Just heard news of the death of Geoffrey Bayldon yesterday, at the age of 93. One of my favourite actors, he was best known, I'm sure, for his fantastically animated and utterly convincing portrayal of Catweazle, the eponymous time-travelling character in what has to be one of the best children's TV programmes ever made. Who could forget electrickery, the telling bone, Castle Saburac and Touchwood the toad? And "Nothing works"! I'm sure its magic rubbed off on many of us of a certain vintage and may explain a lot...
He was known for many other parts too, not least the Crowman in Worzel Gummidge as well as a teacher in the superb film To Sir With Love; he even played the role of a butler in the tea party scene in Marc Bolan's Born to Boogie.
RIP Geoffrey. Fare thee well.
