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LIFE AND CAREER Charlie was born (as Cecil Victor Manser) in from his BBC radio show ''Stand Easy''. This show was adapted for Television as ''The Charlie Chester Show'' in 1949 and became a standup/sketch show for the next 11 years. Frequent cast members included Edwina Carroll , Eric 'Jeeves' Grier , Len Lowe , Deryck Guyler , Len Marten , Arthur Haynes and Fred Ferrari . His radio shows included ''A Proper Charlie'' and ''That Man Chester''. Another series - which started out as a sketch - was ''Pot Luck'' ( 1957 ). In 1961 , Chester starred in a new BBC series called ''Charlie Chester On Laughter Service'', a music and comedy show which visited forces bases throughout Britain. Most of these shows were co-written by Chester colloborators Bernard Botting and Charlie Hart . Late on in his career, he appeared in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Never Say Die''. In the 1960s he also began presenting a record show on the BBC Light Programme (later Radio 2). TV CREDITS
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