Brian Cant asked why he's no longer on telly
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- The legendary children's TV presenter looks slightly crestfallen as one of his successors asks him why he's no longer on the telly. "Why's that?" she asks, rubbing the wound even harder. Ever the pro, Brian keeps his chin up, chatting about his voiceover work, writing projects and looking after his newborn babies!
Taken from "It's Wicked", Saturday 27 June 1987.
His voice was the soundtrack to my childhood! Along with the brilliant Derek Griffiths and Bernard Cribbens, they should all be made Knights of the realm!
Derek Griffiths is a boss
yes, spot on. Mine too, and my brother and sister :-)
But not that tw*t Tony I love me - who do you love - Robinson..
Fred Harris was a classic Playschool presenter also.
Like that o0ther "voice of our childhood" Sir Jimmy "Clunk Click, Every Trip" Savile? Or Gary "Do you wanna touch me" Glitter? Even Rolf "Do you know what it is yet" Harris got to paint Her Majesty that time.
No, I think if someone wants that kind of recognition, they have to have touched children in a whole other way than the way Brian "This is a clock" Cant touched us, as children.
I was at a party some years back and there were a few famous faces as the hosts knew a number of people. One old chap was particularly enthusiastic in the karaoke, giving it a bit of effort. We exchanged a few words and suddenly the penny dropped, it was none other than Brian Cant. I told him he was my favourite presenter when I was of primary school age and his face lit up.
What a chap, just as nice in person as you would hope for.
That is just lovely to read! You're lucky to have met him. Universally loved!
Aww how lovely..
This reminded me of when I was in a Taxi in London (in the 90s) with a group of work friends, we all grew up in the 70s/80s. I saw Floella Benjamin in the entrance way to BAFTA (She was a member/chair of the committee at the time), I pointed out "That's Floella Benjamin!!". We all waved at her, she gave us a wave back and a huge smile!! It was such a brief moment in time yet I remember it so well. They must have had many moments like this, reminding them of the positive influence they had on so many children.
That is a wonderful story.
Death.
Death is coming.
Death is coming for us all.
One of the best Children's TV presenters of all time.
One of the best TV presenters of all time. Full stop. God bless.
+ Johnny Ball too
The Cant is an absolute legend.
One of the holy trinity along with Derrick Griffiths & John Noakes.
John Noakes' claim that his nob was bigger than Heathrow Airport was a classic! :-D
+Dario Western Shut up! Did he really say that?
Streatham Soprano Yes
woooah! lol
And Johnny Ball.......Doh!
When I was at uni I shared a room with a philosophy student. He was once asked to write an essay on the German philosopher, Immanuel Kannt. Instead, he wrote it on Brian Cant, arguing that Cant was more important and had contributed more to civilisation than Kant, Eventually, he was thrown off the course, but I still think he achieved a moral victory that day.
This man is a national treasure. I hope he knows how important he is.
Brilliant.
I really hope that's true because that's just a fantastic story.
Obviously not true. Half believed it until you said the guy got thrown out. Why lie, dude?
@@garymitchell5899 never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
@@garymitchell5899 why not lie? Truth sucks.
RIP Brian Cant. You are an absolute legend.
We know who Brian Cant is...who is the gormless cow talking to him - is she on telly still ? Probably not, with that god awful voice.
@@mogadon7 She's positively professional compared to the , virtual signalling morons that pass for tv presenters these days. Nice looking bird with a proper accent.
@@ohaplin9287 Definitely worth a tap.
One of the greatest voices in the English language. He brought happiness to millions of childhoods through gentleness. He is remembered with love by many who are now middle aged. I'll say nothing about the interviewer who I remember not at all.
RIP Brian. Another piece of my childhood has gone.
Brian was an absolute legend and a huge part of my childhood in Trumpton and many other shows .
I did not know that
🚜🚚 'Driving along in a Farmers Truck' 🚜🚛. I Loved Bryan..
Yes growing up in Trumpton must have been wonderful
@@SingleTrack66 ua-cam.com/video/A_JK72cdJcI/v-deo.html
A childhood legend, if ever a voice could invoke such wonderful memories of childhood it was Brian’s. Even now it all comes rushing back with fun and laughter.
Brian's voice just takes me back to my childhood, the 'Watch With Mother' series like Trumpton and Camberwick Green and also Playaway and Playschool.
Mike Hudson me too ,great bloke ,im now 54 and remember all of them great kids programs
+Anthony Barton i remember all of those tv programmes too, except for 'Watch With Mother'. I'm 43 too.
By strange coincidence I was just reminiscing about Brian Cant today with a mate at work. A small but still significant part of a happy childhood. Thank you Brian, you and the other Play School presenters were great. And so were the toys!😃
Aw, Brian Cant, thank you for being a part of my childhood. May you rest in peace.
There are lots of people who love this man and, though he's passed away, he's left the legacy of a generation of people for whom the name Brian Cant is synonymous with childhood memories and happiness. God bless you Mr Cant and keep the young ones in heaven happy.
RIP dear Brain Cant you were an excellent presenter and all of the programs you worked on were wonderfull. You were apart of my childhood along with many of us, you are sadly missed but you will never ever be forgotten.
A wonderful presenter, my childhood just wouldn't have been the same without him.
RIP Brian. I grew up with you, watching you on Playschool & Playaway. Happy days.
He should have been in it , but I'm sure he wasn't on Happy Days
@@kevinmassey7675 no he wasn’t on Happy Days. That was Henry Winkler wasn’t it?
@@kevinmassey7675 I meant they were happy days - growing up watching Brian on tv.
Together with Oliver Postgate he embodied the vocal soundscape of children's telly in the 60s and 70s. He is sorely missed
I once met Oliver Postgate when I was a student doing research into children's TV. What a deeply unpleasant man! But his brother, Richmond, whom I happened to meet years later, was just the opposite.
@@philipadams5386 What a shame - never meet your heroes!
He makes anything sound interesting, lovely personality he has.
Nicest and kindest chap. My parents had got tickets for a show at Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal back in around 1979, which was Brian & Jonathan Cohen doing a UK tour. You could tell it was those two, semi-improvising, telling jokes, stories, musical numbers and plenty of children helping to join in.
Here we are 4 decades on and it still sticks in my mind.
The best bit was that we were crossing the road to the Theatre, a car arrives and both of them climb out. Brian smiles, says "Hello" then asked if we were going to watch the show. His reply, when we told him we were, was "That's lovely, I hope you all enjoy it!". Some people just seem genuinely enthusiastic and I think he felt that he knew where his strengths were, in entertaining children & it served him well.
There are hundreds of thousands of us who all think he was probably the best of the best.....
I loved Brian Cant - he is the abiding memory from my childhood, I wrote to him saying I wished he'd been my Dad, that's how much I adored him. Never to be forgotten.
We'll never forget Brian, so sad he's passed away. He was a huge part of my childhood, my own son loved Dappledown Farm in 1998, and also Camberwick Green etc on DVD.
Raawwwwk Count 'em Count 'em.
I'd always thought his career had pretty much ended in the 80s, but after reading your comment, it was nice to learn he was active throughout the 90s as well.
@@TheRowlandstone73 If you havent experienced the full genius of Columbus the cockrel yet, you just haven't lived.
Sadly, Brian passed away in 2017. He was 83.
He was part of a group of talented presenters in a golden era of children’s television shows, narrrating on programmes such as PlaySchool, Playaway, Trumpton, Camberwick Green and later, Dappledown Farm.
Brian, Derek Griffiths, Johnny Ball, Bernard Cribbins, John Noakes,, John Craven, Floella Benjamin (now Baroness Benjamin of the Liberal Democrat’s), David Jason and Terry Scott all did some great voiceover work on children’s shows throughout the seventies and the eighties.
COUNT DUCKULA!!!🤗😁😄
@@johnthehumanist2333 and Danger Moooouse!!
I loved Playaway
Legend, Some guy. RIP big man. I loved you as a wee guy watching Play Away.
I loved him on TV when I was a child. He made us all laugh a lot. Great children's presenter
Many many great memories of this much adored TV presenter, Play School, Play Away, Trumpton, Camberwick Green, Chigley and more.
He came to The Royston Club in Croydon twice when I was about seven or eight. He was on telly then (1973/4) and came off stage and mixed with us and had a laugh. Absolute gent and legend! Thanks Brian, rip.
Just hearing Brian's voice and I'm instantly transported back to the early 1970s.
Why hasn't he been given a knighthood yet? Or at least an OBE? Ridiculous!!
Wrong colour.
This guy is a class act he serves some type of lifetime award for all the good things he has done for kids telly. Sad to hear about him diagnosed with Parkinson's. He seems like such a nice bloke.
I so agree, Brian Cant is a legend we (all of a certain age) love him to bits.
Mate, you are so right...what an absolute legend, and a top bloke
limeyosu2000 i agree
In 2007, 20 years after this interview, Cant was voted the best loved voice in the history of children's television. He'd pass away ten years later and rightly be remembered as a national treasure.
Don't think the interviewer's done much later.
Loved Brian Cant,one of my growing up heroes.
I used to love watching the childrens shows he was in, he had such talent and i was star struck when watching him on tv when i was a child. I remember years ago on a family holiday in wales i think and brian was there with the play away team and he asked me my sister and brother if we wanted to be on their show which was being filmed but we was all to shy and declined. RIP Brian thanks for the many many many laughs and great memories i have of you when i was younger. God Bless you Sir
He was my childhood, I can still hear him singing the Playaway theme
Legend - could do so much more than smile when talking and ticking all the right boxes.... would never get a job at the BBC now.
@Pardon BearAbsolutely agree. It started to go wrong with the cheap-to-produce early reality tv fodder like changing rooms/ground force/panel shows. To her credit, the late, great Victoria Wood complained publicly about this from the start (and the BBC were the main target, even in her comedy).
As you said in your other comment: invest in boxed sets (the physical kind) of things you really like. Copy them to disk if you don't have space to keep them!
Thanks for making our childhods special Brian
hardly 'flagging'. Sounds pretty busy. A bit of a steer away from TV for this ac for. Good he was so versatile. My friend, dressed as Windy Miller, played for Brian at his 80th birthday party. Brian sang along with him and cried. He ha sParkinsons now, but enjoyed the Trumpton jam, enormously.
Absolute genius. Never forgotten by us 70s kids. Thanks Brian 🍻
Had the pleasure to meet him when he had a stall at Gerrard's Cross car boot sale some years back. I couldn't quite believe it as I was wandering round and instantly recognised his voice.
I’ve only just found out he died 5 years ago. Such a lovely man
Legend, up there with the likes of Johnny Ball and John Nokes. Kids tv would have never been the same without these gentlemen of kids tv. I learned loads from think of a number with Johnny Ball.
Tony Hart too and Johnny Morris if you’re an old Cant like me!
Hello. Johnny Ball is still alive I'm pleased to say.
Here is a box a musical box.
Takes me right back. Legend x
Each time I hear his voice I am transported right back to my childhood, RIP Brian you were really one of a kind.
RIP a legend of children’s TV
Hearing Brian's voice takes me right back to my childhood. RIP Brian.
Grew up watching Brian brilliant entertainment for kids god bless him 🇬🇧👏👏👏
"Blown the gag" - Made her spiteful intentions clear.
Well, my dear, let's just say that Brian is a lot more well remembered, respected and treasured than you are. Also had a much longer career than you. 😂
For anyone wondering, it's Carolyn Marshall. No, I didn't know either. I had to go a long, long way down the comments to find out. Last seen on TV in 1996 on You Bet! with only minor appearances between 1987 and then. Imagine thinking you'd hit the big time forever presenting 'It's Wicked' and looking down your nose at a national treasure.
Well said! 👍
Met him late in life. An absolute gent, as were his sons.
r.i.p my childhood presenter
Even this clip is 25 years old. Now we see a broadcasting legend and "somebody" (I don't recognise her).
Successive Beeb arsehole producers are always seeking to "update and modernise" while sidelining legends and icons people genuinely want to see. Who is she anyway?
I believe her name was Carolyn Marshall, an ex bbc secretary, plucked from obscurity probably because of that stupid her cut, then dropped faster then a Jimmy saville case. The programme was dia, lasted one season on bbc then one season on itv/TVS, under a different title.
@@3Tool1 Her tone and approach was utterly disrespectful and she's an absolute nobody any - no one cares what the heck her name is. Brian took the comments gracefully. RIP.
@@barryhercules6486 Wow there cupcake, I just answered the posters question. You need to take a little nap and have half hour in a quiet place. I also pointed out she was rubbish. But thanks for sharing, now go back and pop your dummy back in.
He played such an important part in our childhoods, he should have got an OBE like many others!
They only reward nonces in showbiz.
aww, that's a shame. He was a great man, and I loved watching the things he was in :-)
Brian Cant's voice alone is a legend!!...he made my childhood beautiful.
Thank you Brian Cant. (well, i say Brian Can!!)..lol
He lived at the top of my road when I was growing up
RIP Brian, great memories of my childhood
R.I.P Sir..A big part of so many people's childhood was Brian Cant, especially that unmistakable happy voice. His son Richard is a fine actor also..
An Absolute Legend for me growing up and always will be.Bumped into him in York one day and he was smashing truly smashing.
so miss this bloke, he was awesome!
He was 54 when this was filmed. He doesn't look it.
One of my childhood favourites, love this man 👍🙂
I was in our local church choir with his eldest kids Nicholas and Richard back in the 70's, both lovely lad's. They certainly took after their father, who is still one of the kindest, generous and most tolerant people I have ever had the privilege to know. Oh and he unknowingly introduced me to the joys of Monty Python.
'Brian Cant asked why he's no longer on telly...' sadly doesn't answer.
Shame lots of us grew up watching Brian, pivotal figure. Sadly just found out he died - RIP Brian thanks for the memories.
The show he was on was filmed in 1987 he's been off the "telly" for 35 yrs.
I agree, he was the best of the playschool presenters, for me the best were obviously Brian, Derek Griffiths and Floella Benjamin. I still like to watch Brian sing his version of the Court of King Caratacus... or how ever you spell it.
Legend,, and female presenter never heard of again
what a lovely chap
I loved Brian Cant, he made my childhood sparkle x
Well said.
Where do I start with a true legend as Brian is. There so much we all remember about this guy who was the king pin of kids TV, memories flooding back about playaway and playschool to mention a few. He ll never be challenged ever .
Such a distinctive voice a nice calm man
Thanks Mr Cant and everyone else who helped me through the medium of 1970's children's television develop a posh accent which bewildered my nearest & dearest to the point where questions like "why you talk so posh mate?" are common place.... thank you 70's kids TV, without you I'd just be another grunting ponce with a smart-phone, cheers to you ... you Cant
He made so many children’s lives a little happier each day. What a wonderful legacy. Such a voice, takes you straight back to happier, innocent times. I am grateful to him for entertaining my younger siblings after school while I got stuck into my homework. Thank you Mr Cant, rest in peace sir.
Seems like such a lovely gentleman. 🙌👍
Fantastic voice, takes me back to being a kid
Brian Cant was born in 1933. This made him 3 years older than my mother. He was 54 when this was filmed, no wonder he sported a cap. Clearly, he seemed much younger than he was when I was a nipper at a time when anyone over 30 seemed to have one foot in the grave. His talent was his ability to sound and appear to think like an over-enthusiastic child, an ideal qualification for his allotted task.
The guy was an absolute hero. I loved playaway
sadly passed away June 2017 and i only found out 2019. RIP great kids tv presenter. I'm not happy about how Carolyn Marshall above is disrespecting him being callous with her questions, thankfully she disappeared from TV into obscurity in the mid 1990's. He had a great surname so if anyone ever said to him when putting him to a task "now, are you a can't or a can ?" he could reply "I'm a cant and proud of it."
I can't believe how crestfallen Brian is!
The presenter really sticks the knife in with her questions and then keeps twisting!
And yet he was probably doing more work at that point than she ever did.
@@blastfromthepast8344 Her tone and approach was utterly disrespectful and she's an absolute nobody any - no one cares what the heck her name is. Brian took the comments gracefully. RIP.
Exactly why that presenter is probably still unknown and out of work,
@@blastfromthepast8344 Someone, she ask her now if she is still in Show Business? :)
Thank you Bryan Cant and Derek Griffiths and Flo Benjamin and Mr Ball and the many others that made our childhoods great. The younger generations have been robbed of this.
RIP Brian Cant. 12 July 1933 - 19 June 2017.
some Playschool presenters can look forward to a healthy retirement.
Brian Cant
When Brian passed away, Britain lost an uncle. That's what Brian felt like, an uncle, or to some, a father.
Sure, we can still wish absolutely legendary presenters the best, like Derek Griffiths, Johnny Ball and Fred Harris. But there will never be another Brian Cant, ever. 😢
RIP Brian, you gave this child of the 70s many, many happy days. A legend in broadcasting and childrens TV presenting, this stupid bit of fluff is a nobody and the likes of Cant will live on in the memory long after.
Oh the good ol days….. kids tv was fantastic! Jim’ll fix it, Rolfs cartoon club, It’s a knockout…….. oh the memories
A LEGEND.
His voice is like a lullaby to me and I'm a 45 year old man. Trumpton and Chigley were my favourites.
-i checked and the presenters name is Caroline Mitchell, Brian's voice instantly reminds of classic tv shows, he has a superb voice..
Part of my childhood. Fantastic!!!!
I loved Brian Cant what an absolute legend and all round good egg 👍🏻
A newspaper wrote to celebrities asking if they would wish to appear in a fake reality show where they were going to be humilated. Brian Cant replied to say although things have not been to good recently I am not that desperate.
What a way this lovely man had about him funny charming and just a real honest and good man my childhood and well into my teenage years ❤
RIP Brian Cant.
Brian Cant should get a Knighthood. Greatest Childrens TV Presenter ever. Legend.
He so reminds me of my childhood, he was always on tv
He was the voice of Trumpton and I think he wrote and voiced
Camberwick Green.
In 1975 I was catching the London train from Crewe station. It was very crowded, I found myself in a last-minute rush for the one remaining seat with a tall, good-looking man with collar-length hair, it was the seventies - buckaroo! When I sat down on the chair, I looked up and realised it was none other than Peter Purves! It was at the height of his Blue Peter fame! He said "You jammy bastard!" and quick as a flash, I replied, "Don't be blue, Peter!" Needless to say, I had the last laugh.
What a legacy, to be loved by so many people.
r.i.p. Brian. gone but not forgotten.
RIP....
Such a lovely fellow
A TRUE legend who gave so much to so so many, I hope he's recognised in his lifetime
Brian's voice was the soundtrack of a generation. Rest easy sir and thank you for your work
The 80s was magic. It hasn't been the same since the 1990s rolled along.
A fun presenter who was more like a child than an adult figure and I think that's why many warmed to him.
I remember Brian his voice was pretty much every voice of every character when I was a kid.