Entertainer Roy Castle was introduced to his wife, Fiona Dickson, by Eric Morecambe. Harry Secombe was the best man at their wedding in 1963.
10 things you might not know about the presenter of Record Breakers.

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31 August: Roy Castle

Today’s birth anniversary is that of Roy Castle, English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician. He was born in ...

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“As I grew older and became more politically aware, I developed a severe aversion to Norris, after finding out that he ran a nasty rightwing thinktank. I couldn’t understand how the BBC would employ someone with such extreme views. Then again, vetting children’s TV presenters wasn’t exactly the BBC’s forte back then.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/11/dedication-memories-record-breakers-bbc-reboots-show

‘Dedication’s what you need’: memories of Record Breakers as BBC reboots show

People share recollections of ‘finest theme tune’, attempts for most beard shaves and showbiz trouper Roy Castle

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Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan Set New Record as Most Successful T20 Pair with 24 Fifty Partnerships.

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The person with the Guinness World Record for setting the most Guinness World Records is Guinness World-Record, who changed his name by deed poll as part of a Guinness World Record attempt.

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In 1968 a man called Mick Meaney tried to set the world record for longest time spent in a coffin underground, forgetting that millions of people already had a very significant head start.

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Found this on iPlayer. Someone's playing a hot water bottle as a musical instrument for some inexplicable reason... #RecordBreakers https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001f6zw/record-breakers-11101991
Record Breakers - 11/10/1991

Today's record breakers include the world's longest human centipede.

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