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R ecords, it is often said, are made to be broken. Inthe year-old Bruce Forsyth-Johnson the birth name he later shortened to save on lightbulbs outside theatres performed a dance routine on an early BBC talent show, Come and Be Televised, broadcast live from Radiolympia in London. Those ambitions had all long ago been achieved when, 75 Strictly Bruce: Stories of My Life later, a more modern hoofing contest, Strictly Come Dancing, marked the end of his TV career. His retirement, aged 85, from the Saturday night hit was soon followed by a withdrawal from professional and public life after a series of health crises. In his last years, he liked to point out that he was surely the only Strictly Bruce: Stories of My Life TV performer who had appeared on the medium before the second world war. Tens of millions of viewers became familiar with the north London rasp of his voice and the distinctively pointy chin that he emphasised in poses such as the human question mark, with chin over raised knee, that was the traditional first sight of him on The Generation Game. A major factor in his career was unquestioned professionalism; of the two vices most likely to destroy an entertainment career, he was relatively unaffected by egomania and never became an alcoholic. During the last of his signature gigs — as the main presenter of Strictly, a job he started at the age of 76 — he latterly admitted to spending much of the week resting in bed to preserve his energies for Saturday night. This work ethic was present from very early on. By 12, he had decided he needed a more advanced teacher, and signed up at another school in Brixton — a two-hour journey each way. He soon became dissatisfied with this new school, too: it taught English tap dancing, while he was more interested in the flashier American method, popularised by Astaire. They habitually took him to see two movies and two music hall shows every week. Forsyth remembered this debut as a disaster — his share of the box office take was not enough for the fare Strictly Bruce: Stories of My Life — but his career progressed to the extent that he was hired by the Windmill variety theatre. Demobbed inhe was rehired by the Windmill, and subsequently remained in demand for the next 68 years. His genius lay in what can be considered the most important trick in fronting populist TV shows — convincing viewers that you are a friend. So extended was his career that he appealed to successive sets Strictly Bruce: Stories of My Life fans as a surrogate brother, boyfriend, husband, father and ultimately grandad. The story goes that the publishers of Bruce: My Autobiography, panicked by the lack of scandal in the expensively purchased manuscript, took Forsyth through a checklist of possible addictions, controversies and other dark secrets. None struck gold. His only obvious vice seemed to be serial matrimony but, even in that area, he managed to remain on reasonable terms with two ex-wives, Penny Calvert and Anthea Redfern, and maintained good relations with his six children. But, while the nice that viewers saw broadly reflected the nice he was, there were occasional hints of something else. Certainly, Forsyth sometimes had a tense relationship with tabloid showbiz editors, who regarded his preference for being interviewed by broadsheet publications as a sign of snobbery and taking himself seriously. She had been keen on the project, which was ostensibly a portrait of a former Miss World, but the camera inevitably homed in on her husband, who was presented as melancholy, tetchy and obsessive. In one scene, Forsyth showed how his breakfast blueberries had to be arranged in the same shape every morning and, elsewhere, bitched about his golfing companions. These may have Strictly Bruce: Stories of My Life emphases created in editing, but the film hinted at the perfectionism and determination that had sustained a seven-decade career. There were also scars, amid the successes that straddled two centuries and millennia, from two high-profile failures. For the first — and, it turned out, last — time on British TV, the whole of Saturday night primetime was turned over to a single presenter, with Forsyth a sort of televisual version of a music hall compere, introducing sitcoms and hosting gameshows. The history of TV, though, has often shown that audiences are more drawn to programmes than people — and the concept flopped. Ever since the s and 60s, introducing US stars at the Palladium, Forsyth had dreamed of becoming a guest star in Hollywood and on Broadway, but US TV audiences were puzzled by his accent and his failure to have chin reduction surgery. Hot Streak was not renewed for a second season, so the presenter had to settle for being very big in Britain. But failure to break America remained an admitted regret and, for an ITV arts show called Perspectives inhe revealingly chose to profile Sammy Davis Jr, a US entertainer referenced several times in his memoirs, to whom he seems to have regarded himself as a Surrey shadow. By the late s, and his 70th birthday, Forsyth seemed to be heading for the rejection suffered by most older entertainers, even one who, through rigorous personal regimes, had kept his waistline and hairline much Strictly Bruce: Stories of My Life they had been 50 years previously. But, extraordinarily, he again reversed the gravitational force that afflicts most acts. It was unclear if Forsyth understood quite how daringly tasteless this stunt was, but he delivered the satirical script with his usual efficiency and gained another wave of fame that put him in the frame when, the following year, BBC1 was casting a remake of the old ballroom show Come Dancing. Strictly gave him a final ratings-topping hit which he presented for a decade, still showing the fast feet of a trained dancer, although there was intermittent criticism of struggles to read the Autocue and a reliance on jokes older than he was. As a wealthy entertainer who lived by a golf course, Forsyth was assumed to be a Conservative, although his political interventions were infrequent and, in one case, bizarre. Less contentiously, at least in England, in the summer ofhis family roots the Forsyths descended from a Scottish botanist encouraged him to sign a multi- celebrity letter to a newspaper, warning against independence for Scotland. To the regret of many friends and colleagues, he had to wait untilat the age of 83, to receive the knighthood many newspapers had Strictly Bruce: Stories of My Life erroneously conferring on him for years. It may be significant that the arising of Sir Brucie followed nominations and Strictly Bruce: Stories of My Life campaigns becoming Strictly Bruce: Stories of My Life recognised element of the honours system, harnessing the fondness the public had always felt for him. Nice-guy comedians such as Michael McIntyre and Peter Kay, aiming their acts at whole families, also look to be in his debt. The celebration of the life of Sir Bruce Forsythwhen it comes, will honour a showbusiness career of a length, dedication and achievement unlikely ever to be equalled. Facebook Twitter Pinterest. Play Video. Topics Bruce Forsyth. Reuse this content. Most popular.