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Barbara Windsor continues her survey of famous men who have come from London's East End by looking at the career of the ultimate showbusiness polymath, Anthony Newley.

Singer, Song-writer, Actor, Author, Cabaret artiste, Director; Newley excelled at everything he turned his hand to.

Anthony Newley starred on the silver screen, on TV, on the Broadwayand West End stages; he had numerous top 40 hits and with his song-writing partner Leslie Bricusse, he co-wrote the musicals 'Stop the World - I Want to Get Off', 'The Roar Of The Greasepaint-The Smell Of The Crowd' and 'The Good Old Bad Old Days'.

Newley and Bricusse co-composed a canon of songs to rival any of the great song-writers' including 'Feeling Good' and 'Goldfinger', as well as the ever-popular score to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

With contributions from Leslie Bricusse, Burt Bacharach, Barry Cryer, Dame Gillian Lynne, Newley's children Tara and Alexander, Anthony Newley biographers Garth Bardsley and Paul Goodhead, broadcaster Paul Ross, Danny Greenstone, song historian Russell Davies.