Barry Took (June 19, 1928 - March 31, 2002) was an English comedian, writer and television presenter. He is best remembered in the UK for his weekly role as presenter of "Points of View", a BBC TV programme in which viewers' letters criticising or praising the BBC were broadcast. He also presented the BBC Radio 4 programme "The News Quiz" for over a decade until 1995. Took was born in Muswell Hill, North London and brought up there during the war, … Wikipedia
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Barry Took, performer and scriptwriter on shows including radio comedy Round the Horne, dies aged 73. news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/tv_and_radio/news...
He was responsible for bringing together the team which produced "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969). One of his first jobs was as a comic in Holmfirth in West Yorkshire. He suggested the town as the setting for "Last of the Summer Wine" to the show's f www.imdb.com/name/nm0867458/
