BC RIP :(

JCA2550

Brian Cant has died at age 83

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40335213

You have to be from a certain age group to remember him from Play Away and Play School, but he, Derek Griffiths, Toni Arthur and Chloe Ashcroft were my TV aunts and uncles growing up...

EricTheWeary

Ahh, one of my childhood favourites, I certainly watched Play Away well past the target age. Parkinson's is a pretty terrible way to go as well. 
Sad, RIP Brian.

RocknRollDave

Very sad.
just the mention of his name transports me back 40 or so years. Thanks, Brian.

cruxiform

Bless him. Grew up with Brian Cant on the TV . RIP.

ICBM

RIP Brian.

jonnyburgo

Gimme a P. Gimme an L..etc....RIP

sticker

Pugh , Pugh , Barney Mcgrew ,Cuthbert ,Dibble , Grubb... R.I.P .

axisus

Brian Cant was such a good children's entertainer. Him and Derek Griffiths were both brilliant. RIP Brian

Bygone_Tones

Loved Brian Cant when I was a kid. He seemed to disappear from TV overnight and then never came back.

Alnico

Wow.
What a great guy.
Play school and playaway......
"PLAYAWAAAAAAAAY" !!

Memories abound. 
RIP.

scrumhalf

So soon after John Noakes, both mainstays of 60s/70s kids telly.

TheBlueWolf

A legend. RIP

Ravenous

I remember him off Play Away, etc but it was only last night I found out he did the voices for Trumpton too!

slacker

I remember him on Play School. 

When my children were actually children we would go to the local Panto every year. Best one was Brian Cant as Baron Hardup. He seemed to enjoy what he was doing and was an excellent entertainer. 

FX_Munkee

Another piece of my childhood gone, he was the face of childrens TV for me and a lot of others I think, RIP.

As an aside has anybody else noticed that Floella Benjamin doesn't appear to be aging at all?
I'm concerned that she may be an android, sent from the future to destroy us.

RocknRollDave

FX_Munkee said:

Another piece of my childhood gone, he was the face of childrens TV for me and a lot of others I think, RIP.

As an aside has anybody else noticed that Floella Benjamin doesn't appear to be aging at all?
I'm concerned that she may be an android, sent from the future to destroy us.

Saw Floella on the BBC Chelsea Flower Show coverage a couple of weeks or so back and commented on how she must have a portrait in her attic. She hasn't aged a DAY since I watched her on Playschool FORTY YEARS AGO!

Ravenous

FX_Munkee said:

As an aside has anybody else noticed that Floella Benjamin doesn't appear to be aging at all?
I'm concerned that she may be an android, sent from the future to destroy us.

Yeah she's in league with Hamble. Look out everyone, keep watching the skies!

ZenOvertone

I remember the live music on Play Away too :-)

Bygone_Tones

ZenOvertone said:

I remember the live music on Play Away too :-)

Yep, thats where Guns n Roses made their first TV appearance in the UK.

ROOG

RIP Brian, I remember him in kids telly in the 60's and in dapple down farm in the 90's watching with my kids! 

JCA2550

ZenOvertone said:

I remember the live music on Play Away too :-)

Great house band on Play Away, a bit like the David Letterman band for 10 to 30 year olds doing slightly rude nursery rhymes. The band leader was Jonathan Cohen who played a orange and white stripey upright piano and occasionally the marvelously titled Dill Katz on bass