It was a joy to be a part of the team that created Round The Horne. I was involved with the show at a time of my life when I was very happy., and that happiness overflowed into the scripts.
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| Birth: | 19th June, 1928 |
| Death: | 31st March, 2002 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Comedian |
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Barry Took was an English comedian, writer and television presenter. He is best remembered in the UK for his weekly role as presenter of Points of View, a BBC Television programme in which viewers' letters criticising or praising the BBC were broadcast. He also presented the BBC Radio 4 programme The News Quiz for over a decade until 1995. He died aged 73 on Easter Sunday, 2002 in a nursing home in Enfield, Middlesex, after suffering from cancer.
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