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How Yentob got a leg-up

October 28, 2011 12:06

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Simon Rocker,

Simon Rocker

1 min read

BBC creative director Alan Yentob amused Young Norwood supporters when he quoted his job application in 1968: "Although possibly not a significant qualification for entry to the BBC, my dramatic debut at the age of nine as Mistress Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor was greeted by a gratifying critique from one of my contemporaries, 'You ought to be a film star because you've got smashing legs'."

Put him on Strictly Come Dancing.

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