Bernard Braden
Biography
Canadian-born English actor and comedian who emigrated to England with his wife Barbara Kelly in the 1940s. His famous On the Braden Beat show mixed consumer issues, music and comic sketches performed by a gang including Peter Cook and Tim Brooke-Taylor. When ATV axed the series in 1967, Braden went on to present a similar show, Braden's Week, for the BBC. The similarity to That's Life is no coincidence as Esther Rantzen was a researcher on the BBC show. It is, incidentally, a partial misconception that Braden's Week ended because Braden took part in a TV commercial for Stork margarine — it was axed for that reason, but then reinstated, and ended later when Braden took up an offer to host a similar show in his native Canada.
He died in London, aged 76, following a series of strokes.