella Benjamin.

[LEE]

As long as we still have Floella Benjamin.

Humpty died years ago in a wall-related incident.

[Legs]

As long as we still have Floella Benjamin.

Humpty died years ago in a wall-related incident.

New keyboard, please!

[Chris S]

Noel can never die (click through)

Ooer - he's gone all David Icke.

[clarion]

Noel Edmonds on a thread about Brian Cant (my TV dad)?  No comparison.

Ftr, Carol Chell was my TV mum.

Toni Arthur was the first woman I fell in love with.

And I wanted to be John Noakes.

[Tim Hall]

Noel Edmonds on a thread about Brian Cant (my TV dad)?  No comparison.

Ftr, Carol Chell was my TV mum.

Toni Arthur was the first woman I fell in love with.

And I wanted to be John Noakes.

I had impure thoughts involving Sarah Greene

[Ian H]

My dear other half said, "Well you can guess what my [older] brothers called him."

[Quisling]

My dear other half said, "Well you can guess what my [older] brothers called him."

Jeremy Hunt?

[Ian H]

My dear other half said, "Well you can guess what my [older] brothers called him."

Jeremy Hunt?

I don't know.  She refused to explain further.

[rogerzilla]

Trivia fact: Top Gear under William Woollard had bigger viewing figures than Top Gear under the Clarkson triumvirate.  However, that was in an age before Internet pr0n and satellite channels.

[TheLurker]

This is going to be another of _those_ years isn't it?

It may well be one of those years when old children's TV entertainers die yes.  This should not be confused with David Bowie, George Michael and Prince.  It's Brian Cant FFS.  He doesn't make it "one of those years".

Well mebbe not for you, but for a long time I found Brian Cant a damn sight more entertaining than Bowie, GM or the artist known as unfathomable squiggle.