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Bernard Braden (16 May 1916 - 2 February 1993) was a Canadian-born English actor and comedian.<p>Braden was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. In the late 1940s he and his wife Barbara Kelly moved to England and joined the BBC. Their first major success was called An Evening At Home With Bernard Braden And Barbara Kelly.<p>Bernard is probably best remembered for The Braden Beat, a popular consumer affairs TV programme. It championed the cause of the British consumer for five years. Jock Watson and, later, Francis Coleman produced this Saturday late-night watchdog which also examined current political issues affecting the British public. The show was interspersed with light hearted sketches and music and helped a number of actors to get a start on TV. Frequent performers were Peter Cook, Jake Thackray and Tim Brooke-Taylor.<p>Braden fell from grace when he advertised margarine on the BBC's commercial rival ITV; the BBC felt this was inconsistent with his role as the consumers' spokesman and...
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