Robin Houston Television, for a number of other ITV companies and for BBC Television. As an announcer he provided the voiceovers for the ITV television shows: For BBC Television he also announced Clive James' New Year specials and "Dame Edna Live at the Palace". As an actor he played the radio announcer warning of a nuclear attack in the 1986 animated film "When the Wind Blows", the newsreader in Kenny Everett's science fiction radio and television serial "Captain Kremmen" and has performed in a number of television dramas, including "Kavanagh QC", "Thursday the 12th", "Holby City", "Dempsey and Makepeace" and "The Gentle
Captain Kangaroo later seasons from 1982-1984 and subsequent PBS run, "Schoolhouse Rock" mainstay Lynn Ahrens (who composed and performed a few "Captain Kangaroo" songs herself) wrote a new theme, entitled "Here Comes Captain Kangaroo". The theme song for "All New Captain Kangaroo" used the opening notes and part of the melody of the original theme as its introduction. Bob Keeshan also recorded music for both Columbia Records and Golden Records, aimed at introducing all kinds of music to children. While "Captain Kangaroo" was still in planning stages, CBS executives had the idea of hiring Al Lewis, a children's show host at WCPO-TV