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==Career== ===Early career=== Cribbins made his first [[West End theatre]] appearance in 1956 at the [[Arts Theatre]], playing the two Dromios in ''[[A Comedy of Errors]]'', and co-starred in the first West End productions of ''[[Not Now Darling]]'', ''There Goes the Bride'' and ''[[Run for Your Wife (play)|Run for Your Wife]]''. In 1960, he starred alongside [[Anna Quayle]] and [[Lionel Blair]] in the revue ''And Another Thing'', written by [[Ted Dicks]] and [[Myles Rudge]].<ref name="Dennis">{{Cite news |last=Dennis |first=Jon |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/may/02/old-music-bernard-cribbins-right-said-fred |title=Old Music: Bernard Cribbins β 'Right Said Fred' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=2 May 2012 |access-date=14 December 2016 |archive-date=23 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223141649/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/may/02/old-music-bernard-cribbins-right-said-fred |url-status=live }}</ref> The show brought Cribbins to the attention of [[Parlophone]] head [[George Martin]], who signed Cribbins to the label to record a single of a [[satire|satirical]] song from the show titled "Folk Song".<ref name="rudgeobit">{{cite web |last1=Laing |first1=Dave |title=Myles Rudge |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/nov/05/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |website=The Guardian |date=5 November 2007 |access-date=28 July 2022 |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728082853/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/nov/05/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |url-status=live }}</ref> Subsequently, Rudge and Dicks were asked to provide new material for Cribbins; their compositions "[[The Hole in the Ground]]", about an annoyed workman who eventually buries a harasser, and "[[Right Said Fred (song)|Right Said Fred]]", about three workmen who struggle to move an unspecified heavy and awkward object into or out of a building (later also the [[Right Said Fred|name of a pop novelty band]] who named themselves after the song<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sweatlodgeradio.com/what-does-the-saying-right-said-fred-mean/ |title=What does the saying Right Said Fred mean? |access-date=28 July 2022 |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220420/https://www.sweatlodgeradio.com/what-does-the-saying-right-said-fred-mean/ |url-status=live }}</ref>), were top ten hits on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 1962.<ref name="GavBark"/><ref name="Dennis"/> The third and final Cribbins single of the year "[[Gossip Calypso]]", written by [[Trevor Peacock]], was another top 30 hit.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> ===Films=== Cribbins appeared in films from the early 1950s, mainly comedies. His credits include ''[[Two-Way Stretch]]'' (1960) and ''[[The Wrong Arm of the Law]]'' (1963) with [[Peter Sellers]], ''[[Crooks in Cloisters]]'' (1964) and three [[Carry On films|''Carry On'' films]] β ''[[Carry On Jack]]'' (1963), ''[[Carry On Spying]]'' (1964) and ''[[Carry On Columbus]]'' (1992).<ref name="BBCobit" /> His other appearances include the second ''[[Doctor Who]]'' film ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' (1966) as Special Police Constable Tom Campbell; ''[[She (1965 film)|She]]'' (1965);'' [[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'' (1967) as Carlton Towers, a British Foreign Office official, [[The Railway Children (1970 film)|''The Railway Children'']] (1970) as Mr Albert Perks, the station porter and the [[Alfred Hitchcock]] thriller ''[[Frenzy]]'' (1972) as Felix Forsythe, the [[Covent Garden]] pub landlord. His later films include [[Dangerous Davies|''Dangerous Davies β The Last Detective'']] (1981), [[Blackball (film)|''Blackball'']] (2003) and [[Run for Your Wife (2012 film)|''Run for Your Wife'']] (2012).<ref name="BFI FIlmography">{{cite web |title=Bernard Cribbins |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1d1ee6 |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=28 July 2022 |archive-date=3 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103020615/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1d1ee6 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ===Narration and voice work=== Cribbins was the narrator of the British animated children's television series ''[[The Wombles]]'' from 1973 to 1975 and also played the character of the Water Rat in a [[BBC Radio]] adaptation of ''[[The Wind in the Willows]]''.<ref name = Coveney/> He was the celebrity storyteller in more episodes of ''[[Jackanory]]'' than any other personality,<ref name="bbc2022"/> with a total of 114 appearances between 1966 and 1991.<ref name="lawson">{{cite web |last1=Lawson |first1=Mark |title=Bernard Cribbins: a warm, kindly titan of children's entertainment |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jul/28/bernard-cribbins-a-warm-kindly-titan-of-childrens-entertainment |website=The Guardian |date=28 July 2022 |access-date=28 July 2022 |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728130353/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jul/28/bernard-cribbins-a-warm-kindly-titan-of-childrens-entertainment |url-status=live }}</ref> He also narrated the audio tape of the [[Antonia Barber]] book ''[[The Mousehole Cat]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barber |first=Antonia |title=The Mousehole Cat |publisher=Listen for Pleasure |year=1996 |isbn=978-1858485133}}</ref> From 1974 to 1976, Cribbins narrated ''[[Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings]].''<ref name="BFI FIlmography" /> In the 1960s Cribbins provided the voice of the character [[Green Cross Code#Tufty Fluffytail|Tufty]] in [[Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents|RoSPA]] road safety films.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 February 2006 |title=In Tufty's club |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4690166.stm |access-date=28 July 2022 |publisher=[[BBC]] |archive-date=22 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222032943/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4690166.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> He also provided the voice of [[Buzby]], a talking cartoon bird that was the mascot for the [[General Post Office|Post Office]].<ref name="bbc2022"/> He also appeared in advertisements for [[Hornby Railways|Hornby]] model trains.<ref name="Screenonline"/> In 1978, he provided one of two voiceovers in the electricity safety [[public information film]] [[Play Safe (public information film)|Play Safe]]. The other voice artist was [[Brian Wilde]]; Wilde voiced the [[owl]] and Cribbins voiced the [[European robin|robin]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Play Safe (1978) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6d73aca8 |access-date=28 July 2022 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |archive-date=29 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029205705/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6d73aca8 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1981, [[Music for Pleasure (record label)|Music for Pleasure]] released a ''[[Swallows and Amazons]]'' audio book on tape cassette, read by Cribbins, abridged by Edward Phillips.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://allthingsransome.net/literary/archildrensbooks/SAtape81.htm |title=Swallows and Amazons cassette (abridged) 1981 |access-date=4 June 2020 |archive-date=20 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920032615/http://allthingsransome.net/literary/archildrensbooks/SAtape81.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> From 1987 to 1991, Cribbins starred as Jimmy Bright alongside [[Frank Thornton]] as Russell Farrow in ''Mind Your Own Business'' on [[BBC Radio 2]], which also starred [[Annette Crosbie]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |title=Mind Your Own Business! - Radio 2 Sitcom |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/mind_your_own_business/ |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref> Cribbins also provided the voiceover work for ''A Passion For Angling'', starring [[Chris Yates (fisherman)|Chris Yates]] and Bob James (1993).<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Passion for Angling |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-ur523g/a-passion-for-angling/episodes/ |access-date=28 July 2022 |website=[[Radio Times]] |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220358/https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-ur523g/a-passion-for-angling/episodes/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1996, he played Puddleglum the marshwiggle in [[Brian Sibley]]'s BBC Radio adaptation of [[C. S. Lewis]]'s ''[[The Silver Chair]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1d8ecdfc52674971868d351641118fbc|title=The Silver Chair|date=September 29, 1996|publisher=BBC Genome Project}}</ref> In 2013, he played Old Bailey in the radio adaptation of ''[[Neverwhere]]'', dramatised by [[Dirk Maggs]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/h0MgDw71S1mCkFyN9Pjw6f/old-bailey|title=Neil Gaiman Neverwhere β Old Bailey|publisher=BBC|access-date=28 July 2022|archive-date=11 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611061025/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/h0MgDw71S1mCkFyN9Pjw6f/old-bailey|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2015 he was among an ensemble cast in an audio production of ''[[The Jungle Book]]'', in which he played the White Cobra.<ref name="lawson" /> ===Television=== [[Image:Silvey-bernard-cribbens.jpg|thumb|180px|Cribbins with [[Susie Silvey]] during the filming of ''[[Cuffy (TV series)|Cuffy]]''|left]] Cribbins was the star of the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] series ''Cribbins'' (1969β70).<ref name="Screenonline">{{cite web |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/491092/ |title=BFI Screenonline: Cribbins, Bernard (1928β) Biography |website=[[Screenonline]] |access-date=12 May 2014 |archive-date=24 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024151506/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/491092/ |url-status=live }}</ref> His other TV appearances include ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' (1968), ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' (1975, as the spoon salesman Mr Hutchinson who is mistaken by the character [[Basil Fawlty]] for a hotel inspector),<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 July 2022 |title=Bernard Cribbins, star of The Railway Children and Doctor Who, dies aged 93 |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-28/bernard-cribbins-star-of-the-railway-children-and-doctor-who-dies-aged-93 |access-date=28 July 2022 |website=[[ITV News]] |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220406/https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-28/bernard-cribbins-star-of-the-railway-children-and-doctor-who-dies-aged-93 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Worzel Gummidge]]'' (1980), ''[[Shillingbury Tales]]'' (1980) and its spin-off ''[[Cuffy (TV series)|Cuffy]]'' (1983).<ref name=Coveney/> Besides voicing ''The Wombles'', Cribbins was a regular on BBC children's television in the 1970s as host of performance panel game ''Star Turn'' and ''Star Turn Challenge''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Star Turn (1978) |url=https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/bbc-motion-graphics-archive/star-turn-1978 |access-date=28 July 2022 |website=[[Ravensbourne University London]] |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220439/https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/bbc-motion-graphics-archive/star-turn-1978 |url-status=live }}</ref> These programmes concluded with Cribbins narrating a detective story as recurring character "Ivor Notion", with a script usually by [[Johnny Ball]] but sometimes by [[Myles Rudge]], the co-writer of his Top 10 singles. He starred in the [[BBC]]'s 1975 Christmas production ''Great Big Groovy Horse'', a rock opera based on the story of the [[Trojan Horse]] shown on [[BBC Two|BBC2]] alongside [[Julie Covington]] and [[Paul Jones (singer)|Paul Jones]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/612ffe3510ec4d1997059601247c58a0 |title=Great Big Groovy Horse β BBC Two England β 25 December 1975 |issue=2719 |pages=51 |journal=Radio Times |access-date=17 December 2016 |date=18 December 1975 |archive-date=11 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711100447/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/612ffe3510ec4d1997059601247c58a0 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was later repeated on [[BBC1]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c8a45fab0e7f4d099b95b367346c3d5b |title=Great Big Groovy Horse β BBC One London β 21 December 1977 |issue=2823 |pages=47 |journal=Radio Times |access-date=17 December 2016 |date=15 December 1977 |archive-date=11 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711100619/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c8a45fab0e7f4d099b95b367346c3d5b |url-status=live }}</ref> He regularly appeared on BBC TV's [[The Good Old Days (UK TV series)|''The Good Old Days'']] recreating songs made famous by the great stars of Music Hall.<ref>{{cite web |title=Star Turn Challenge [01/10/78] |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b84f24bc6 |website=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=25 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209222458/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b84f24bc6 |archive-date=9 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Star Turn |url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Star_Turn |website=UK Game Shows.com |access-date=25 April 2013 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205538/http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Star_Turn |url-status=live }}</ref> Among his later TV appearances were ''[[Dalziel and Pascoe]]'' (1999),<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Whitmore |first=Greg |date=28 July 2022 |title=Bernard Cribbins: a life in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2022/jul/28/bernard-cribbins-a-life-in-pictures |access-date=28 July 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220358/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2022/jul/28/bernard-cribbins-a-life-in-pictures |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' (2003),<ref name="Coveney" /> ''[[Coronation Street]]'' (2003, as Wally Bannister)<ref name=":1" /> and ''Down to Earth'' (2005).<ref name="Screenonline" /> [[File:Bernard new.jpg|thumb|235x235px|Cribbins filming ''[[Old Jack's Boat]]'' in 2012]] Cribbins starred as Jack in the series ''[[Old Jack's Boat]]'', set in [[Staithes]], and broadcast on the [[CBeebies]] channel starting in 2013. The cast included [[Helen Lederer]], [[Janine Duvitski]] and former ''[[Doctor Who]]'' companion [[Freema Agyeman]] in supporting roles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/oldjacksboat/jacks-friends.html |title=Media Centre β Old Jack's Friends |publisher=BBC |date=14 January 2013 |access-date=11 February 2013 |archive-date=30 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630023242/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/oldjacksboat/jacks-friends.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Although Agyeman and Cribbins both played companions and supporting characters during [[David Tennant]]'s tenure in ''Doctor Who'' (appearing in six episodes together), ''Old Jack's Boat'' was the first time the two actors have appeared together on screen. On 9 May 2015, Cribbins gave a reading at [[VE Day 70: A Party to Remember]] in [[Horse Guards Parade]], London which was broadcast live on [[BBC1]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Party to Remember β Credits |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02p6wp8 |access-date=28 July 2022 |publisher=[[BBC]] |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220359/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02p6wp8 |url-status=live }}</ref> He made his final on screen appearance as Wilfred Mott in the second 60th anniversary episode [[Wild Blue Yonder (Doctor Who)|''Wild Blue Yonder'']] in December 2023; although he was due to appear in the third of the three episodes and more material had been written for him, Cribbins was too ill and so this became his only scene. In November 2018, it was announced that Cribbins would portray [[Private Godfrey]] in a [[Dad's Army missing episodes#Recreations|series of re-creations of lost episodes]] from the BBC [[sitcom]] ''[[Dad's Army]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.theoldie.co.uk/blog/bernard-cribbins-the-new-private-godfrey |title=Bernard Cribbins, the new Private Godfrey |journal=[[The Oldie]] |date=12 November 2018 |access-date=13 November 2018 |archive-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329134926/https://www.theoldie.co.uk/blog/bernard-cribbins-the-new-private-godfrey |url-status=live }}</ref> However, Cribbins left the production in February 2019 citing "personal reasons". The role of Godfrey was later played by [[Timothy West]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bond |first=Kimberley |date=19 February 2019 |title=Timothy West replaces Bernard Cribbins in Dad's Army remake as cast assemble for first read-through |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/timothy-west-dads-army-remake-gold/ |access-date=28 July 2022 |website=[[Radio Times]] |archive-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828033700/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/timothy-west-dads-army-remake-gold/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Later stage career=== Cribbins' later theatre credits include the roles of Nathan Detroit in ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]], Moonface Martin in ''[[Anything Goes]]'' with [[Elaine Paige]] at the [[Prince Edward Theatre]], Dolittle in ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' at the [[Houston Grand Opera|Houston Opera House]], [[Texas]] and Watty Watkins in [[George Gershwin]]'s ''[[Lady, Be Good (musical)|Lady, Be Good]]'' at the [[Regent's Park Open Air Theatre]] and on tour. He also appeared in numerous [[pantomimes]].<ref name="GavBark"/> He appeared in the BBC CBeebies Proms (Number 11 & 13) at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] on Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 July 2014 as Old Jack.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Proms 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2014/july-26/14942 |publisher=BBC |access-date=26 July 2014 |archive-date=10 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910040235/http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2014/july-26/14942 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[File:Nicholas Briggs and Bernard Cribbins in 2013 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|240x240px|Cribbins with [[Nicholas Briggs]] at the ''Doctor Who'' 50th Anniversary Celebration Weekend in 2013]] [[National Life Stories]] conducted an interview (C1173/14) with Cribbins on his memories of [[Richard Negri]] in 2006 for its An Oral History of Theatre Design collection held by the [[British Library]].<ref name=oralhistory>[http://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Theatre/021M-C1173X0014XX-0001V0 National Life Stories, 'Cribbins, Bernard (1 of 2) An Oral History of Theatre Design', The British Library Board, 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501173454/https://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Theatre/021M-C1173X0014XX-0001V0 |date=1 May 2021 }}. Retrieved 1 February 2018</ref> ===''Doctor Who''=== Having played [[List of companions in Doctor Who spin-offs#Tom Campbell|Tom Campbell]], a [[Companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] to [[Dr. Who (Dalek films)|Dr. Who]] in the feature film ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' (1966), Cribbins returned to ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in 2006, when a photograph of him and fellow ''Doctor Who'' actor [[Lynda Baron]] at a wedding appeared on the BBC's tie-in website for the television episode "[[Tooth and Claw (Doctor Who)|Tooth and Claw]]".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Weddings|url=http://www.visittorchwood.co.uk/weddings-quotes.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402192941/http://www.visittorchwood.co.uk/weddings-quotes.htm|archive-date=2 April 2019|access-date=28 July 2021|website=Torchwood House}}</ref> In January 2007, Cribbins had a guest role as glam rock promoter Arnold Korns in ''[[Horror of Glam Rock]]'', a ''Doctor Who'' audiodrama by [[Big Finish Productions]]. In December 2007, he appeared as [[Wilfred Mott]] in the Christmas television special, "[[Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)|Voyage of the Damned]]" (although in the closing credits, his character was named as "Stan") ; he then appeared in a recurring capacity as Wilfred Mott for the [[Doctor Who (series 4)|2008 series]], as the grandfather of [[Companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] [[Donna Noble]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Into the Future! |magazine=[[Doctor Who Magazine]] |page=4 |issue=386 |date=19 September 2007}}</ref> He became a [[Tenth Doctor]] temporary companion himself in "[[The End of Time (Doctor Who)|The End of Time]]", the two-part 2009β10 Christmas and New Year special, when his character was inadvertently responsible for that Doctor's demise. Cribbins's role as Wilfred Mott makes him the only actor to have played two companions<ref name="bbc2022"/> and the only actor featured in both the TV and cinema versions of ''Doctor Who''. In 2019, he reprised the role of Wilfred in "No Place" a story in ''[[Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures|The Tenth Doctor Adventures]]'' produced by Big Finish. In 2022, Cribbins was reported to be returning to ''Doctor Who'' alongside [[David Tennant]] and [[Catherine Tate]] for the programme's [[Doctor Who (2023 specials)|60th anniversary specials]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/bernard-cribbins-returning-as-wilfred-mott-for-60th-97290.htm | title=Bernard Cribbins Returning as Wilfred Mott for 60th | website=Doctor Who TV | date=16 May 2022 | access-date=17 May 2022 | archive-date=16 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516180157/https://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/bernard-cribbins-returning-as-wilfred-mott-for-60th-97290.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> His appearance, in "[[Wild Blue Yonder (Doctor Who)|Wild Blue Yonder]]" (2023), aired posthumously; the episode was dedicated to his memory.<ref name="wildblueyonder">{{cite web |last1=Jeffery |first1=Morgan |title=Doctor Who's Wild Blue Yonder marked Bernard Cribbins' final appearance |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-wilf-final-scene-newsupdate/ |website=Radio Times |access-date=3 December 2023}}</ref>
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