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The narrator of 'Trumpton' and 'Camberwick Green' is the best-loved voice from British children's television, according to a poll in new BBC magazine Underground Ernie.Brian Cant, now 73, beat 'Bagpuss' and 'Ivor the Engine' narrator Oliver Postgate to second place. Mr Cant also presented 'Playschool' and appeared as an actor in Doctor Who and Casualty.
The narrator of 'Trumpton' and 'Camberwick Green' is the best-loved voice from British children's television, according to a poll in new BBC magazine Underground Ernie.Brian Cant, now 73, beat 'Bagpuss' and 'Ivor the Engine'

narrator Oliver Postgate to second place. Mr Cant also presented 'Playschool' and appeared as an actor in Doctor Who and Casualty.

Men want a 50/50 partnership with their partner in terms of childcare and sharing domesticity, claims a survey for lads' mag FHM reported in The Guardian. Apparently, seven out of ten men say they would reject the gender roles of their father's generation in favour of both partners working.

However, they also feel women have now changed their minds and want to go back to more traditional roles.

The Sun reported that 'Harry Potter' fans are in uproar after hearing that there will be no Quidditch in the next movie. Time constraints have meant Dobby the house elf has also been axed.