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==Radio and voice work== In the animated adaptation of ''[[The Perishers]]'' (1979), Rossiter provided the voice for [[The Perishers#Boot|Boot the dog]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The Perishers have Rossiter|date=15 March 1979|newspaper=[[The Stage|The Stage and Television Today]]}}</ref> He narrated an [[abridged]] version of the [[Charles Dickens]] book ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'', which was released on cassette in 1979. He appeared on the [[BBC Radio 4]] show ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|title=Desert Island Discs: Leonard Rossiter|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mwc2|date=12 April 1980|website=[[BBC Radio 4]]|access-date=29 February 2020}}</ref> In 1981, he hosted an episode of the BBC Radio 4 show ''[[With Great Pleasure]]'' in which he recited some of his favorite poetry and prose alongside his wife, [[Gillian Raine]], and his friend, the actor [[James Grout]].<ref>{{cite web|title=With Great Pleasure|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/913bf8cfd5f149bc8cbadda47709a0a0|date=28 August 1981|website=BBC Genome|access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref> Also in 1981, he narrated a seven-part series of satirical five-minute monologues, written by [[Barry Pilton]] for BBC Radio 3, titled ''In a Nutshell'', followed in 1982 by a second series, also written by Barry Pilton, this time comprising 8 five-minute monologues.<ref>{{cite web|title=Leonard Rossiter β In a Nutshell|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sjqty/episodes/guide|date=1981|website=BBC Radio 4|access-date=1 March 2020}}</ref> Rossiter narrated a three-part series of the children's story ''Harlequin and Columbine'' for ''[[Story Teller (magazine)|Story Teller]]'' magazine in 1984. He voiced the [[King of Hearts (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|King of Hearts]] in two episodes of [[Anglia Television]]'s version of ''[[Alice In Wonderland]]'', which was broadcast in April 1985, six months after Rossiter's death.
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