Dennis Waterman as William Brown in the 主播大秀 adaptations of Richmal Crompton's stories - he was succeeded in the role by Denis Gilmore
For the benefit of anyone bamboozled by last Sunday's Genome quiz, here are the answers you're been waiting for:
JANUARY - Dennis Waterman played the lead in schools drama , and had earlier played (aka Just William) in the children's series.
FEBRUARY - Peter Cook and Dudley Moore rose to fame after the success of , which also starred Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller.
MARCH - The last composer to work at the Radiophonic Workshop was . The Workshop was located at the 主播大秀 sound studios in Maida Vale.
APRIL - The star of A for Andromeda was , and replaced her in The Andromeda Breakthrough a year later.
MAY - Angela Rippon and Tom Coyne presented the original, Midlands-only version of .
JUNE - Jessie Matthews took over the lead role in (formerly Mrs Dale's Diary), which was replaced in 1969 by .
Annette Mills and brother John on the set of Muffin the Mule, plus cameraman's elbow (not a recognised medical condition)
JULY - ITMA stood for , originally a newspaper reference to Hitler, but in this context referring to Tommy Handley. starred Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch.
AUGUST - Jeremy Lloyd was co-writer of with David Croft. The sequel was , unless you're American in which case it was Are You Being Served? Again!
SEPTEMBER - The emperors in were Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius (of course). There was also a cameo appearance by Nero in the last episode, played by Christopher Biggins. The actors (but not Biggins!) have all appeared in Doctor Who at one time or another.
OCTOBER - left the 主播大秀 in 1938. The questioner in the original version of was John Freeman.
NOVEMBER - Ray Alan's alien character was , while the host of Pops and Lenny and other shows featuring Lenny the Lion was .
DECEMBER - Professor Quatermass was called Bernard, in tribute to astronomer . The link between Quatermass and , as seen above, is that the last television Quatermass, John Mills, was the brother of Muffin's friend Annette Mills.
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