Ray Brooks (1)

'It's over fifty years since I started acting. And Butlins in Clacton was my second job. It’s been a crazy career. In the mad sixties knowing The Beatles, The Stones, working with Billy Fury, taking over from Adam Faith, crooks everywhere, killer contracts, self-penned records and loads of girls.

Yes, so many downs, until an enormous stroke of luck, I was seriously contemplating my life living in a cardboard box under Waterloo Bridge. Oh dear, yes it’s been a crazy career.'

Join Ray Brooks, star of EastEnders and the voice of the much loved TV character Mr Benn as he explores decade after decade of his fascinating career with clips of films and television, with all there ups and downs.