Writer, actor and broadcaster Mark Curry found fame in 1976 when he appeared as Oscar in Alan Parker’s cult classic Bugsy Malone. In 1981, he co-hosted the series Get Set For Summer on BBC1 before moving to Manchester to preside over Saturday morning children’s programmes for the BBC. But in 1986 he returned to London to join the BBC’s flagship children’s entertainment series Blue Peter. After Blue Peter Curry stood in for the legendary Roy Castle on the iconic children’s show Record Breakers before joining the Radio 5 commentary team for their coverage of Wimbledon in the early 1990s. I caught up with one of the most versatile TV stars the corporation has seen as part of Beyond The Title’s TV Centre season to celebrate the magic of Britain’s finest dream factory.