Barry Took
| Barry Took | |
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| Born |
19 June 1928 Wood Green, north London, England |
| Died | 31 March 2002 (aged 73) |
| Occupation | Scriptwriter |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 1957–99 |
| Genre | Radio, television |
| Notable works | The Army Game (1957–61), Bootsie and Snudge (1960–64, 1974), Round the Horne (1965–67), One-Upmanship (1976–78) |
Barry Took (/ˈbæri ˈtʊk/, 19 June 1928 – 31 March 2002) was an English writer, television presenter and comedian. His decade and a half writing partnership with Marty Feldman led to the television series Bootsie and Snudge and the radio comedy Round the Horne and other projects.
He is also remembered in the UK for presenting Points of View, a BBC Television programme featuring viewers' letters on the BBC's output, and the BBC Radio 4 programme The News Quiz.
The son of a manager at the Danish Bacon Company, Took was born in Muswell Hill or Wood Green,north London and brought up there during the war, running away from the home in Wisbech to which he had been evacuated. He attended Stationers School but quit school at age 15. His older brother Philip would eventually work for the US Space Program before dying as a young man.
With his limited education, Took found work as an office boy for a publisher and a cinema projectionist. During his period of National Service in the RAF in which he played the trumpet, he began performing and later worked as a stand-up comedian, eventually becoming a West End revue performer, working on For Amusement Only and For Adults Only.
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