Bumblies michael bentine biography

"I can honestly claim that I am the only Peruvian to have been born in Watford". Educated at Eton ("mother claimed, rightly that she paid our fees mainly from her bridge winnings"), the world never seemed straightforward to Michael Bentine.

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Square, potty maybe, but never straight. His offbeat humour entertained children of all ages "from 1 to 93" for 50 years.

After serving in the RAF, he made his television debut live from the Alexandra Palace on Starlights (BBC, tx.

25/12/1946) as one half of Sherwood and Forrest. Touring solo as 'The Professor', his career then took off with the legendary radio comedy The Goon Show.

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He departed the Goons amicably after two series and a television newsreel, Goonreel (BBC, tx. 2/7/1952).

The Bumblies (BBC, 1954), written, produced and directed by Bentine - originally in an attic and then in his garage - launched his television career.

In this inventive children's series, Bentine's Professor interacted with three egg-shaped alien pu