BILL AND BEN

Peter Hawkins

His voice still evokes nostalgia among those who remember 1950s children’s TV classics, including Bill and Ben.

Peter also voiced Big Ears and Mr Plod in The Adventures of Noddy, the Daleks and the Cybermen in early Doctor Whos and was the original voice of Zippy on Rainbow during its first year.

In the 80s and 90s the policeman’s son from Brixton,

South

London, was the voice of

Money, a walking pound sign in the Access credit card ads. Peter was married to Rosemary and they had a son. He retired in 1992 after brain tumour treatment left him with short-term memory issues. He died in 2006 aged 82.