Remembering children’s TV legend Brian Cant, who would have turned 90 this week. My musical tribute to a presenter who was the face and voice of my childhood. christabel cant CBeebies BBC Archive BBC Radio 4

The composer of the Play School theme (the one I remember best of all) was Paul Reade.

@CBeebiesHQ @BBCArchive @BBCRadio4 Thankyou so much for such a beautiful tribute to me lovely dad! So wonderful to see how much of an impact he had on so many people. Please support my fundraiser in honour of his 90th Birthday 🙏 by sharing/following/donating. Thankyou so much 🙏

@CBeebiesHQ @BBCArchive @BBCRadio4 You're very welcome. You must be so proud of your dad and the impact he made on millions of viewers.

@tinkcant @CBeebiesHQ @BBCArchive @BBCRadio4 'Here's a box, a musical box, can you guess what's in it today...?' A marvellous medley of magical memories, a lovely tribute #briancant Happy Saturday, Steve

@tinkcant And to you Karen.

@tinkcant @CBeebiesHQ @BBCArchive @BBCRadio4 Beautiful tribute. And a reminder of how important music was in all those shows. This era of Play School had a theme tune from the wonderful Paul Reade, who seems to have slipped off the otherwise immaculate composer credits.

@tinkcant @CBeebiesHQ @BBCArchive @BBCRadio4 Thank you for pointing that out Christopher.

@tinkcant @CBeebiesHQ @BBCArchive @BBCRadio4 Favorite Brian Cant memory: On the TV programme "Play Away" in the late 1970s, Cant was miming the names of football teams. He flicked his fingers at his hip, trying to elicit "Hip switch" (Ipswich), and a young voice from the audience cried out "Arsenal!"

@tinkcant @CBeebiesHQ @BBCArchive @BBCRadio4 How delightful. His style made you feel he was talking just to you. He really did provide a template for the best in children’s TV presenting.

@tinkcant @CBeebiesHQ @BBCArchive @BBCRadio4 Lovely. Brian Cant and Floella Benjamin still feel like family to me.